[Sundaycommunity] 'Bypassing the democratic process' and hotmail test
Patricia Smiley
smileypatricia76 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 25 09:06:03 PDT 2022
How sad to hear about the degradation of the CCLA. My dad was on the Board
there for a couple of decades and I believe he was part of the original
founding in the 1960s. (My dad was a political scientist and
constitutional expert.)
*Patricia Smiley*
*email: smileypatricia76 at gmail.com <smileypatricia76 at gmail.com>*
*mobile: 647-517-1599*
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 9:29 AM Catherine Walther via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
> Be aware that the Canadian Civil Liberties Association is funded mainly by
> the Koch brothers, an American family who own Koch industries, one of the
> largest privately owned businesses in the US. They primarily also fund the
> Republican Party of the US. Just so you know, Catherine
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 11:18 PM John Scandiffio via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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>> Hello Art, a very interesting message to us and those who reviewed the
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>> As Sent from my iPad
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>> > On Feb 21, 2022, at 2:27 PM, Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Arthur Blomme <art at integralshift.ca>
>> To: Sunday Community <SundayCommunity at integralshift.ca>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:27:04 -0800
>> Subject: 'Bypassing the democratic process' and hotmail test
>> If you have a hotmail account and you receive this please respond
>> A Q&A on the Emergencies Act with Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian
>> Civil Liberties Association
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>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVkUuP2jAQgH8NuREljhOcgw8tLBTEY1dCy7aXyBkPiSE4qe1sNvz6mnKoqnkc5q35QDisWjPyrrUueLjCjR1yjYNt0Dk0QW_RFEryWZxRwnIWSE5lzFIWKFucDeJNqIY702PQ9WWjQDjV6kdHymhOoqDmWZYCzAjEcGYlTQlJciYiGZeSnhkB9lwseqlQA3L8RDO2GoOG1851dpJ8m5ClVyeMqFE3OIa2L60TcA2hvflM560cO2Gt0tXU1TiVeGvB-Ftg2pkW0PoxS9deUU-SBY6bGMj7-EGa6_rSJrvjz2h3qdLDfFDitIx87Gt_eYt3i_XXfvFy3843HSQ7dVCbQZ7Wbn-sosNxPazVoCB5V75ewSq_y3k8_jotL3LVfJZqk4fuTcnod74dugxklr_9qJtFos8vK_e9X94_DrRhWL-a7aulgeIkIl7jLKYkISwkoWQMGKJEJpmEvAzr2R2IlnZCo1tF_vtCYLgwzieU9kyNaGytzi4E8cBS-IJbr5UbC9SibFA-ibkn-L8Miwo1-o-hLITjnnbqb6Fe8vgJyCOljHl8EQv8Ztn6Ls3_QfkDjkTI9A>
>> 'Bypassing the democratic process'
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxVkktzmzAQxz-NuZkB8bA4cEjsOiYpdJxxPXEujB4LyAZBJZFE_vSV6850OlrpoH39Z3_LiIF2VDafRm2821MbO0Eu4VP3YAwob9agasHzVZjGCGfY43nMQ5xgT-i6UQADEX1u1AzeNNNeMGLEKG8ZCY4zFHhdnnLUkIw3QUjDCMUkDVaMpk2aAs8oouG9MZm5AMkghw9QdpTg9XlnzKQX0cMCbZ0ZokgHsgfr65lqQ9jFZ-PgPJO71E5EayHbpelgyWEYmXJa2HJSIwPtymzNeAG5iDZgn0OGjvYN9ZfiPEbl4RSU5zb5sf4U7Cm78m02va-LtNq0cXUobLlpdTH0HXd_t9jq8GDLw_6rtJ-CvFVXV0Ow3VF8P_yMq83FlutCF7IKT6JIC_n4waK9YcOxO0WvE0WxaPY-JevguKP7hPUvslqeNT79ujzuvs3t5v2UPEX06-VZNVUZkMITOQqQszANYxQh7COfY8wwAAfMMWcZ9bvVlSHJ9SIOhhb9Nx9P5UQZ5xDS0Vak151ojM_IDVjtAoZZCmNrkIT2wO8szX0l_tCtW5DgZgm8JiZ3e5A4LbE72V90DnaMceI0Ys915qPLkvk_XL8BNNLRJA> A
>> Q&A on the Emergencies Act with Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the Canadian Civil
>> Liberties Association
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>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxNkMFuhSAQRb_msasBRB0XLLrpbxhkxicpDw2MbezXF-ummckEAjd37vGO6bnl0-5bYXGNic-dbKLvEomZsjgK5SmgHVRvNIwg0BpU0IEIZVoy0cuFaDkfJPZjjsE7Dlu6FB2YUUuxWrkMo-xm9I56NGboJbazAzU6GLFV8jZ2BwZKnix9UT63RCLalXkvj_b9oT9ql2Mu7Pxn47dXve55W0KkelLd0PVSwxu77N5WSpFOEayWurbqldGthkY3COCBCAkQ0I9zsw4_XicsDyNfT938NxDZusz1IaTKKLtY1rBw490Vc6ofXkcKfE6U3BwJbwJ8g_xjMj0pUa6AcXJsK72u7mJqjeoOXBEZgK7uCKI641ZVyV4R7gS_dZuK9A>
>> Tara Henley
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxNkMFuhSAQRb_msasBRB0XLLrpbxhkxicpDw2MbezXF-ummckEAjd37vGO6bnl0-5bYXGNic-dbKLvEomZsjgK5SmgHVRvNIwg0BpU0IEIZVoy0cuFaDkfJPZjjsE7Dlu6FB2YUUuxWrkMo-xm9I56NGboJbazAzU6GLFV8jZ2BwZKnix9UT63RCLalXkvj_b9oT9ql2Mu7Pxn47dXve55W0KkelLd0PVSwxu77N5WSpFOEayWurbqldGthkY3COCBCAkQ0I9zsw4_XicsDyNfT938NxDZusz1IaTKKLtY1rBw490Vc6ofXkcKfE6U3BwJbwJ8g_xjMj0pUa6AcXJsK72u7mJqjeoOXBEZgK7uCKI641ZVyV4R7gS_dZuK9A>
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>> A truck outside parliament in Ottawa, February 14. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty
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>> It’s a moment unlike any I’ve experienced in my 20-year journalism
>> career, or, indeed, my lifetime. In response to the ongoing trucker
>> protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtUVHPpCAM_DXLm2ZldcUHHr6X-xumQtVmEQzUM96vv3p7oSFNpmWGGQeMS8qX3VNhdV8jXzvaiGcJyIxZHQXzSN72zbvVZjDK29Y3pjOKyjhnxA0oWM4Hqv2YAjlgSvHe6Ew76KdaLYLr-hmGZn5NPTp8N07Pbde_3vMM5tl8ieHwhNGhxd-YrxRRBbsy7-Xx-nnoX1Lneda84hLShBD9TVy7tAmyp0BMrkgLWZqA1Z5pw2qjSEW-UYlAj3BUnCpPxR2lVBg9xeVG3EcmppDcBzyW6iReq5lyYXlPkdVPLdW8m1a_tKl17Y1xBtGj8ca7YarX_o_T0ZdH-9wWXZdjKgzuc6tT2YokASiK1xlCWWnm2sFt1ygD2xGJrxEjTAH910n-BvLP23HBiFmC8iOwlRQ60dLKGf4bJ1a3xnSi0Shh9km2omXIsGIMeP0F8sGo0g>
>> the Emergencies Act
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkdGOhCAMRb9meBujiDP4wMO-7G-YSuvILqKBuhP367eugdwGaHNvDh6YXms-3LYWVqcMfGzkEr1LJGbKai-Uh4Du2TyMtr1V6Aw2trMqlGHKRAuE6DjvpLZ9jMEDhzWdE501va7V7KyBevIEMJn2CWAI2xG77jFR39oG_WUMOwZKnhz9UD7WRCq6mXkrt_bjpj9lv9_vykMCBClypiSCtEHmhRLfv_bCwZNcnvml6FprKfUp12C500L5JT6Byh08VzMvUQV3tta6eTRGt9pWukJrvSVCsmjR92M1P3-9Tlhupl5euir7WBj8d-XXRWUnGeQhJOGZIZY5TCwhTySDNCx7CnwMlGCMhBctvqD_8xskEWX5DByAnZDuJIuR1TcXHMFprO0ko1XijKtMJceQYaYU6fgDSw-bJg>,
>> which became law in 1988 and has never been used.
>>
>> As the government prepares to take this to the House of Commons and
>> Senate for a vote, a number of questions are being raised: Has the
>> government met the legal standard for invoking this act? What does this
>> move mean for our democracy? What does it mean for rights and freedoms?
>> And: What precedent does this set?
>>
>> To explore these questions — and this remarkable time in Canadian history
>> — I reached out to the new executive director of the Canadian Civil
>> Liberties Association
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkNuOrSAMhp9mcadRPMEFF3OzX8NUqEoGwUDdE-fpp2uctGkgPf39LBBuKd_mTIXEO8x0n2gifpWARJjFVTDP3pmpHXuptBLO9K5VgxK-zGtGPMAHQ_lCcV5L8BbIp_juGFSvZSN2A-OqG2fHUS6603Lp2lXDoCfXT93SNepZDJfzGC0a_I_5ThFFMDvRWV7dx0v-Y7c2QJ3yxs8zYylVxoBQ8C9VFeJzDoxUpVjRjhV_8sYzPZYKLHGd8EY2kr0d2152UtWydkpZhehQOeWsXup9-rYyuvLqm2OTdbkWnmw_a5sOkQ1k4oSPTC5DKLtfqbbwPn7mguOKnu4ZIywB3cOFHry_pGbWg5l1uhnIMNOBtfRsun0wMLheqYE1KsGbXeKuaAgy7BgD3j_f_pPD>,
>> Noa Mendelsohn Aviv.
>>
>> *For readers who may not be aware, what is the Emergencies Act, and what
>> powers does it give the government?*
>>
>> The Emergencies Act is a piece of legislation replacing an earlier,
>> similar law called the War Measures Act. It allows the government to make
>> decisions and take action — essentially bypassing the democratic process —
>> where there is an urgent and critical need to do so in the case of a
>> national emergency. Imagine a war, or flooding, or an ice storm that wipes
>> out infrastructure. It’s not possible to get a legislature together and do
>> things in an ordinary, transparent, and accountable democratic way. But
>> things have to be taken care of; people have to be evacuated. That’s what
>> the Emergencies Act is about, and that’s more or less how it describes
>> itself on its terms.
>>
>> *The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has taken the position that the
>> federal government has not met the threshold necessary to invoke the act.
>> Why do you believe that that standard has not been met?*
>>
>> The standard that’s in the act is a very high one, for the reasons that
>> we just discussed. It is not intended for governments to deal with
>> difficult, or challenging, or even dangerous situations. We have policing
>> laws. We have a large number of powers that are available to governments to
>> use for all sorts of situations. Part of our concern here is that because
>> we’ve been living through two years of the pandemic — and we did have a
>> situation that affected everybody in Canada, and globally, and governments
>> didn’t quite know what it was, and didn’t quite know if they could be in
>> the same building, and didn’t quite know what to do, and pulled out
>> emergency powers — people don’t think of it as abnormal, as much they used
>> to. But we should. We should not be normalizing the use of emergency acts
>> to deal with localized, specific challenges that can be addressed through
>> law.
>>
>> *The Order in Council
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkNGOpSAMhp9G7sYooAcvuNhkM69hKvQcyWI1UGfiPP32rBsaGmj_9s8XgPG1l8sfe2X1vma-DvSE3zUjMxZ1Vixziv7Rj1a7yanobezd4FSq87MgbpCy53KiOs4lpwCcdnorBmcn3anVIz7A2C6YxVgzDbZ7jnYMvRu70JvpAfdiOGNCCujxC8u1E6rsV-ajNuZXoz8l9hKx1I9EH2E_KaTcBiCIIEmqwAxh3ZC4PdajMf8_GvPb9sPYNXrMQC95Iqnkdacl-rG32mjX6jY6FxxiRBddDNPSro-foCnWxnbbS7f1XKrM-9OGfVPFQ2EpJBJ-BXJd05PFxhvBLA3bSYmvGQmWjPGmwzfkf7zmFxIWgR9nYC9kB_Fi5Uz9DUPwWecG8eiUbI67qMgzFFiRMl5_ActBk-8>
>> makes the argument that this is an emergency, in part, because of economic
>> harms: impacts on the economy, on critical infrastructure, on the
>> relationship with trading partners, and on supply chains. What do you make
>> of that argument?*
>>
>> That’s the part that I find the most incomprehensible. Because the act
>> sets out different criteria for defining a national emergency: seriously
>> endangers the lives, health, or safety of Canadians, and is of such
>> proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of the
>> province to deal with it. Or seriously threatens the sovereignty, security
>> and territorial integrity of Canada, and cannot be dealt effectively with
>> under any other law of Canada. Then if you go further and look for a public
>> order emergency, which they are saying that this is, it talks about threats
>> to the security of Canada, and defines them as things like espionage, or
>> clandestine foreign-influenced activities involving a threat to any person,
>> and so on. I don’t see anywhere in those definitions: “It’s bad for the
>> economy.”
>>
>> *How significant is it that the Ambassador Bridge has already been
>> cleared?*
>>
>> I think it’s harder and harder for the government to say that there is an
>> urgent and critical situation that cannot be addressed by any law in
>> Canada, and that cannot be addressed by the provinces. I think what we also
>> saw with those clearances in Alberta and at the Ambassador Bridge, was we
>> saw some people who were part of the protest saying, “We have an issue that
>> we wanted to protest about, that is true. But that doesn’t mean that all of
>> us are dangerous, or carrying weapons, or part of a radical element that
>> poses some kind of significant threat.”
>>
>> We need to be sophisticated enough to understand the difference between
>> peaceful protest that might still be disruptive, like environmental protest
>> can be sometimes, like Indigenous land defence can be sometimes, like Black
>> Lives Matter can be sometimes. That doesn’t make it non-peaceful. That
>> doesn’t make it, in and of itself, violent. The fact that there may be
>> unlawful activity by some of the people who are participating in this
>> particular protest doesn’t make the entire protest a violent one.
>>
>> We saw not only that the bridge was cleared, but also that some of the
>> protestors said, “That part of it, that’s not us. We’re going to leave
>> quietly and peacefully.” I don’t see how that can be defined as an urgent
>> and critical situation. It’s already been resolved.
>>
>> *The Canadian Civil Liberties Association takes the position that this
>> action threatens democracy and civil liberties. Walk me through the
>> thinking on that.*
>>
>> Democracies require that decisions be made by democratically-elected
>> representatives, in an open, transparent, and accountable process that the
>> public has access to, and can influence. And can know about, and
>> potentially change during that process, if they wish to respond to it and
>> if their representatives wish to respond to it.
>>
>> The Emergencies Act says there is something so big and so unwieldy and so
>> urgent that we cannot get the democratically-elected representatives
>> together to address it. We have to address it right now, without the
>> democratic process. What this government is telling us is: not only are we
>> going to bypass the democratic process and just make these decisions
>> ourselves, but also we’re going to impose certain orders — according to
>> their press conference — that say they can do certain things without a
>> court order, like freezing people’s bank accounts. So, no democratic
>> oversight, no legislative oversight, no judicial oversight.
>>
>> As for violating civil liberties, first of all, we don’t even know the
>> precise details of what they are going to be doing. But freezing people’s
>> bank accounts without any kind oversight on who is participating in the
>> protest — and is there a justification? — it sounds very much like
>> government overreach. Turning over people’s private information to the
>> security services engages the privacy rights that we have under the Canadian
>> Charter of Rights and Freedoms
>> <https://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJw9UcGOhCAM_ZrhNkZRVzxw2Mv-hqlQhayCgTrG_fqtY3ZDU6C80tdXA4RzTKfeYiZxuYHODXXAIy9IhEnsGdPgre6qj0aqXgmrG1upVgmfhykhruAXTWlHse3j4g2Qj-HKaFXTy1I4XQP09TQ2vTLd1I1owMq6ryaLVTWOpbkLw249BoMaX5jOGFAs2hFt-VF_PuQX23EchYEAFnjjOwZ274CH8HSYPMGMHGPKL28w89HF45n87Cg_txQJDaHl8Lx7i8__XOMgcbN_yKstG9dcOFoX4bUsJVv1UTWylqqQhVXKKMagssqafixc92NksPnRlOssi7yPmcB8FyauImn-nB98YLETLNn5ibiDS6-BAesePJ0DBhgXtLeUdE_kLe4wY8DEk7IDkOYxtMyl4dVXt3KsdaNUyxyV4MrMHHzQBAkchgXPX3R1qC8>
>> in a way that seems excessive, where there is no accountability. We don’t
>> know who is going to get caught up.
>>
>> *I know you’ve done work in the past on freedom of expression. Are you
>> concerned about the state of freedom of expression in this country?*
>>
>> I think there’s a big answer and there’s a small answer. We’re concerned
>> about all sorts of rights and freedoms. Because if this government can use
>> this Emergencies Act for this blockade, who knows what a future government
>> might use the Emergencies Act for that it doesn’t like, or that it doesn’t
>> agree with, or that it considers to be an interference. Just the use of the
>> emergencies order should make us really concerned.
>>
>> The normalizing of emergency orders, and emergency powers, in itself is a
>> concern for all rights and freedoms because we shouldn’t get used to those
>> being used. We should say: The Pandemic happened, it was unprecedented,
>> governments were scared, people were scared, but that is not how business
>> is done in the political life of this country, of a democracy.
>>
>> Speaking specifically about freedom of expression, we think that the
>> right to protest is critically important for people who want to stand up
>> for their rights. As I mentioned, whether it’s Indigenous land defenders,
>> environmental activists, people who have issues with vaccine mandates,
>> people who want reproductive justice, Black Lives Matter. There are many
>> reasons why people need to get out there and have their messages heard. And
>> sometimes those protests are going to be disruptive.
>>
>> The right to freedom of expression, the right to peaceful assembly, is
>> not an absolute right. Our charter does say that there are reasonable
>> limits. Blockading roads for hours at a time might be understandable;
>> blockading roads for months is likely going too far. What is a reasonable
>> limit? The answer lies somewhere in between. But it cannot, and should not,
>> be that a government is going to use an emergency order to freeze people’s
>> bank accounts because this is a protest that they want to stop. That is a
>> concern for freedom of expression, absolutely.
>>
>> *This interview has been edited and condensed.*
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