Today's Federal Court of Appeal ruling is a loss for good governance in Canada. The Emergencies Act invocation met the very high legal threshold needed to address a national crisis, where lawful protest had descended into lawlessness, with downtown Ottawa gridlocked for 18 days and border points blocked across the country. Commissioner Rouleau found credible and compelling evidence of a public order emergency, withand cabinet reasonably concernedfeared the situation was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable. The extraordinary powers were necessary to restore peace, order, and good government after policing failures in policing created conditions requiring federal intervention.