{"id":62033,"date":"2022-02-26T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62033"},"modified":"2022-02-26T19:06:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:06:20","slug":"doesnt-really-add-up-canadian-mps-grill-public-safety-minister-on-use-of-emergencies-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62033","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Really Add Up&#8221;: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/doesnt-really-add-canadian-mps-grill-public-safety-minister-use-emergencies-act\">&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Really Add Up&#8221;: Canadian MPs Grill Public Safety Minister On Use Of Emergencies Act<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>MPs grilled Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Feb. 25 at a House committee hearing to examine the public order emergency declared by the government, with some focusing on whether the threshold had been met to call a national emergency, and others looking to find out why the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ottawa\">Ottawa<\/a>\u00a0occupation lasted so long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1238596537-1-700x420.jpeg?itok=qpby6HEz\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1238596537-1-700x420.jpeg?itok=qpby6HEz\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/GettyImages-1238596537-1-700x420.jpeg?itok=qpby6HEz\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f510b3a0-4fae-4392-9f85-9228ae39566e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"AdvertisingSlot_desktop__lDlm4 AdvertisingSlot_tablet__MndqJ AdvertisingSlot_mobile__7vsEF AdvertisingSlot_placement__b8TLC AdvertisingSlot_align__800B1\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"AdvertisingSlot_verticallySpaced__MBqFK\" data-google-query-id=\"CNrPsvXKnvYCFYIHiAkdKT4JYQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Addressing whether the threshold was met to invoke the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-emergencies-act\">Emergencies Act<\/a>\u00a0on Feb. 14, Conservative MP and public safety critic Raquel Dancho asked Mendicino if \u201cour safety was in jeopardy with the protests in Ottawa?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell certainly the size, scope, and scale of the illegal blockades at a number of borders and ports of entry, as well as the illegal occupation in Ottawa, met the threshold under the Emergencies Act,\u201d replied Mendicino as he testified before the House of Commons public safety committee.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale protests in Ottawa, dubbed the \u201cFreedom Convoy,\u201d along with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-t-canada\">Canada<\/a>-U.S. border blockades had occurred across the country in recent weeks to demand the lifting of COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. Most of the blockades were cleared before the government invoked the act, and the one in Emerson, Manitoba, dispersed on its own on Feb. 16, so Dancho focused on the Ottawa protest.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI walked to West Block for two weeks past these protests.\u00a0<strong>If there was such a threat to public safety, how could you have allowed members of Parliament to walk by that protest every day?<\/strong>,\u201d asked Dancho.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ottawa-protest-kids-1200x800.jpg?itok=zuurHQz5\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ottawa-protest-kids-1200x800.jpg?itok=zuurHQz5\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ottawa-protest-kids-1200x800.jpg?itok=zuurHQz5\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7048814a-f585-45c0-af78-699aa5d90e90\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Families join the Freedom Convoy protest in downtown Ottawa after police distributed arrest notices to truckers and their supporters occupying Wellington St. and the Parliament Hill area on Feb. 16, 2022. 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