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Originally Posted by GGG
The raid and arrests that started the Coutts protest being cleared occurred early in the morning of the 14th prior to the act being declared.
Also the Ambassador bridge was cleared on the 13th and reopened to traffic
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ti...194401810.html
If no measures were required the Act should have not been put in place. |
Sounds like a hindsight argument. How could we know no emergency measures were required? The occupation in Ottawa was still ongoing.
It seems that the arguments against the use of the EM act are based on the fact that we don't want the government suspending people's rights at all, which is understandable, but the government must have that power and must be able to exercise it when they decide they need to. The convoy occupation in Ottawa was probably as mild of a case of civil emergency as you will find, but that doesn't change the fact that it could have gotten much more serious, and therein lies the crux. When is it too soon and when is it too late? Too soon and you are answering questions about government overreach and abuse of power; too late and people are dead in the street.