The truckers protest in Ottawa is out of hand

That's a great question. Personally I don't think he had the justification. This is from Wikipedia:

"The Canadian Civil Liberties Association criticized the invocation of the Act, saying that the "high and clear" threshold for invocation – that the situation cannot be resolved through the regular application of existing laws – had not been met, and that normalization of emergency legislation would erode democracy and civil liberties.[69] On February 17, it filed for judicial review of decision of the government's decision to enact the Emergencies Act, claiming the invocation was unjustified and unconstitutional; the Canadian Constitution Foundation announced intent to sue on similar grounds." 

Here are some of the particulars from the Emergencies Act (again, taken from Wikipedia):

"Under the Emergencies Act, the Governor in Council (i.e., the federal Cabinet) may declare that an emergency exists.[24] The emergency must be a "national emergency" which means an "urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature" that either "(a) seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it, or (b) seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Canada and that cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada".[25][26]

The Emergencies Act contemplates four distinct types of emergencies: a public welfare emergency, a public order emergency, an international emergency, and a war emergency.[27] It uses a "finely graded set of provisions" to respond to each type.[28][29][30] The four categories of emergency are triggered in separate circumstances and a declaration of an emergency under each category gives the government a separate set of powers.[31] Once the Cabinet has declared an emergency, it can make orders in council or proclaim regulations pursuant to the declaration.[32]

Under the Emergencies Act, a declaration of an emergency by the Cabinet must be reviewed by Parliament.[33] Any temporary laws made under the act are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Bill of Rights, and must have regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[34][35]

Once a national emergency is declared, a motion for confirmation of a declaration of emergency must be tabled in the Senate and House of Commons within seven days after a declaration of emergency is made by the Governor in Council.[36] If either chamber is prorogued or in recess, its members must be recalled. If both chambers adopt the motion, the declared emergency remains in place for its original duration, subject to renewal (also subject to parliamentary scrutiny). Either chamber may end the emergency declaration by voting against it.[36] Additionally, a Parliamentary Review Committee with representation from each recognized party must be formed. Within 60 days of the expiration of the emergency, the law requires the government to convene an inquiry, and table a report in Parliament within 360 days following the emergency's expiration."


He declared a "Public Order Emergency" whose provisions are as follows:

Public order emergency
Part II of the Emergencies Act describes "public order emergency" results from serious threats to the security of Canada. When defining "threats to the security of Canada" the act references the definition provided in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, which includes espionage, sabotage, detrimental foreign influences, activities which support the threat or use of violence for a political, religious or ideological objective; or those activities which threaten to undermine or otherwise destroy, or overthrow the Government of Canada.[41][42] The Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act specifically notes that "lawful advocacy, protest or dissent" do not constitute "threats to the security of Canada".[43]

Section 18 of the Act states a public order emergency declaration persists for 30 days, subject to being extended through another proclamation, or ended earlier.[40]

Not a Canadian or the pea that you quoted, but I thought it was a good question.  Here's what I found

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-debate-1.6354908

The Liberal government is defending its allegation of ties between "ideologically motivated violent extremism" and the ongoing protest in Ottawa — one of the reasons it cited for triggering the Emergencies Act.

The government published its reasons for triggering the act late Wednesday, calling the situation across the country "concerning, volatile and unpredictable."

The government's argument for invoking the law pointed out that some of the anti-vaccine mandate protest supporters were once employed in law enforcement and the military.

"Tactics adopted by protesters in support of these aims include slow-roll activity, slowing down traffic and creating traffic jams, in particular near ports of entry, as well as reports of protesters bringing children to protest sites to limit the level and types of law enforcement intervention," the government wrote.

It also said the blockades threaten Canada's economic security.

"The impact on important trade corridors and the risk to the reputation of Canada as a stable, predictable and reliable location for investment may be jeopardized if disruptions continue."


www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-premiers-cabinet-1.6350734

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/14/canada-ottawa-trucker-protests-bridge/

Because you lie.

And, sweetie you’ve been fucking nasty to people too, so get iff your high horse.

Conservatives play victim so well. 🙄🙄

When she claims it's a fact, I don't think she does.
And I assure you, I knew about stolen valor well before I ever heard of Nathan Phillips.

You absolutely just proved my point. I never said “me”. I meant it as a generalized statement. But there you go with the degrading.

And this is generally acceptable to Canadians? It was just shocking to me considering it’s Canada, one of the most moderate countries.

IMO, that move is draconian in every respect and not at all a proportionate response. Like I said, a civil war, a coup, terrorism, and the like…yes. (I would think those illustrate the threshold to meet.) But not against those who are for the most part non-violently exercising free speech as is their right. It’s no wonder your Civil Liberties Assn is pushing back.

However, I don’t wish to give the impression I support illegal occupations and blockades (I didn’t support them when they were occurring in the US even for a cause I wish to advance). And I’m actually a proponent of vaccine mandates.

But the suspension of civil rights and a gov’t seizing protestors’ bank accounts and assets as punishment without due process would never, ever be acceptable to me. (In the US, ordering a financial institution to freeze someone's account without a warrant or probable cause is unreasonable search and seizure in violation of our Constitution.)

This might be an impertinent assumption on my part because I’m not a Canadian, but if the tables were turned and it’s a conservative gov’t that does this, I would imagine liberals wouldn’t tolerate it. My position is that I wouldn’t tolerate it regardless of which party is in power, especially if the basis is patently ideological.

But my opinion, obviously, is of no relevance, and it’s for Canadians to ultimately decide whether this is something they can live with or not. Once a precedent like this is set and it’s the opposition in power next time who wishes to do the same, there might be some regret.

She was wrong and so are you.

You are absolutely correct that is my opinion.  (See how easy that was?)

But let me see if I understand your reasoning.  Because this Nathan Phillips “committed stolen valor” it was ok for the punk to act like a racist punk?  Really?

Let me ask you two questions.

1.  Why did the punk continue to stand that close to Nathan Phillips?  Why didn’t he just move away?  Why did he feel the need to stand his ground?  To me he was being confrontational.  And if he wasn’t a racist punk, he would have just moved and ignored Phillips.  He wanted to start something.

2.  Just what were his buddies in the background laughing about?  What was so funny.  They all seemed to pretty good time laughing at something.  Maybe it was because they got a big kick out of watching their buddy being an ass.

I'd donate to his rehoming fee.....

Yeah. That photo shows a full grown man aggressively beating a drum in the face of a boy who is standing there peacefully refusing to show he's being intimidated.

See how that works.





Let me get this right. An unknown-to-you teenage boy peacefully standing in a large group of boys on a school trip was by your definition "a punk" based on your opinion of his appearance alone, and it is your opinion that because he didn't shove his way back through the crowd surrounding him, he was being confrontational.

I'm just gonna let that stand there all on it's own.




I want to get this straight, too. A group of teenage boys on a field trip are standing around outside for some time - which in my experience always meant waiting for a school bus to come pick us up - and instead of getting angry at the racist insults being hurled at them and jumping up to fight, they began doing school cheers and just enjoying the time out together. You're right! How dare they!

You must be a real joy for kids to be around IRL.

Super slow-motion video of the moment the woman with the walker was knocked down and trampled by a police horse in Ottawa while peacefully standing in the crowd.






Yes, initially it was said that the woman had died, but that was mistaken and was quickly corrected. 


Here's a photo for ya to remember, onelasttime . I guarantee there are many who won't quickly forget it. Please notice that the gentleman standing in front of this woman was also knocked to the ground and trampled.



Turns out the lasting image of the Freedom Convoy protest at Parliament Hill will not be bouncy castles but that of a woman with a walker being trampled by a police horse. - Toronto Sun


Guess this is just more misinformation gathered by those silly eyewitnesses actually there on the ground taking live-stream videos on their own devices. 

Ok and your point is what exactly?

OMG. This desecration at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Ottawa.... SO much worse than what we saw here in the States during the summer of our "mostly peaceful" protests!


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A veteran honor guard later posted round-the-clock watch at this site, removing snow and keeping the monument without a mark.  If only these protestors could have behaved as well as the mostly-peaceful protestors treated our own American monuments during 2020, then all would be well with the major news sources I guess.