Trudeau continues to throw fuel on the fire in Canada with incendiary remarks. nypost.com/2022/02/16/jus… The emergency measures continue to alarm civil libertarians inside and outside Canada...jonathanturley.org/2022/02/16/tru…
...Once again,, this is an act of civil disobedience that has been used in protests for generations from BLM to environmental to civil rights protests. The government can clearly arrest those who block roads. Such arrests have occurred throughout these protests. However...
...Trudeau has invoked powers that can freeze funding and bank accounts as well as other heavy handed measures. The same powers could be used to shutdown other political causes and arrests their leaders. The implications of these powers for free speech in Canada are chilling.
...For whatever reason, Trudeau seems to want to make this into a more serious confrontation. However, that is now expanding the movement as other truckers respond to what they see as heavy handed measures. foxnews.com/world/canadian… I fail to see what any of this was necessary...
...Trudeau could have cleared the bridge or roads under existing laws without (for the first time) using the emergency powers provision. He could have spoken directly with the truckers. Instead, he is demonizing not just the truckers but anyone who supports them.
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