Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters prior to Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 8, 2022. PHOTO BY DAVE CHAN /AFP via Getty Images
February 23, 2022
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government can revoke the Emergencies Act now that the crisis in Ottawa and at Canada’s border crossings has calmed down.
“We are confident that existing laws and bylaws are now sufficient to keep people safe,” Trudeau told a news conference Wednesday in Ottawa.
“I want to reassure Canadians: law enforcement agencies are prepared to deal with anyone engaging in unlawful or dangerous activities.”
Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in 1988, for the first time last week, saying police needed extra help to end protests against COVID-19 restrictions that had occupied downtown Ottawa for weeks and spread to key Canada-U.S. border crossings.
On Monday, Trudeau said the time-limited, extraordinary powers granted by the Emergencies Act were still needed because his government was worried about blockades returning.
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Um he stands calling Putin an authoritarian tyrant (BTW that is an argument for another day) all the while Trudeau is using the Emergencies Act to himself act as an authoritarian tyrant. The hypocrisy stinks like Hell. This is one reason why he about faced on his Emergencies Act. That and the apparent blow back on the charter banks for being stooges, arbitrarily freezing bank accounts of Canadians who are apparently not charged with any crimes.