PM Trudeau Resorts To Emergency Powers To End Trucker Protests.

February 15, 2022 Glen Turpening

Justin Trudeau, in a rare move, invoked emergency powers to take back the capitol Ottawa from the protestors. (AP News)

Members of the self-styled Freedom Convoy have also blockaded various U.S.-Canadian border crossings, though the busiest and most important — the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit — was reopened on Sunday after police arrested dozens of demonstrators and broke the nearly week-long siege that had disrupted auto production in both countries. “This is the biggest, greatest, most severe test Trudeau has faced,” said Wesley Wark, a University of Ottawa professor and national security expert. Invoking the Emergencies Act would allow the government to declare the Ottawa protest illegal and clear it out by such means as towing vehicles, Wark said. It would also enable the government to make greater use of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the federal police agency.

By ROB GILLIES and TED SHAFFREY, writing for 'AP News'

PM Trudeau is facing a serious crises and his tenure as the Prime Minister will be measured by the way he handles the trucker protests, arguably one of the most serious civil matters in recent Canadian history. The anti-vax protests are predicated upon a pandemic that appears to be loosening its societal grip by most measures. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus pandemic can come roaring back at any time if another variant emerges and begins making its way through the population. Experts are optimistic the Omicron wave is the last viral sure, but no one can accurately predict the way virus will mutate and emerge next.