Possible reasons (other than the implausible official reason, all of a sudden no longer needed) ...
1. Senate debate wasn’t looking good and could have resulted in nullification, Liberals moved to cut off that embarrassment.
2. Banks taking hits on deposits and ratings, pleading behind scenes not to be put in position of policing their clients.
3. Ukraine crisis requires Trudeau and foreign minister to make high-sounding and ironic remarks about human rights and sovereignty.
4. Internal dissent in Liberal Party, their MPs were forced to vote in favor last Monday on penalty of being expelled from caucus (it’s known as a whipped vote), but several are known to be skeptical that the Act was needed.
5. Public opinion more reluctant than Liberals expected even in their strongholds, fear of a shift to NDP who could at any moment withdraw their support (something they should have done on Monday in the vote, which would have killed the Act right there).
Today on political talk shows up here, it’s possible to see NDP talking heads squirming around, now that they got suckered into endorsing something that evidently was not needed. The same could be said of the Liberals but the way politics works here, it’s the NDP that gets to carry the can.
Trudeau's National Emergency Act was being scathingly describes as "an Emergency Act looking for an emergency."
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(I was not able to link to Vancouvertimes.org does not like my VPN.)
"Tamara Lich, leader of the Ottawa Trucker Convoy, found ... [Search domain vancouvertimes.org] https://vancouvertimes.org › index.php › 2022 › 02 › 23 › tamara-lich-leader-of-the-ottawa-trucker-convoy-found-dead-in-her-cell-reports
Tamara Lich, one of the organizers for the Ottawa Trucker Convoy, also known as the Freedom Convoy, was found dead in her cell in Ottawa from an apparent strangulation Wednesday, just after midnight. Sources close to the scene say that Lich was not suicidal, and that her death was "suspicious," speaking on condition of anonymity, due to ..."
The article was reposted on Reddit using Vancouvertimes.org as a source.
https://www.reddit.com/r/uitdeEUredNederland/comments/szm6ll/breaking_tamara_lich_leader_of_the_ottawa_trucker/ 6 hours ago
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If true the Prime Minister would know and might want to get ahead of it, especially since it was reported that Ontario Court Justice Julie Bourgeois who denied her bail was sponsored by Trudeau for a seat in Parliament. (But you would know this better than I.)
“There is a substantial risk you will continue these actions and will not abide by an order,” the judge told Lich, according to Global News reporter David Akin.
“Your recent history in our city … satisfies me that your detention is necessary for the safety and protection of the public,” the judge added.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/freedom-convoy-organizer-tamara-lich-denied-bail-not-convinced-she-would-stay-home
The death rumor needs further confirmation.