Feds to appeal use of Emergencies Act during 'Freedom Convoy' at Supreme Court

The government invoked the act to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points — the first time it had been used since replacing the War Measures Act in 1988. In 2024, a Federal Court ruling rejected the use of the emergencies law and found its use of the act breached Charter rights, a ruling reaffirmed in January by the Federal Court of Appeal.