Trudeau calls public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act during convoy protests
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April 25, 2022 at 1:38 pm #265803
Trudeau calls public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act during convoy protests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Monday for the establishment of an inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act.
By waiting/stalling till the very LAST day he was required by LAW to call it.
In a news release, Trudeau said an independent public inquiry called the Public Order Emergency Commission would be created to examine the circumstances leading to the declaration being issued.
Except the action of the lame minister will be most likely overlooked, and how if he only just MEET with the protesters at the start, it would not have dragged on for as long as it did.
Trudeau invoked the act for the first time in Canada’s history during the Freedom Convoy, giving the federal government temporary powers to deal with the blockades and protests against pandemic restrictions.
While the PM hid and showed complete LACK of LEADERSHIP.
If the inquiring fails to look at the actions of the Prime Minister and how he could have avoided all this, then it is nothing but a rubber stamp agenda driven government waste of money.
May 18, 2022 at 1:23 pm #268396Ottawa Police say they didn’t ask for Emergencies Act as Liberals defend its use
With another police chief saying they didn’t ask for the federal government’s Emergencies Act, Liberal cabinet ministers are continuing to insist the move was necessary to clear the Freedom Convoy from Ottawa’s streets.
And all the bad press the libtard government was getting.
A parliamentary committee is weighing whether Wellington Street and other nearby streets that currently fall under the City of Ottawa’s jurisdiction should be in the hands of the federal government.
AH, now were are getting to the truth. These woke snowflake libtards want a permanent buffer between the citizens they are “SUPPOSED” to represent, and their privileged status.
The government is planning a massive redevelopment of several buildings across from Parliament Hill, eventually moving some MPs and Senators into new offices there.
Public Services Minister Filomena Tassi said up to 50 per cent of MPs will eventually work in those new buildings.
She said Wellington Street has long been the border between Parliament and the rest of Ottawa, but after this change it will essentially cut right through it.
The federal government want to expand its territory, and has used the pretext of the Freedom Convoy as the excuse it needs to do just that.
The libtard gov has no shame.
May 19, 2022 at 2:52 am #268444What baffles me the most about this is they KNEW what an authoritarian leftist this guy is. I had been hearing just that from some voices for years long before he showed it.
So why in the hell did they elect him again? Makes you wonder.
May 19, 2022 at 10:46 am #268567In Canada, our government is made up of parties.
You have the Liberals (the “left”, who are all for big business, big government).
You have the NDP (socialists, big government)
You have the PQ (Quebec separatists)
You have the Conservatives (the “right”, who are for small businesses, family) who have leadership problems for the last decade.
So Trud-rea, the failed substitute drama teacher, got into politics based on his family name, IMO. And maybe because of his younger looks.
May 19, 2022 at 12:19 pm #268570It’s like in “Back To The Future” when Doc Brown says “No wonder your president has to be an actor. He’s gotta look good on television.” How correct that statement was.
May 19, 2022 at 3:46 pm #268576@Vknid in Venezuela the population knew the type of person Chavez was and they too re-elected him. The rest is history.
Venezuela was corrupt for a long time before Chavez. Once established, he continued vilifying the opposition and multinationals and successfully hoodwinked the very large lower class into giving him their support. Throw in goodies like cheap fuel and you cement your position until you run out of money and things fall apart. Right now there’s a serious migrant crisis in the countries surrounding Venezuela as its citizens flee en masse.
In Canada, Trudeau is using the same smear tactics on his detractors – just look at how he described the Freedom Convoy activists in what was a clear attempt at character assassination.
One would argue that the demographic makeup of his support base is different with a lot of his support coming from the boomer generation who trust and respect the mainstream media and seem totally oblivious to the fact that it has been turned into the propaganda arm of the State.
But like Venezuela he also has a lot of support from disenfranchised, impoverished younger people who see him as their saviour. Apart from promising jobs and housing, I think he’s also pushing for universal basic income (Check out Bills C-223 and S-233). I read somewhere that this is the poorest generation, holding only 3% of total wealth which is why Justin’s socialist propaganda is so appealing.
August 17, 2022 at 9:25 pm #279019Negotiator behind deal with Freedom Convoy says Ottawa was too quick to use emergency powers
The man who negotiated on the City of Ottawa’s behalf with Tamara Lich and other organizers of the Freedom Convoy says an agreement for truckers to leave the city’s residential streets wasn’t given enough time to play out before the federal government used its emergency powers to quell the weeks-long occupation.
“This is a black mark on Canadian history,” Dean French said of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, just a day after word of an agreement between the city and truckers became public.
“History will show this was a total overreaction.”
We already know it was completely overreaction.
Last week, unsealed cabinet meeting minutes revealed Trudeau took the unprecedented measure of invoking the act only a day after being told by his national security adviser of a potential “breakthrough” in the crisis.
But then Turd-reau would not have been given any credit for stopping the protest… a protest he refuse to talk to in any way shape or form.
“Why wouldn’t Trudeau’s cabinet have waited on the Sunday night [Feb. 13] to say, ‘[Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson], a very credible, respected mayor, has an agreement. Let’s just wait two or three days to see if this peaceful resolution works. If it’s not real, then let’s put down the hammer,'”
Because those on the left (like the lib-tards) wants to make examples of those who disagree with them and their agenda, IMO.
The details of the agreement became public just hours before the cabinet meeting where Trudeau and assembled ministers were told of the “breakthrough,” French said.
“It was pretty clear,” he said of the agreement. “I’m surprised the wording from the security adviser to the prime minister and the cabinet wasn’t a little bit more direct: ‘The mayor has an agreement.'”
Because they did not WANT an agreement.
Turd-reau was embarrassed by this clear show of protest over his mishandling/inept government and its policies.
September 2, 2022 at 1:13 pm #280275Commission investigating Ottawa’s use of the Emergencies Act delayed until October
The commission tasked with investigating the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during the convoy protest has been delayed and will now begin its work on Oct. 13.
Why the delay?
In a news release, the Public Order Emergency Commission said its work is being postponed because its chair, former judge Paul S. Rouleau, “has advised that he is required to undergo surgery to address a health issue that has very recently arisen.”
Convenient timing.
“I want to assure Canadians of my commitment to completing the work of the commission in a timely manner,” Rouleau said in the release. “Commission staff, with the cooperation of all parties, [have] made significant progress over the past several weeks in obtaining and reviewing documents, conducting interviews, and preparing for the start of public hearings.
“While it will be impossible for me to start the hearings as originally planned because of my surgery, the commission remains focused on meeting the statutory timetable. I thank all stakeholders for their understanding of these circumstances that are beyond my control.”
But if the surgery is postponed, or complications leads to more delays, what happens is the statutory timetable is missed? Is it completely tossed, with no final report to Canadians.
The commission’s final report is required to be tabled in both the House of Commons and Senate by Feb. 20, 2023.
But if the chair of the commission is unable to?
The commission was formed to assess the government’s unprecedented decision to invoke the law in response to the so-called Freedom Convoy protest in February.
The formation of a commission to investigate the decision is required by law.
We know it was a huge over-reach/over-reaction by the libtard government, whom were more interested in their international image than to address the concerns of the average Canadian.
October 19, 2022 at 10:17 am #284316Governments weren’t always working in tandem during ‘Freedom Convoy’: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there were times during the “Freedom Convoy” protests last winter that the three levels of government were not working together as well as they could.
That was because the failed substitute drama teacher REFUSED to meet with the protesters and end their right to peaceful protesting… PEACEFULLY!
A transcript released Tuesday of a phone call between Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson shows that Trudeau accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of “hiding from his responsibility” to help with the convoy for political reasons.
What BS! It was trudeau, who for political reasons, refused to meet and peacefully end the protest because it was against HIS policies the protests were over.
So while trudeau wanted to CRUSH the protestors to his dictatorship, the provincial government sided with the peaceful protestors. And YES, it was PEACEFUL!
There were no rioting, no burning or looting. No shoplifting, no stealing, no raping, no vandalism.
This was clearly an embarrassed trudreau who did not like that the world saw exactly who he was… a coward and not having leadership abilities.
October 26, 2022 at 1:21 pm #284965Threats against public figures an issue feds ‘carefully’ looking to address: Trudeau
“The issue of ministerial security is one we have to take seriously,” Trudeau said, speaking to reporters…
So just like how Trudeau hide from protestors, he wants all his elites “protected” against views they are opposed to.
“We’ve seen unfortunately a lot of people are facing intimidation and threats at work, whether it’s health-care workers, whether it’s municipal officials, or whether it’s politicians.”
There is a line between frustration and peaceful protestors and criminally charging people with threats when they want their views to be heard.
Why I agree harassment of people just doing their jobs (like doctors and nurses and police), politicians are supposed to be serving the people, not the people are to be serving/subservient to the politicians/elites.
The examples given in the articles could be threats/harassment, but the implications of this libtard’s protection idea’s goes towards one step closer to ALL opposing ideas/freedom of thought and expression, ILLEGAL, IMO.
November 8, 2022 at 3:05 pm #286241Emergencies Act inquiry shows we can’t be selective on civil liberties
The Rouleau Commission has now heard sworn testimony that the Freedom Convoy was not foreign funded and did not constitute a threat to democracy and that the Emergencies Act was not needed or asked for by any police force. That reflects very poorly on the prime minister. The act’s invocation was the worst peacetime assault on civil liberties since Pierre Trudeau’s use of the War Measures Act during the FLQ crisis 52 years ago…
Exactly!
This selective indifference is both distressing and dangerous. Suspending civil liberties because of a peaceful protest that went on too long sets a low bar that puts everyone’s freedom at risk.
It could have ended alot sooner, if the prime minister, who is supposed to represent ALL Canadians, just talked/negotiated directly with the protestors, instead of hiding.
Our view of the Emergencies Act should not be governed by our admiration of or scorn for the protestors. The Charter is meant to protect speech of all kinds from all sources. Unfortunately, personal views are too often determinative, which can create a political opportunity for governments willing to run roughshod over dissent.
Yet that is exactly what regimes like Trudeau does to those that oppose their agenda.
We are learning a lot from the Commission hearings, which were mandated by the Emergencies Act to determine, among other things, whether its invocation met the legal threshold, including that the “national emergency … cannot be effectively dealt with under any other law of Canada.” In deciding this, the fact that existing legislation was not relied on is irrelevant. Otherwise, incompetence or deliberate inaction could be used to invoke the Act anytime a government found it convenient.
But we hurt the EGO and international image of a failed substitute drama teacher turned PM.
Other evidence shows how egregious the prime minister’s actions were. He instigated the Freedom Convoy by belatedly imposing a mandatory vaccine on truckers last January. Rather than reaching out and listening, as he has done with other protest groups, he exacerbated the conflict by demonizing protesters as racist radicals and falsely accusing them of violent criminal activity.
He was all for the yellow vest protestors in France, and restraint from the government, but you better damn hell NOT do the same thing to him and his regime!
His unjustified suspension of civil liberties has tainted the prime minister’s moral authority to govern. Perhaps the commission will open Canadians’ eyes to the inequity and risk of taking away fundamental rights from people regarded as disagreeable.
We already know Trudeau is NO leader. He is the poster person for elitism, entitlement, and living off his family’s name/legacy.
November 14, 2022 at 7:06 pm #286809Canada’s spy agency told government officials — including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — before they invoked the Emergencies Act last winter that the Freedom Convoy protests didn’t pose a national security threat and weren’t supported by foreign state interference, according to a document made public Monday.
Since when does a libtard government listen to facts that goes against their agenda?
Ultimately, no activities tied to the pandemic protests across the country ever met the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s definition of a national security threat, as defined by the CSIS Act…
So, according to the official CSIS Act, there was no threat to national security by the convoy protesters.
It was the first time the act was invoked, and it can only be used in a national emergency when a situation “seriously threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Canada” and cannot be dealt with by any other law. It specifically refers to the definition of a national security threat detailed in the CSIS Act.
And since the definition of a national security threat was never meet, the use of the powers to stripe the rights of citizens WAS illegal, IMO.
According to the CSIS interview summary, once Vigneault learned the government was seriously considering invoking the Emergencies Act, he felt obliged to “clearly convey” the agency’s view that “there did not exist a threat to the security of Canada” as defined by the CSIS Act.
He briefed high-ranking government members, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, of the service’s findings on Feb. 13, the day before the act was invoked, according to the summary.
Expert opinions matter not, when it is the EGOs and international images of these libtards are being smeared by the international media.
Trudeau can lecture other nations and world leaders on showing restraint when dealing with protests, but to expect this bastard failed substitute drama teacher to do the same thing he lectures others to do?
Do as I say, not as I do, BS!
What a hypocrite!
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