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| Parliament approves Trudeau's use of Emergencies Act in response to freedom protests The vote was 185 in favor to 151 against and was split along party lines. |
| 2022-02-23 |
| [PostMillennial] A vote in Canada's Parliament on Monday night resulted in the confirmation of Prime Minister Trudeau's declaration of the Emergencies Act over the freedom protests that have gripped the nation for three weeks. The vote was 185 in favor to 151 against. Right after the vote, Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen rose to issue a motion to rescind the declaration, and stated that Conservatives would continue fighting for Canadians' rights. The vote was split along party lines, with the Liberals and NDP voting in favor of Trudeau's declaration of the Emergencies Act, and Conservatives and Bloc Quebec opposed. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said that he would endorse the Act, if reluctantly. So much for popular support for the truckers. |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #8 Very strange. His speech, obviously poured from a can, was well rehearsed, but poorly acted. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-23 19:01 |
| #7 This will be a prelude to tossing the cops under the bus. Which is exactly where the ones channeling the SA belong. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-23 18:58 |
| #6 So now he's climbing down? |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-23 18:29 |
| #5 Apparently Turdo is turning in his scepter and trying to put back on the silk glove, then goes on to say they will go ahead with what they had planned anyways, just won't be officially under War Powers Activated! Oh, there will be an inquiry or something, but we all know what happens when government investigates a failure of government. Could be that Cuba trolling the crackdown was a Babylon Bee moment. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-23 18:16 |
| #4 Russians vote to approve Putin to attack externally and Canadians vote to approve Trudeau to attack internally. My my how the world has changed. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-02-23 15:09 |
| #3 Canada's Intolerable Acts. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-23 13:38 |
| #2 More of the quote. Prescient much? [The spirit of party] agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-23 08:44 |
| #1 So Washington's warning against "factionalism" holds true outside the US system as well: “Let me…warn you in the most solemn manner,” he said, “against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.” |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-23 08:43 |