Canadian Truck Convoy/Rebellion

Trudeau ends use of Emergencies Act, says ‘situation is no longer an emergency’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is revoking the use of the Emergencies Act, the powerful legislative tool that was deployed in response to protests and blockades that erupted in Ottawa and at border crossings over recent weeks.

“The situation is no longer an emergency,” Trudeau told a news conference.

The only ’emergency’ was to your political agenda/career.  And you have failed!

The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois voted against the use of the act in the House of Commons, arguing that it constituted government overreach. Other critics, including the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), have said the use of the act was unnecessary because the protests were not a legitimate national emergency.

“Today’s announcement is proof that the prime minister was wrong when he invoked the Emergencies Act,” said Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen in a media statement.

“Nothing has changed between Monday and today other than a flood of concerns from Canadian citizens, bad press, and international ridicule.”

The bad PR and how the world reacted negatively to the PM’s tyrannical methods against peaceful protesters, and his lack of REAL leadership skills, si what happened.

And now with the world’s attention in Ukraine, the PM wanted an easy out.

The CCLA last week also announced a lawsuit against the government over its use of the act. The organization said it is now deciding if it will continue with its challenge.

“Even though the orders are no longer in force, Canadians are left with the precedent that the government’s actions have set,” the CCLA said in a statement.

Now what is law has been used against the PM’s political opponents (those whom don’t share is agenda), who is to say when it will be used next, and what little pretext is needed.

An inquiry into the government’s decision to invoke the act and subsequent police actions will begin within 60 days, Trudeau confirmed. He said Parliamentarians will establish a committee to oversee that review next week.

Hopefully, the truth will come out, and that they formally announce the PM/government over reacted, the threshold for an emergency was never meet, and Trudeau resigns from not just as PM, but his seat as well.  Leaving political altogether for the disgrace he and his regime caused.

Maybe I can start thinking that my earlier pessimism was hopefully premature. Still not completely convinced, but him backing down is very likely significant.

We already have reports of “phantom honking syndrome”.  And the need to be a “victim”.

And there are still protests going on, but on a lesser scale.

With people complaining “But most provincial restrictions have been lifted”, but NOT the federal ones.  The ability to cross the border (for pleasure or for work) is still in place.

Historians will look back at this time, wondering how on earth did we survive such mass hysteria and misinformation, illegal/unconstitutional lockdowns, etc.