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It won’t be ignored. Unfortunately, with an election looming, the decision will make things complicated for Trudeau’s prime opposition, the Conservatives, because (under a different leader) they took a very weak stand and tried to avoid being pinned to the freedom convoy. Only the Peoples’ Party of Canada, a smaller conservative party not represented in parliament, took a pro-convoy stand in public.

So this could have the effect of reducing the Conservative vote and increasing the PPC vote without pushing them closer to electing anybody. I have to think a ruling in favor of the gov’t would have been better news for the “Tories” who will look like opportunists if they try to exploit this in the election.

I was surprised by the ruling, figuring the court was probably going to be pro-Liberal like in most cases in Canada where there is any political aspect.

We’ll see what happens but as I say, the only party that would change anything for the better cannot easily exploit this ruling. (I support the PPC and of course we can point to the ruling as vindication, but I suspect we are not going to attract many new voters because of the fear of splitting the vote and allowing Trudeau four or five more years.

Also, this ruling has implications for parliament, I believe they are now legally required to hold an inquiry and there could be mandatory non-confidence motions too, but there is no party in parliament who can vote non-confidence without looking like hypocrites — they all supported Trudeau in this illegal action and only a few backbench conservatives said anything against it.