Lower courts' reasoning 'neuters' Emergencies Act, government tells Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The federal government says the courts engaged in "second-guessing with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight" when they ruled it lacked legal justification to use the Emergencies Act four years ago to quell protests.

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