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    1. Maybe the Coutts 4 will now get a bail hearing – 720 after being arrested.
      BTW; I’m not a lawyer, but if I read it correctly, the judge did not find the seizing of bank accounts was unreasonable.
      Justin Trudeau et al are already appealing to the Supreme Court.
      Here is the Federal Court ruling:
      https://theccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/EA-challenge-fed-court-reasons-FINAL.pdf
      Summary by the CCF:
      https://theccf.ca/emergencies-act-use-unconstitutional/

      Highlights:
      [370] At the outset of these proceedings, while I had not reached a decision on any of the four applications, I was leaning to the view that the decision to invoke the EA was reasonable. I considered the events that occurred in Ottawa and other locations in January and February 2022 went beyond legitimate protest and reflected an unacceptable breakdown of public order. I had and continue to have considerable sympathy for those in government who were confronted with this situation. Had I been at their tables at that time, I may have agreed that it was necessary to invoke the Act. And I acknowledge that in conducting judicial review of that decision, I am revisiting that time with the benefit of hindsight and a more extensive record of the facts and law than that which was before the GIC.
      [371] My preliminary view of the reasonableness of the decision may have prevailed following the hearing due to excellent advocacy on the part of counsel for the Attorney General of Canada had I not taken the time to carefully deliberate about the evidence and submissions, particularly those of the CCLA and CCF. Their participation in these proceedings has demonstrated again the value of public interest litigants. Especially in presenting informed legal argument. This case may not have turned out the way it has without their involvement, as the private interest litigants were not as capable of marshalling the evidence and argument in support of their applications.
      [372] I have concluded that the decision to issue the Proclamation does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness – justification, transparency and intelligibility – and was not justified in relation to the relevant factual and legal constraints that were required to be taken into consideration. In my view, there can be only one reasonable interpretation of EA sections 3 and 17 and paragraph 2(c) of the CSIS Act and the Applicants have established that the legal constraints on the discretion of the GIC to declare a public order emergency were not satisfied.

      1. One more thing: one of the Plaintiffs was the PROVINCE of Alberta. YAH!!!
        If this ruling is upheld, does this pave the way for Chrystia Freeland to be sued for freezing the bank accounts of Canadians?
        BTW: no word from The Coward, as usual. He didn’t dare appear at the press conference.

        1. It may pave the way for people to sue the banks for having their bank accounts frozen.

          1. This interview with Convoy lawyer Keith Wilson is pretty interesting to the legal layperson. At 28:00 it is discussed how the federal gov ( banks aren’t mentioned ) is liable.
            ” Everyone who had their bank account frozen now has the legal right to sue the federal government ”
            Interview runs from 22:50 to 34:00
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44FzcNs37mQ&t=1697s
            Can’t help but think that this is distracting us from something big happening as we speak…

          2. I am interested to know if Titus has an opinion on this. Because the PM is so widely despised, is it possible that the courts feel they have the necessary public backing to throw him under the bus? I heard one knowledgeable lawyer say that the judge could have just as easily ruled that the conditions for invoking the Emergencies Act were satisfied. This is the third third big loss at the federal / supreme court for the PM is the last few months.

    1. Tim Hinchliffe
      @TimHinchliffe • Follow
      Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at WEF in
      Davos: [Digital ID] is very necessary for financial
      services, but not only – it is also good for school
      enrollment; it is also good for health –who
      actually got a vaccination or not”

      1. Netherlands have been on the in digital programmability of monies and things for a long time. They are very advanced in the mental control and are a very obedient society, people are being taxed and told how far they will advance educationally. Some companies I heard, are pulling away from it because some partnerships were built as a derivative of US gov contracting backgrounds that are having issues because of funding. Read the history of Netherlands and the Dutch global expansion, very enlightening. No surprise they support the Ukrainian war and are present heavily at Davos.

    2. Netherlands have been on the in digital programmability of monies and things for a long time. They are very advanced in the mental control and are a very obedient society, people are being taxed and told how far they will advance educationally. Some companies I heard, are pulling away from it because some partnerships were built as a derivative of US gov contracting backgrounds that are having issues because of funding. Read the history of Netherlands and the Dutch global expansion, very enlightening. No surprise they support the Ukrainian war and are present heavily at Davos.

    3. I don’t know much about her, other than that she’s Argentinian. Is that significant?

      Argentina seems to be very strategically important for some reason.

    1. Ah wonderful! Sasha + Vivianne + Wolfgang. Bound to be wonderful. Will post and try to watch.

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