Invoking Emergencies Act necessary step to tackle protests amid jurisdictional ‘squabbling’ and inaction, say top security experts

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waited ‘too long to take control of the protests’ and invoking the act was the right call, says security expert Wesley Wark.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Feb. 14, 2022, speaking with reporters after invoking the Emergencies Act as the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests entered the third week, shutting down Ottawa’s downtown core. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 15, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “stunning” invocation of the Emergencies Act is the right move to handle the escalating entrenchment of protesters in the nation’s capital and anti-vaccine mandate protests across the country, according to some top security and ...

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