The US trade war against Canada is now officially underway.

A 25% tariff on goods and a 10% tax on Canadian energy sold to the US is now in place.

Canada has reciprocated with a 25% tariffs on $30B of goods, that will increase to $155B in 21 days #cdnpoli If the tariffs stay in place for an extended period of time, the Bank of Canada says the economy will head into a recession and inflation will spike back up.

Combine that with 100,000’s of layoffs that could happen, and stagflation could soon be coming for Canada #cdnpoli

Liberal MP Han Dong is alleged to have been helped by the Chinese consulate in Toronto during his 2019 nomination race, by bussing in seniors & students to vote for him, according to CSIS docs & sources

CSIS asked the PM's senior staff to rescind Dong's nomination, per sources Through a combo of CSIS docs and intelligence sources, Global News has learned the consulate allegedly sent 2 busloads of Chinese Canadian Seniors to Liberal nomination meeting, and those seniors knew who to vote for, because Dong’s name was written on their arm #cdnpoli

BREAKING – Justice Paul says the government met the threshold to bring in the Emergencies Act
“There was credible and compelling evidence supporting both subjective and objective reasonable belief in the existence of a public order emergency." Here are some other key facts from the report.

Rouleau found on multiple league grounds the feds were justified on bringing in the EA. Cabinet had “credible and compelling information” that there was a “threat to the security of Canada” #cdnpoli

Defence Minister Anita Anand Flying says the unidentified object was shot down at 3:41 PM ET.

It was flying at 40,000 FT and posed a threat to civilian threat. Shot down a 100 KM from the US Canada border over Yukon #cdnpoli Anand says what was shot down appears to be a small cylindrical object, which was smaller than what was shot down over South Carolina.

Anand adds it was the first time that NORAD has ever downed an arial object. #cdnpoli

I'm watching the Federal Court hearing where Doug Ford and Sylvia Jones are fighting their summons to testify at the Public Order Emergency Commission looking into the use of the Emergencies Act. I'll tweet out some highlights #cdnpoli #ottnews The lawyer representing Ford and Jones is arguing they have Parliamentary privileges allowing them not to be compelled to testify while the ON legislature is sitting, which gives them a “lawful excuse to not comply with the summons” from the POEC #cdnpoli #ottnews

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and former Solicitor General Sylvia Jones have been summoned to appear at the Public Order Emergency Commission, looking into the use of the Emergencies Act.

The commission says they will get confirmation later today if they will appear #cdnpoli Both Jones and Ford have come up repeatedly in testimony

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said Ford didn't want anyone from the province to attend meetings with other levels of government to deal with the Convoy because it would be a "waste of time" #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/Gray_Mackenzie/status/1582382623267049472?s=20&t=1HMwdQEOye9t4CiTHzAKCg

Back at St. Bridget's church, a local man went inside and sat on the stage

TUPOC director William Komer said the guy was trespassing and could be arrested by their private security, then the actually Ottawa Police showed up and arrested the guy #ottnews

fb.watch/fcVm3VqSiD/ As I outlined on Friday, the landlord put forward substantial evidence to show that TUPOC is actually trespassing.

Not sure how a random citizen can be arrested at the request of TUPOC members, who are also being accused of trespassing #ottnews

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Pat King is about to learn if he will get bail or not.

King's lawyer argued for his release in a bail hearing on Tuesday. A fellow protester who met him four weeks ago offered to be his surety. She pledged $50,000 to guarantee his bail. #cdnpoli

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/bail-decision-… Crown Lawyer Moiz Karimjee is asking that King's bail application be re-opened. He is now outlining previous cases to support this #cdnpoli

Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife, to take your mind off city council garbage

Possibly the weirdest showing yet at Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St

People are just standing beside this truck with their hands up as a horn honks to a freedom chant #cdnpoli The only other thing happening at Wellington St. is these guys are trying to play keep up. As you can see, they are very poor soccer players. Keep working on your first touch boys! #cdnpoli #ottnews

A large group of protestors just confronted the cops on Queen St.

Looks like the cops weren’t happy with the truck that is parked across the street here on Queen. The group came in and started chanting freedom #cdnpoli #ottnews In between the chanting of freedom, this guy is reading off the bill of rights.

Other people are yelling at the cops to go home #cdnpoli #ottnews

The Convoy has called press conference. The speakers are Daniel Bulford, Vincent Gircys, Eddie Stewart Cornell #cdnpoli #ottnews Bulford says the Emergencies Act still allows people with kids to come Ottawa as long as they are participating in peaceful protest, which they are saying this is #cdnpoli #ottnews

I’m in the gallery for QP

Candice Bergen starts off by calling the use of the Emergencies Act “an Unprecedented sledgehammer”

Trudeau reiterates what he said yesterday about about time limited measures #cdnpoli Bergen asks Trudeau when he will lift “Divisive, outdated and unscientific mandates”

Trudeau said the CPC can’t stop playing crass political games at a time of a crisis #cdnpoli #ottnews

Basically half of the cabinet is here to announce new travel rules

As of Feb 28th, the requirement for fully vaccinated travellers to have a negative PCR test to get in to Canada is dropped. You still need a negative test but now you can uses a rapid test #cdnpoli If you have unvaccinated kids, they don’t have to quarantine anymore if you’re travelling to Canada.

The feds are also dropping the non-essential travel advisory #cdnpoli #ottnews

Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife.

No party tonight at Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St

I spoke with the guy who owns the flatbed/stage earlier today and be said he ain’t leaving no matter what happens. Guess the party will continue at a future date… Down at Ottawa’s second hottest club, Rideau and Sussex, its surprisingly busy.

Decent crowd for a Monday night, and there is enough fuel to keep the party going for days.

As is par for the course, zero cops anywhere.

#cdnpoli #ottnews

Trudeau says the protests in Ottawa have been illegally obstructing Ottawa neighbourhoods

“This is not a peaceful protest” #cdnpoli #ottnews “After discussing with Cabinet and Caucus with consultation with the Premiers, after speaking with oppo leaders, the federal government has invoked the emergencies act”- Trudeau #cdnpoli

.@chrisrands and I just stopped MPs at West Block about the Emergencies Act.

Liberal MP Judy Sgro says “it’s a sad day for Canada” adding, “do you see what’s going on outside?” #cdnpolo CPC MP Richard Bragdon says the Emergencies Act is a “Very big step … I wanna hear what (Trudeau) is bringing forward” #cdnpoli

At Bank and Riveraide, counter protestors have held up a number of cars attempting to join up with the convoy folks.

Here video at the numbers of cars held up, sent to me by a counter protestor #cdnpoli #ottnews Here’s a look at the crowd that has gathered at Bank and Riverside.

Considerably more counter protestors compared to trucks trying to get through #cdnpoli #ottnews

Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife.

It’s the biggest crowd yet at Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St.

They were spinning tunes when I first arrived but what I can only describe as a J-Roc impersonator was hyping the crowd after #cdnpoli #ottnews If you’ve been following this series, you already know that Ottawa’s Hottest Club, Wellington St, has everything.

It has either Starsky or Hutch, more porta potties than needed and an Infowars fan #cdnpoli #ottnews

Protestors have ripped down the barriers step up at the War Memorial.

They were up because people were using the memorial as a toilet and jumping on the tomb of the unknown soldier #cdnpoli #ottnews The people who took it down seem to be a group of veterans.

They were all called up to the front to stand right at the front of the monument #cdnpoli #ottnews

Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife!

As I reported yesterday, Ottawa’s second hottest club, Wellington St, was undergoing renos but they’ve gone bigger than I could imagine

They’ve added a massive big screen behind the DJ, to accompany the VIP deck #ottnews This goes without saying, but Wellington St has everything.

Postal service, ear protection and even satellite TV.

I wonder if the Super Bowl will be on the big screen on Sunday… #cdnpoli #ottnews

I know it’s only Thursday but let’s check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife.

Ottawa’s second hottest club, Wellington St, is closed tonight for renos.

They’ve added a VIP deck with a Hill view, and have stockpiled Ottawa’s hottest accessory, jerry cans #cdnpoli #ottnews Ottawa’s hottest club, Rideau and Sussex, is also closed tonight but some changes will need to be made before the party starts tomorrow night.

Truckers started parking like a jigsaw puzzle at that intersection today, presumably to make it hard to get towed #cdnpoli #ottnews