The best news on this past Valentine’s Day was that the main organizers of the Freedom Convoy have launched a $2 million lawsuit against the federal government on the two-year anniversary of the Emergencies Act being invoked, claiming that Ottawa violated their (and our) Charter rights when invoking that act to end the demonstrations.

“Our goal was, has always been, and will continue to be, holding our federal government agencies and our institutions accountable for breaching the Charter Rights & Freedoms of Canadian Citizens,” protest organizer Tamara Lich told The Epoch Times.

“We will continue our quest for justice and accountability and will exhaust every tool available in order to ensure such violations never occur against the Canadian people again.”

Along with most Canadians, Janet and I wish the Convoy Organizers success in their lawsuit. Indeed, I agree with my wife that their claim for damages should be much bigger. But the problem with a bigger lawsuit is that the punitive damages won’t alter the misbehaviour of the respondents responsible for the offense—Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland.

They won’t have to pay any damages assessed by the court; we, the taxpayers will have to pay their bill. And the miscreants will go free to offend the rights and freedoms of Canadians again and again.

A significant fault in how Canada’s government is organized is the lack of any real accountability in the Prime Minister’s Office.

The PMO appoints judges to the Supreme Court and to federal courts. The PMO appoints ambassadors. The PMO appoints Commons committee chairs. Almost every centre of power is ultimately responsible to the PMO. Unlike the American system of checks and balances—which the present American president blithely ignores—the PMO is not accountable, except to the House of Commons—where it enjoys the equivalent power of an elected dictator.

Our present Prime Minister lacks the humility to be accountable to anyone.

One of the urgently needed corrections to Canada’s government is to strip the PMO of its almost-limitless powers; and that’s not likely to happen as long as party leaders hold absolute sway over who can or cannot be a candidate for their parties.

Canada needs to begin electing MPs who feel themselves responsible to their constituents, rather than to their party leader. It’s a correction that CHP has advocated for as long as I can remember.

Driving home recently, I passed a sign that read: “GOD, keep our land glorious and free.” The way for citizens to implement that prayer from Canada’s national anthem is for each of us, as individual voters, to support candidates who will take a public stand for the God of the Covenant, the God of the Bible. The only ones I can see are those who run to represent the CHP. Others may mumble, “Oh, sure, I’m a believer, too,” but the proof of belief, as James wrote in the Bible, is action.

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