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Trudeau’s Harsh Response To Peaceful Trucker Protest Is A Fool’s Move

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act to treat like terrorists the trucker protest in the capital city of Ottawa and at key Canada-U.S. border crossings. Citing a “public order emergency,” Trudeau can now deploy the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, forbid any public assembly, control private companies, cut off supplies, and seize bank accounts to stop the “emergency.”

“Without a court order, banks will be able freeze personal accounts of anyone linked to the protests,” noted Aaron Kheriaty.

These powers are unilateral, neither requiring court orders nor approval from the Canadian parliament until such time as the parliament sees fit to end the declaration or for 30 days. The Emergencies Act has never been used since its inception in 1988.

Beginning in late January, truckers amassed in a convoy across Canada to protest the country’s vaccine requirements for border crossings and other Covid restrictions. Dubbed “The Freedom Convoy,” the demonstration consists of several hundred big rigs and personal vehicles.

This moving protest culminated in a week-long blockade of one of the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossings, the Ambassador Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit, Michigan. While the bridge blockade has been dissipated by national, provincial, and local police, Ottawa remains in gridlock, which prompted the PM’s seizure of emergency powers.

Trudeau is playing a very dangerous game here. As a truck driver myself, I warn my friends and family to not mess with truckers. Normally, I’m talking about not cutting us off in traffic, passing on the right, or pulling out in front of big rigs on busy highways and streets. People should also be warned not to mess with a trucker’s money, home time, and most especially his rigs and equipment.

full story at https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/18/trudeaus-harsh-response-to-peaceful-trucker-protest-is-a-fools-move/

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