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Trudeau fights to keep his emergency powers alive as he faces fierce opposition in Parliament: MPs slam his 'unprecedented overreach' as cops flood Ottawa streets to REMOVE Freedom Convoy and block new protesters from joining demonstration
UK DailyMail ^ | Feburary 17 2022 | Keith Griffith

Posted on 02/17/2022 2:39:39 PM PST by Aquamarine

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing tough opposition in Parliament as he battles to maintain his emergency powers in a crackdown on Freedom Convoy protesters.

On Thursday, legislation upholding Trudeau's declaration under the Emergencies Act was presented in Parliament, where Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs voiced fierce opposition.

However, the left-leaning New Democrats said they would reluctantly support Trudeau's minority Liberal government, virtually ensuring passage of the measure upholding his emergency powers in the House of Commons. Together the two parties hold 184 seats out of 338 in the lower chamber.

Under law, any use of the Emergencies Act must be brought before Parliament within seven days for approval.

Debate began Thursday and will continue, according to the Act, 'without interruption' until the vote is called, which is expected to occur as soon as Friday. Canada's largely ceremonial Senate will also consider the matter on Friday.

As debate raged in Parliament, police poured into downtown Ottawa on Thursday in what truckers feared was a prelude to a crackdown on their protest over vaccine mandates, which has paralyzed the streets of the capital for nearly three weeks.

Ottawa's Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said at a press conference on Thursday that checkpoints are being established to lock down the city's core and prevent additional protesters from joining the demonstration. He said protesters currently camped out at the demonstration are free to leave, and encouraged them to do so.

Addressing the House, Trudeau pleaded with legislators to support his extraordinary powers, which have enabled him to summarily freeze bank accounts and crypto wallets tied to the protests in a bid to cut off funding for the movement.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canada; freedomconvoy2022; letsgobrandeau; policestate; protest; trudeau; trudeaumustgo; tyranny; votebrandeauout
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To: canuck_conservative

I’m not sure that will happen unless Trudeau goes personally and shoots.


61 posted on 02/17/2022 5:19:07 PM PST by TTFX
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To: TTFX

He does want to destroy them though ... that can now include seizing trucks (those rigs are worth over $100K), confiscatory fines, loss of license and certification, jail time ...

I still support the protest, I still say their rights are being violated, but no judge in the country will sympathize with that right now ... the whole system is rigged against them


62 posted on 02/17/2022 5:26:05 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

. that can now include seizing trucks (those rigs are worth over $100K), confiscatory fines, loss of license and certification, jail time ...

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If the truckers go home now, all that can happen.


63 posted on 02/17/2022 5:32:23 PM PST by TTFX
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To: Hieronymus

One would assume that since Joël Lightbound bucked his leader, he will vote against it. I think there might be two or three other Liberals as well that are on the fence... Erskine-Smith may be one, Powlowski may be one and Robillard is another. However for them to actually vote against the government on what is essentially a non-confidence motion is probably too outrageous to think about it.

One of the Greens is Morrice in Kitchener....not sure about him.

Derek Sloan is the independent you are thinking about... He got ejected from the Conservative caucus when he and O’Toole didn’t see eye to eye anymore. I think he will vote with the Conservatives on this.


64 posted on 02/17/2022 5:34:41 PM PST by hecticskeptic (Truck you Brandeau!)
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To: Revel

Our federal elections are paper ballots. Counted by hand. In a controlled area.

Nice try.


65 posted on 02/17/2022 5:39:10 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: canuck_conservative

“So what do you want? To see them go down in a hail of gunfire?”

You expect the Canadian government to gun them down?


66 posted on 02/17/2022 5:41:38 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: hecticskeptic

Abstentions are worth something, but unless the vast bulk of the NDP takes that way out with a smattering of no votes from the Grits and the NDP, he’s safe. A snap election with no conservative leader and Trudeau likely in fact extremely unpopular would be very interesting.


67 posted on 02/17/2022 5:49:48 PM PST by Hieronymus
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To: SmokingJoe

I found an article from 2 different sources that Cananda had federal vote fraud in 2011, but the elections were not overturned. Sounds familiar?

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/electoral-fraud-did-take-place-in-2011-federal-vote-but-it-didnt-affect-outcome-judge-rules


68 posted on 02/17/2022 5:58:18 PM PST by Deaf and Discerning
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To: Aquamarine

Not just Canada but all of civilized humanity. What’s the end? Accept absolute oppression? Nope. Win a revolution? Nope. Find a practical solution? Nope. Bad people turn good? Hell no!

No way out of this. A real cliffhanger.


69 posted on 02/17/2022 6:00:41 PM PST by Born in 1950
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To: canuck_conservative

When the rallies start in the US, a lot of people will die.

The US cops will be more brutal and lethal than the Canadian ones.

God help them and us.


70 posted on 02/17/2022 6:43:18 PM PST by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Fai Mao

Tyrants never lack for JBTs to do their dirty work.


71 posted on 02/17/2022 6:46:07 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Steely Tom

Politicians are running fast first into our police officers......this won’t stand for long at all. Bad enough politicians have to tangle with the public but you go against our police, our military and any of those who protect us then you’re asking for trouble.


72 posted on 02/17/2022 7:21:40 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: Nathan _in_Arkansas

actually it is likely canada has gotten a lot of technical advice from the US.

the freezing of accounts etc. is almost certainly in the playbook here. as well as threats about social media/support for trump (that seems like it slipped into their talking points from material originally intended for use in the US? or maybe just sending a message to the US trump supporters).

once a republic is rotten enough to let power be captured in a way that does an end-run around the checks and balances, it is over, one way or another. In our case, I don’t even think an organized entity able to resist the System exists. main issue now is the form the pogrom will take. canada probably going to give us some idea of where things may go here.


73 posted on 02/17/2022 9:48:05 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: Aquamarine

If only the police or FBI had done all of this to BLM and Anti-fa when they were going wild, we wouldn’t be having the problems we’re having here in the United States. Wow.


75 posted on 02/18/2022 2:57:02 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Deaf and Discerning

Well the last Canadian federal elections that Trudeau and his party only won one third of the vote, were in 2021, not 2011. You are a good 10 years off the mark.


76 posted on 02/18/2022 3:40:09 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Aquamarine

Sound like the Canadian people need fire support.


77 posted on 02/18/2022 6:12:55 AM PST by Agatsu77
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To: Aquamarine

Twitter’s HYPOCRITES promote DOXING using HACKED info on Freedom Convoy donors, while CENSORING legally obtained info from Hunter Biden’s laptop! DOUBLE STANDARD!


78 posted on 02/18/2022 10:06:13 AM PST by 2harddrive (FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
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To: Aquamarine

Keean Bexte
@TheRealKeean

Police are preparing to use acoustic weapons against the protesters. I understand that the LRAD being used may be military equipment. If true, this is shocking. This is Trudeau mounting civil war against unarmed, peaceful demonstrators.
11:57 AM · Feb 18, 2022


79 posted on 02/18/2022 10:06:38 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: Aquamarine

Fierce opposition? The politicians didn’t even have a meeting about it. The thug cops are moving in on tne protesters.


80 posted on 02/18/2022 10:10:19 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a peaceful slave in a new socialist America.)
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