Illegal blockades and the Emergencies Act

Uncommons with Nate Erskine-Smith

With the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time since its adoption in 1988, Nate is joined by national security experts Leah West and Wesley Wark on the question of whether the Act is a justified response to the illegal blockades across our country.
Dr. Leah West is a professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, the co-author of the textbook National Security Law, and one of the hosts of the Intrepid Podcast. She previously served as Counsel with the Department of Justice in the National Security Litigation and Advisory Group, and before that she served in the Armed Forces for ten years as an armoured officer.

Wesley Wark is a CIGI senior fellow, and recently retired from U of T’s Munk School. From 2005-2009, he served on the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on National Security, he’s the co-editor of Secret Intelligence, a book in the field of intelligence studies, and former editor of the journal Intelligence and National Security. He’s previously provided advice to the Minister of Public Safety on national security legislation and policy, and I’ve had the opportunity to engage with him when he’s attended as a witness at our parliamentary committee hearings.

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