{"id":61886,"date":"2022-02-14T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61886"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:11:23","slug":"trudeau-to-unleash-never-before-used-emergency-powers-act-to-counter-protests-as-us-canada-bridge-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=61886","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau To Unleash Never-Before-Used ‘Emergency Powers Act’ To Counter Protests As US-Canada Bridge Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trudeau To Unleash Never-Before-Used ‘Emergency Powers Act’ To Counter Protests As US-Canada Bridge Reopens<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation<\/a>\u00a0has learned that Prime Minister\u00a0Trudeau “will inform the provinces he will invoke the Emergencies Act to give the government extra powers to deal with the protests across the country.\u00a0<\/strong>But in a meeting with the Liberal caucus, the PM said there were no plans to deploy the military.”<\/p>\n

The move follows a meeting Sunday of the federal cabinet and its Incident Response Group (IRG).<\/p>\n

Trudeau tweeted late Sunday that the IRG discussed\u00a0“further actions the government can take to help end the blockades and occupations.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier that day, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told CBC’s Rosemary Barton Live that the federal government has discussed invoking special emergency powers to deal with ongoing protests in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Blair described the attitude around invoking the Emergencies Act as “appropriate caution” rather than “reticence.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As CBC concludes,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>the law gives the federal government carte blanche to cope with a crisis, including the ability to enact emergency powers that allow it to\u00a0prohibit travel within a specified area or remove personal property, while imposing fines or jail time on people contravening new orders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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