Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declares threats the protestors' bank accounts will be closed allowed by emergency powers used on truckers exercising their rights.
He was criticized as acting like a mini-dictator using means to control anything by harsh action, not discussion. This action to crackdown was called unneeded by the Ottowa government and seen as an unprecedented action.
Canadian Government Reaches Out to the Freedom Convoy
This act of freezing accounts because the truckers are seen as a threat that justifies the action, but the anti-COVID mandate protestor are not backing down, reported the Express UK.
The Canadian prime minister's action to stop the 'Freedom Convoy' truckers who occupied Ottawa and the US border to make their point clear.
He added that the measures are time-limited and military use, but the declaration of emergency powers to nip the protest in the bud.
Despite Canada's historical turmoil, it is the first occasion in fifty years that such means are deployed at non-terrorists.
Based on the public emergency rules, Justin Trudeau could do anything to the truckers, exercising their rights, even stopping access to protestors' bank accounts, which is called a dictatorship, minus a court order.
According to Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale, the Head of Foreign Affairs and head of Bharatiya Janata Party, his actions were without consequence, calling it hypocrisy how the Canadian PM deals with them, noted the Indian Express.
Dr. Chauthaiwale spoke about the PM and his support for Indian farmers, they blocked major highways going to New Delhi in 2021. Canada will be there to uphold peaceful protest.
The protest by Canadian Truckers is a reaction against the COVID-19 mandates that are oppressive, which requires them to quarantine if unvaccinated before crossing the US border. Many of the truckers are vaccinated.
US and Canadian press biased toward the truckers has the narrative that the convoy ambushed the Canadian capital. Blaring horns with more of the blocking border traffic.
Truckers Fight for Freedom
A total of 400 to 500 rigs have parked in Ottawa, staying there for 18 days in the city center. Reports say that border crossings at Alberta, Coutts, Emerson, and Manitoba were also blocked. Many are sympathetic to the trucker's cause.
After the new scope of powers, Trudeau can exercise; he added it was keeping Canada safe and jobs. According to critics, giving the police the power to jail or fine protestors protecting infrastructure from truckers confined to the streets is against the freedom convoy.
One critique is the Emergencies Act invocation is petty, and the PM deigns to talk to the truckers representatives, cited Policy Options Politiques.
It is a legal protest threatening the establishment over its decisions over the past two years. There is no endangerment or anything that affects Canadians nationwide, the government cracking on freedom based on the protest.
Last Monday, Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti insisted it is justified to declare the powers. But the Canadian Civil Liberties Association called it fraudulent use, and the government only fears the ramification of the Freedom convoy.
Overall, the comments on the handling of Justin Trudeau, like freezing protestors' bank accounts, are seen as the action of a weak leader. Many in social media have dismissed the PM as ineffective like Washington.
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