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Canada really is turning into a police state before our eyes
American Thinker ^ | 21 Feb, 2022 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 02/21/2022 4:31:18 AM PST by MtnClimber

A month ago, it was a free country. Then, its little Mao felt threatened and, suddenly, the gloves are off and the rule of law is gone.

One of the hallmarks of liberty is a reliable legal system. In totalitarian countries, one of the ways you control people is to keep them perpetually off-balance. The law and its application are utterly unpredictable. People become paralyzed and dare not do anything that might offend the regime, lest they get destroyed. And that’s what we’re seeing in Canada, where the newly dictatorial government is making no pretense of abiding by the rule of law.

A very specific aspect of the rule of law is that new laws are not applied retroactively. In a free country, one with a safe, reliable legal system, if it was legal for you to buy a croissant on Monday, the fact that the law changed on Tuesday to make croissants illegal does not mean that the police can come and arrest you for that Monday croissant. In a police state, of course, the police can arrest you at any time for anything, including engaging in conduct that was legal when you engaged in it.

With that in mind, I give you a series of tweets from Mark Strahl, a Canadian Member of Parliament (so we must assume, for now, that he’s telling the truth): (tweets posted below)

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To: MtnClimber

Canadian Reggae band IllScarlett called it back in 2006, when they released their song: “Heaters”.

“We are... living in a Police State...
More than just your rights at stake...
Right now!”

They re-did the video a few months ago to reflect the current reality of pandemic lockdowns and mandates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fk4CGEIkMU


21 posted on 02/21/2022 7:20:51 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: MtnClimber

Given the open jackbooted fascism being dished out on ordinary Canadians by the tyrant Trudeau you would think there would be open rebellion or at least public demands for his resignation. Parliament other than a few impassioned speeches seems to be almost accepting of this naked fascism. The truckers seem to be the only Canadians who are rebelling against Trudeau’s tyranny. What the heck is wrong with the rest of Canada? There should at least be national strikes shutting down Canada until Trudeau resigns, but so far crickets.


22 posted on 02/21/2022 11:09:09 AM PST by The Great RJ
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To: The Great RJ
What the heck is wrong with the rest of Canada? There should at least be national strikes shutting down Canada until Trudeau resigns, but so far crickets.

May they mercifully die early deaths so that they do not suffer too long from their chains.

23 posted on 02/21/2022 1:05:58 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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