Analysis of the Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protests

Here are a few articles and podcasts to help understand the legal measures adopted to put a halt to the anti-vaccine mandate occupation of downtown Ottawa that ended last weekend.

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 118: Leah West on the Canadian Government’s Invocation of the Emergencies Act: "After several weeks of protests, occupation, and border crossing blocking, the Canadian government took the unprecedented step last week of invoking the Emergencies Act. The situation is rapidly evolving and still being debated in the House of Commons. Dr. Leah West is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and one of Canada’s leading experts on national security law. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss rules surrounding the Emergencies Act and the implications of the government’s recent move to invoke it."
• 'Freedom convoy': The good, the bad, and the ugly constitutional aspects (Canadian Bar Association)
• Emergency! Can the Federal Government Freeze Assets in a “Public Order Emergency”? (Administrative Law Matters blog)
• New emergency measures: implications for financial services providers (Osler)
• Superior Court freezes millions in cash and crypto donations raised by freedom convoy organizers (Law Times) - article about the Mareva injunction obtained by lawyers acting on behalf of Ottawa downtown residents who launched the class action lawsuit against the convoy occupation

There is tons more out there.