Canada’s Trudeau Defends Use Of Emergency Powers In ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protests – By Anna Mehler Paperny (IB Times) / Nov 25, 2022
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday defended invoking emergency powers to end anti-government protests that paralyzed the capital earlier this year, citing the threat of violence and lack of a credible plan by police.
The “Freedom Convoy” demonstrations against public health measures including vaccine mandates shut down Ottawa and blocked some border crossings for weeks in January and February. Trudeau portrayed the move to use emergency powers as unavoidable, saying it was not possible to negotiate with the protesters.
“It wasn’t that they just wanted to be heard. They wanted to be obeyed,” Trudeau told the independent public commission looking into the government’s use of the powers.
“I am absolutely, absolutely serene and confident that I made the right choice in agreeing with the invocation.”
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