Former justice minister says he's still 'confident' in decision to trigger Emergencies Act

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Former justice minister David Lametti says a federal court judge made a bad call when he ruled that the federal government was wrong to trigger the Emergencies Act to break up the 2022 convoy protests.

Lametti announced Thursday that he would be leaving political life on Jan. 31 after eight years as an MP — more than half of them as minister of justice and attorney general. In an interview airing Saturday on CBC Radio’s The House, he defended the government’s use of the Emergencies Act, a moment which forever marked his tenure as the country’s top legal official.

“I disagree with the decision. I disagree

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