The Usage of Canadian Emergency Powers

Limitations and Issues to Distribution of Authority

Authors

  • Reilly Nicholls University of Ottawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18192/politika.8223

Keywords:

Emergency powers, Constitutional Exceptionalism, Emergency Act, Covid-19

Abstract

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Department of Justice Canada. (2022). Canada Emergencies Act. (February 25th modification)

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Published

2023-11-25

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Politika, the undergraduate journal of international affairs and politics

Section

Op-ed

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