Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for first time ever in response to protests

[TrogL]

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Source: CBC

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first in time in Canada's history to give the federal government extra powers to handle ongoing blockades and protests against pandemic restrictions.

"It is now clear that there are serious challenges to law enforcement's ability to effectively enforce the law," Trudeau told a news conference Monday afternoon.

Trudeau said the measures will be geographically targeted and "reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address."

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6350734

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I was hoping he wouldn't do that.

[applegrove]

1. And they will treat money like it is being laundered or is terrorist money. Including

Crypto-currency or crowd sourcing money.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[ananda]

2. Does Trudeau really have a choice?

Those guys, and the moneyed interests behind them,
are nothing but domestic terrorists.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. exactly. And it's really useful to know who is funding them. May we find out as well in U.S.

[2naSalit]

5. +1

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. I think Trudeau did well to hold off as long as he did. Occupiers want this, think it is validation.

Ford was sluggish, Ottawa mayor, police chief seemed weak. But key is that the Province and the Municipality had the whip hand, until the Act was invoked. They had the highway and street laws and powers, the nuisance bylaws, the child endangerment laws (province), etc.

However the police play a long game. The softly softly approach that people have been getting bent about has big payoffs:

1) Care is taken not to harm the child human shields being used.

2) They get to know the occupiers by face and habits and reactions. You can be sure they are all identified and databased. This information is invaluable when it come to timing and decoy operations and divide & conquer. It enables them to take down the command structure quickly when the time comes.

3) In the lead up, they can and have been increasing pressure. As they know the occupiers and they get to know the police, the police will be able to persuade some to leave early. It's a tactic of attrition, enable by knowledge (see pt 2).

[COL Mustard]

9. Take the Koch Brothers' money

Or whoever is behind it. Keep it and use it for good.

[ananda]

10. I really like that idea!

I wish more people would do that.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. Vlad and the Dark Money gang have no scruples when crossing time zones or borders.

What's one civil war or incursion more or less to them? It's all parts of a larger scheme to disable Western civil authority so their money laundering and shadow investments are protected.

[BlueIdaho]

7. These yokels expressed desire is to destroy Canada's democracy

It’s time for Canada’s government to pull out all the stops to gut them like a fish.

[Omaha Steve]

11. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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