Jocelyn Stacey

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Canadian politicians reusing real crises to abuse their power

Canadian politicians reusing real crises to abuse their power

Prime Minister Mark Carney, along with several provincial premiers, have made the claim that conditions of “urgency,” “necessity” and “unprecedented crisis” justify initiating legislative grants of sweeping discretionary powers to the government to act in times of emergency. U.S. threats to Canadian sovereignty and chaotic tariffs have been layered onto existing crises of economic insecurity, the housing crisis and the...