Tue Feb 22, 2022 – 1:36 pm EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) Candice Bergen wasted no time in denouncing the passage of the Emergencies Act Monday as a form of “government overreach.”
“Conservative MPs stood up for Canadians and voted against this government overreach. The Emergencies Act was not necessary to clear the blockades. The government already had all the tools they need under current Canadian law,” wrote Bergen in a letter posted Monday. “We will continue to fight this power grab by the Prime Minister and his government.”
Bergen posted her letter just shortly after the House of Commons voted in favor of maintaining the Emergencies Act.
Trudeau took the unprecedented step of enacting the Emergencies Act on February 14. He claimed it was needed to deal with the truckers participating in the Freedom Convoy, which had been in Ottawa for the past three weeks protesting COVID mandates.
The CPC along with the Bloc Quebecois were the only parties to oppose the Emergencies Act.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals passed the Act with the help of the New Democrats.
“Liberal and NOP MPs will need to
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