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70 Crim. L.Q. 195 (2022)
The February Emergency: Intelligence, Policing and Governance Failures and the Future of Charter-Proofed Emergencies

handle is hein.journals/clwqrty70 and id is 207 raw text is: The Criminal Law Quarterly Volume 70, Number 2 May 2022 The February Emergency: Intelligence, Policing and Governance Failures and the Future of Charter-Proofed Emergencies Kent Roach Introduction The three week occupation of downtown Ottawa by those opposed to pandemic restrictions and the so-called freedom blockades at various border crossings led to the federal government invoking the Emergencies Actl on February 14, 2022.2 The next day, it proclaimed in force two restrictive regulations, one prohibiting attendance or travel to broadly defined prohibited assemblies3 and the other imposing financial sanctions on those participating in the assemblies.4 The government ended the emergency on February 23, 20225 after police had cleared the Ottawa occupation and the border blockades had ended. This special issue contains articles examining various aspects of the emergency. This introductory article will suggest that the declaration of the emergency may be related to intelligence failures in relation to far-right violent extremism. It will also argue that the emergency resulted from failures in planning and governance of the response of the Ottawa police. Although the February 2022 emergency and the government's * Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. I thank Michael Nesbitt for discussing some of these topics with me. 1. R.S.C. 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 22. 2. PC 2022-0106 (Feb. 14, 2022). 3. Emergency Measures Regulations, SOR/2022-21 (Feb. 15, 2022). 4. Emergency Economic Measures Order, SOR/2022-22 (Feb 15, 2002). 5. PC 2022-0150 (Feb. 23, 2022). 195

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