Canada: PM Trudeau rescinds emergency powers after blockades end
2 years, 9 months ago

Canada: PM Trudeau rescinds emergency powers after blockades end

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revoked emergency powers police can use after authorities put an end to blockades at border crossings to the United States and protests in Ottawa by truckers and others rallying against coronavirus restrictions. "Today, we're ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency," Trudeau told the media on February 23. The emergencies act — which was implemented nine days earlier and for only the second time in peacetime history — allows authorities to declare certain areas as no-go zones. It also allowed police to freeze truckers' personal and corporate bank accounts and force tow truck companies to haul away vehicles.

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Canada's Trudeau convenes a crisis group over Canadian port strike as union gives 72-hour notice
1 year, 5 months ago

Canada's Trudeau convenes a crisis group over Canadian port strike as union gives 72-hour notice

The Independent  

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As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau
2 years, 9 months ago

As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau

The Independent  

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Justin Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada’s trucker blockades end
2 years, 10 months ago

Justin Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada’s trucker blockades end

Firstpost  

The protests were first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers but also encompassed fury over the range of coronavirus restrictions and hatred of Trudeau Toronto: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced he is removing emergency powers police can use after authorities ended the blockades at the borders and the occupation in Ottawa by truckers and others opposed …

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end
2 years, 10 months ago

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday he is removing emergency powers police can use after authorities ended the blockades at the borders and the occupation in Ottawa by truckers and others opposed to COVID-19 restrictions. “The situation is no longer an emergency, therefore the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act,” Trudeau said. …

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end
2 years, 10 months ago

Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada blockades end

LA Times  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that he is removing emergency powers that police can use, after authorities ended the border blockades by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions as well as the occupation of downtown Ottawa. “The situation is no longer an emergency, therefore the federal government will be ending the use of the Emergencies Act,” Trudeau said. “We …

Canada: PM Justin Trudeau says 'emergency not over' after blockades
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada: PM Justin Trudeau says 'emergency not over' after blockades

The Hindu  

Canadian lawmakers voted on February 21 night to extend emergency powers that police can invoke to break up blockades by protesters against COVID-19 restrictions. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier on February 21 that he would continue to use emergency powers to stop the "dangerous and unlawful" protests that choked the streets of Ottawa for weeks and created havoc …

Canada lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canadian lawmakers voted Monday night to extend the emergency powers that police can invoke to quell any potential restart of blockades by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier that the powers were still needed despite police ending the occupation of the nation’s capital by truckers over the weekend and police ending border blockades …

Canada lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada lawmakers extend emergency powers for truck protests

LA Times  

Canadian lawmakers voted Monday night to extend the emergency powers that police can invoke to quell any potential restart of blockades by those opposed to COVID-19 restrictions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said earlier that the powers were still needed despite police ending the occupation of the nation’s capital by truckers over the weekend and police ending border blockades before that. …

Photos: Ottawa police push to end weeks-long trucker occupation
2 years, 10 months ago

Photos: Ottawa police push to end weeks-long trucker occupation

Al Jazeera  

Ottawa, Canada – Dozens of people have been arrested and several vehicles have been towed in downtown Ottawa, police said, as a large-scale operation to clear a weeks-long occupation of the Canadian capital was underway. Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell told reporters on Friday afternoon that 70 people had been arrested as of 3pm local time and that the …

Ottawa police arrest protesters to end Canadian trucker blockade
2 years, 10 months ago

Ottawa police arrest protesters to end Canadian trucker blockade

Al Jazeera  

At least 70 people arrested, interim police chief says, as officers clear weeks-long occupation of Canada’s capital. Ottawa police have arrested dozens of people and begun towing vehicles that have blockaded the centre of the Canadian capital for three weeks, as a large contingent of officers moved in to clear the area. “If you do not leave now, you will …

As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau
2 years, 10 months ago

As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canada has endured bitter divisions in the past, but the current wave of disruptive protests over COVID-19 restrictions is unprecedented in the extent it has undermined public trust in government leadership, starting at the top with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While the pronouncement may halt a sharp recent drop in Trudeau’s approval ratings, he may not recover his …

Curbs, Emergency: How Justin Trudeau is dealing with Covid protests in Canada
2 years, 10 months ago

Curbs, Emergency: How Justin Trudeau is dealing with Covid protests in Canada

India Today  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday enforced Emergency measures to quell protests by truck drivers and others who have paralysed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country's Covid-19 restrictions. SEE PICS | Canada scrambles to end protests against Covid measures as bridge blockades drag on Last week, dissenters blocked the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and …

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell truckers' protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell truckers' protests

India Today  

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers on Monday to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s Covid-19 restrictions, outlining plans not only to tow away their rigs but to strike at their bank accounts and their livelihoods. “Send your rigs home.” Freeland, who is also the finance minister, said the government will also broaden its …

Canada invokes Emergencies Act first time in 50 years as protests against COVID restrictions intensify
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada invokes Emergencies Act first time in 50 years as protests against COVID restrictions intensify

India TV News  

Highlights The Act will give the federal govt extra powers to handle ongoing truckers blockades and protests Trudeau said the measures will be geographically targeted The protests have been ongoing against the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in 50 years to give the federal government extra powers …

Justin Trudeau to use Emergencies Act against truckers' protests in Canada
2 years, 10 months ago

Justin Trudeau to use Emergencies Act against truckers' protests in Canada

India Today  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday was expected to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to bring an end to trucker-led protests against Covid-19 health rules, as police arrested 11 people with a "cache of firearms" blocking a border crossing with the United States in Alberta. Trudeau will invoke the Emergencies Act to give the government extra powers in a national …

Trudeau invokes emergency powers in response to trucker protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Trudeau invokes emergency powers in response to trucker protests

Al Jazeera  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked an emergency measure for the first time in the country’s history to give his government more power to respond to ongoing anti-government trucker protests. In a news conference on Monday afternoon, Trudeau said he was invoking the Emergencies Act, which allows the federal government to take “special temporary measures” for a period of …

Ontario Declares An Emergency Over Truck Blockades In Canada
2 years, 10 months ago

Ontario Declares An Emergency Over Truck Blockades In Canada

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING TORONTO — Ontario’s premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and said he will urgently press for new legislation cracking down on those who interfere with the free flow of goods and people. Since Monday, scores of truck drivers protesting Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions and …

How trucker protests shut the Canadian border and rocked the economy
2 years, 10 months ago

How trucker protests shut the Canadian border and rocked the economy

Live Mint  

Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country -- shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread. Earlier this week, Tom Marazzo -- a former Canadian soldier -- spoke at a makeshift news conference alongside protest organizers about the convoy perhaps joining …

Canada's Ontario declares state of emergency amid trucker protests against Covid-19 mandates
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada's Ontario declares state of emergency amid trucker protests against Covid-19 mandates

India TV News  

Highlights Ontario's premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa. Canada Covid-19 restrictions protests: Ontario's premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the US border and said he will urgently press for new legislation cracking down on those who interfere with the free …

‘It’s time to go home’: Justin Trudeau tells truck protesters
2 years, 10 months ago

‘It’s time to go home’: Justin Trudeau tells truck protesters

Al Jazeera  

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a stern warning to protesters who have set up truck blockades to express their opposition to government mandates regarding COVID-19, saying, “We’ve heard you. It’s time to go home now.” Trudeau’s remarks came as Ontario’s premier declared a state of emergency in reaction to the border blockade, and a judge in the province issued …

Canada's Justin Trudeau slams ‘unacceptable’ trucker protests, police threaten arrests
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada's Justin Trudeau slams ‘unacceptable’ trucker protests, police threaten arrests

Firstpost  

The so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ began last month in western Canada – launched in anger at requirements that truckers either be vaccinated, or test and isolate, when crossing the US-Canada border, which snowballed into an occupation of Ottawa Ottawa**, Canada:** Canadian police threatened on 9 February, 2022, to arrest trucker-led protesters who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade …

Canada: Covid curbs protests besiege Ottawa, minister says US should 'stay out' of it
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada: Covid curbs protests besiege Ottawa, minister says US should 'stay out' of it

India TV News  

Canada Covid-19 restrictions protests: Canada's public safety minister said Monday that U.S. officials should stay out of his country's domestic affairs, joining other Canadian leaders in pushing back against prominent Republicans who offered support for the protests of COVID-19 restrictions that have besieged downtown Ottawa for more than a week. Embattled Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly called the demonstration an …

‘What next?’: Experts in Canada alarmed by anti-Trudeau protests
3 years, 3 months ago

‘What next?’: Experts in Canada alarmed by anti-Trudeau protests

Al Jazeera  

Montreal, Canada – Throngs of angry protesters, hurling epithets and denouncing coronavirus vaccines and lockdown measures, are becoming a fixture at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election campaign stops. It was the latest rally of what Trudeau has dubbed “anti-vaxxer mobs” to interrupt the Liberal Party leader’s campaign events ahead of the September 20 vote. “It’s really anti-Trudeau; it’s not …

Justin Trudeau forgets Canadian police's brutality against protestors while mouthing platitudes to India
4 years ago

Justin Trudeau forgets Canadian police's brutality against protestors while mouthing platitudes to India

Op India  

Earlier today, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers expressed their concern over the ongoing farmers’ protests in the country. We believe in the importance of dialogue and that’s why we reached out to multiple means directly to Indian authorities to highlight our concerns.” Besides Trudeau, other Canadian ministers and leaders also extended their unwarranted support to the ongoing …

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