I mean - Justin has invoked the Emergencies Act:
For the first time since its creation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking the Emergencies Act, giving the government far reaching powers, allowing the government to freeze financial accounts, press tow truck operators into service and end blockades.
Trudeau said the protests are causing havoc to the lives of people in Ottawa and doing serious economic damage across the country.
“Here in our capital city, families, small businesses have been enduring illegal obstruction of their neighborhoods, occupying the streets, harassing people and breaking the law. This is not a peaceful protest,” Trudeau said.
The Emergencies Act was created in 1988 as the modern-day replacement to the War Measures Act. It allows the federal government to force companies to essential services, which in this case could mean tow-truck drivers who have been reluctant to get involved with the Ottawa protests.
The act can limit public protests especially ones that blockade roads. The act also allows for the military to be used as police, but Trudeau stressed the military will not be called in and the act’s use will be limited.
The spineless, mincing, little coward will not be laughed out of office.
Yet.
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