nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200406-131319-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200406s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200406-131319-0 doi eng 342 23 Dyzenhaus, David Author aut Canada the Good? Dyzenhaus, David Verfassungsblog 2020-04-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Canada is in almost full emergency mode in its bid to flatten the pandemic curve. But so far the federal government has not declared a federal state of emergency in terms of the Emergencies Act (1985), although it has discussed publicly the pros and cons of taking this step and has been urged to do so on the basis that such a declaration would enable a nationwide testing program. There are four main reasons for this hesitation to declare a national state of emergency. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Canada COVID 19 emergency powers State of Emergency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/canada-the-good/ raw object