Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act to crack down on Freedom Convoy protests against vaccine mandates and Government overreach over COVID-19. It is the first time the extreme legislation has been triggered since it was enacted in 1988, and it empowers banks to freeze the personal accounts of protestors without the permission of a court. The Government is also extending “terrorist financing” rules to cover the protestors. BBC News has more.
Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and proportionate”. The military will not be called to assist.
Without a court order, banks will be able freeze personal accounts of anyone linked with the protests.
Mr Trudeau faces widespread criticism for his handling of the protests.
“This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people’s jobs,” he said.
He said the police would be given “more tools” to imprison or fine protesters and protect critical infrastructure.
The extraordinary move by Mr Trudeau comes as demonstrations across Canada enter their third week. It is his most aggressive move since the protests began.
On Sunday, law enforcement cleared anti-mandate protesters at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor – a critical pathway for Canada-US trade – after a week-long stalemate.
Hundreds of protesters remain in Canada’s capital city.
Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for a state of emergency in the province in response to the protests.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said banks will be able freeze personal accounts of anyone linked with the protests without any need for a court order.
Vehicle insurance of anyone involved with the demonstrations can also be suspended, she added.
She said they were broadening Canada’s “Terrorist Financing” rules to cover cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding platforms, as part of the effort to clamp down on the protests.
“It’s all about following the money,” she said.
The Emergencies Act, passed in 1988, demands a high legal bar to be invoked. It may only be used in an “urgent and critical situation” that “seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians”. Lawful protests do not qualify.
Speaking on Monday, Canada’s Justice Minister David Lametti said the Government believes these conditions have been met, saying the current crisis is national in scope and exceeds the power of existing laws and Canada’s provinces to respond.
Mr Lametti and Mr Trudeau stressed that the enormous power of the legislation would be applied temporarily, and in a highly specific manner. But the decision has already been met with criticism.
The BBC draws attention to the fact that last year, Trudeau angered the Indian Prime Minister by supporting farmers in India who blocked major highways to New Delhi. “Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest,” he said at the time.
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Hopefully this evil man will meet the same fate as other dictatorial tyrants e.g. Mussolini and Qaddafi.
“Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest”.
So Trudeau is a liar too. Really one has to wonder what the point of some of these “liberal” regimes is.
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Why does the BBC expect Trudeau to be truthful, they aren’t.
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for those who missed this 2 days ago here on the daily sceptic news round, a Speech by Canadian Army Major Stephen Chledowski about the loss of freedoms under covid laws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a8ZRipbeRo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VjF2bTSTcY&ab_channel=FoxBusiness
Canadian trucker speaks out after Trudeau vows to freeze bank accounts
Thank you for posting this Kate. I hope this starts a welcome plague of protests world wide. Power to the truckers (I used to be one of them here in the UK)
What will Turdeau do when this clumsy action fails?
I think he well knows. This is all preplanned by the CIA, who are adept at revolutions in foreign states. We are in the hands of professional coup instigators.
Do we begin to get a glimpse of our own future under the Johnson Regime?
Time to cancel your Canadian bank account and move your money elsewhere while you still can (and it applies not just to protestors).
I would have thought that if Turdeau had wanted to regain popularity and respect he should have caved after the first week and said, “You know, you’re right, I’m sorry, these mandates are wrong. Let’s get back to normal, here’s my plan for doing so” and then cementing his case by saying how much he loves his country and it’s citizens and wants them to be happy etc etc. It takes a big man to admit he has got it wrong, and I think he would have gone up in some people’s estimation for doing so. Trouble is, he’s not a big man but a frightened little boy who has retired to the corner and is now throwing everything he can get his hands on at his perceived agressor, all the while stamping his feet in anger and crying. I really hope he gets his comeuppance soon.
Oh, the Beeb has noticed there’s a protest in Ottowa at last.
This is a blatant unmasking (if, indeed, we needed it) of what Mr T’s handlers intend the new order to look like. The incremental progression of the reach of the state is something we need to be following very carefully. The upcoming proposed new Bill of Rights is clearly a component in this as it removes ‘absolute’ rights and increases the power of the state over the individual. I suspect that the language in the text has been carefully constructed by the behaviour insights ‘specialists’ to intentionally obfuscate the true intention of the act.
I read that the Maori in Wellington have responded to Ardern’s making the Parliament land out of bounds to the people. They’ve declared it’s theirs.
Perhaps the Algonquin should start going through the Ottawa archives……!
Why don’t all right thinking Canadians all go to their banks and demand their current account money be given to them in cash? Create a run on the banks and see where Turdeau goes next?
Close the banks, perhaps.
That might in fact be part of his plan. To deepen the “emergency”.
There’s nothing “reasonable and proportionate” about this. It’s the actions of a Dictator.
I hope this is Trudeau digging his political grave.
An act of desperation by a petty tyrant who has already lost. Just go already!
It’s the same in every country. The majority are still accepting of the rules. Nothing changes until they come to their collective senses. One can only hope they do very soon.
I’m afraid they are not aware of it. I met a friend yesterday – he has no interest in the current situation, and was surprised when I said that his newly diagnosed tinnitus could be a vax reaction. (yes it happened after vaxxing, it had not even occurred to him.)
I have a lot of contempt for these people now. They will learn the hard way, but we will suffer first I am afraid.
It’s incredible that Trudeau thinks that a mild virus that has a very high survival rate (and for which provenly effective therapeutics to treat exist) needs to have people’s ability to buy food and heat shut off, to have their lives put into a govt controlled box ‘for their protection’! He is a seriously deluded individual, and is himself the one from whom Canadians need protection.
Of course he doesn’t think that. He’s not ‘deluded’. He is quite positively evil and self-serving, with a cohort around him with whom he’s conniving. To suggest anything else is being far too kind.
Forget the ‘virus’ – the gloves and masks are off with this – naked tyranny – no less!
Has Trudeau now got a target on his forehead? Take bread out of a man’s mouth and the ability to feed his family! In other news, did you spot the comment “terrorist financing rules to cover crypto”…Once programmable CBDCs in conjunction with UBI is rolled out globally, the Luciferian Globocap overlords will not allow an alternative means of exchange… bitcoin etc!
It’s all about a public health emergency folk’s, are we awake yet?
It’s now a battle of wills for the very souls of the Canadian people, for the soul of Canada itself, but by his despotic actions, Trudeau has already lost.
But he’s just the frontman. Who is behind? They’re the ones who are determined to win.
It’s not just Trudeau, his bodyguards, and some/most of the Canadian Police are all in on it, plus all/most of the other politicians.
Well, never mind, as long as Norway is open, and we can all go there to enjoy the icy/slushy streets and roads full of potholes… last time we were in Norway we were shocked at the crappy road ‘maintenance’. Toll cameras all over Norway, too, so make sure you know what that’s all about before driving around.
Wake up people When trudeau’s right hand man says it is all about following the money, was she talking about herself and her boss? Why would anyone be worried about Russia or the Ukraine when this tyrant in Canada is freezing personal bank accounts, cancelling their insurance, throwing peaceful protestors in jail and behaving exactly like dictators in our world. Anyone else had enough?
I can bet that if you walk up to 50 random people in the street, and ask “What do you think about the Canadian Truckers?”, at least 49 of them will reply “Eh, what?” Or maybe all 50.
Or, depending on where you live, a few might say they are “far right extremist racists”.
None of my left wing acquaintances has ever, ever, said anything about any of the world wide protests. Not a word from any of them. But they’ve plenty to say about “selfish antivaxxers”, and how the Covipass is nothing to worry about, it’s just “proof that you’re vaccinated” so people can feel “safe”, what’s wrong with that? And at the same time they will bang on about the “evil Toreeees ” and how they aim to destroy our sainted NHS.
Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers.
All 50.
The Maori perhaps?
I was in Helsinki city centre this morning, nearly everyone wearing face masks (not me), even outside. I spoke for 15mins to a saleswoman in one of the old department stores and she said she thinks there is more to ‘Covid’ than this rubbish about a virus – she thought it was part of destroying the West, as is bringing in half the ‘third world’ as cheap labour.
I bought four Victorinox potato peelers from this store – a name with a reputation, but nothing on the packaging as to where they are made. Should be Switzerland, but I bet it’s China. We need a potato peeler, so let’s hope it even works!
The Canadian situation has become very, very important, for all humanity. The Canadian truckers have become the vanguard for freedom and I support them 100%.
Negotiation and persuasion, Trudeau? No. Boot on the throat of your fellow citizens. Cowardly bastard.
How could there be ‘negotiation’ if he refuses even to talk to them. In fact NO-ONE in the government will speak to them.
All just part of the ‘dehumanising’ process – the Nazis didn’t speak to Jewish Elders to ‘discuss’ implementation of their ‘Race Law’ polices.
World-shaking events… you won’t ever see on the BBC.
The BBC is making itself irrelevant to real world factual events – might as well be the Völkischer Beobachter.
I’d rather read the latter
This is clearly a case of government going beyond its reasonable powers. The banks should refuse to comply. Second French revolution anyone?
First world revolution, more like…
Latest trucker press conference. It seems the Emergency Act has not been passed yet and Turdeau faces a lot of opposition. Let’s hope it’s enough! These guys seem cool as cucumbers and completely unfazed, which is confidence-inspiring; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz97T_lk0Ls
So, I tweeted several leading Tory politicians inviting them to condemn this and they all remain silent – this most likely is our future.
Then let them be judged, too.