Two men are appealing a decision by the Federal Court regarding the Liberal government’s prorogation of Parliament, which found that the decision by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was legal.
Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled on March 6 that the applicants, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, had “failed to demonstrate” that Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament two months earlier had exceeded limits established by the Constitution or any other legal principles.
Crampton said that in the “absence of any transgression on any Charter rights,” the prime minister did not need to provide justification for why he prorogued Parliament on Jan. 6. He also said Trudeau’s choice to prorogue instead of immediately call an election was a “highly political choice” that could not be reviewed under any objective or legal standards….