‘The case has been made’ for invoking Emergencies Act: Former CSIS director

Former CSIS Director Richard Fadden speaks on the government's justification for invoking the Emergencies Act.

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23 comments

  1. Would have been easy just to let them keep their jobs. Everyone’s saying they don’t agree with protests because of their inability to move. I think that’s the point the truckers were making. Sorry they inconvenienced your Netflix chill time. Wow!

  2. noone is gonna want to be a an officer if they get blamed for everything, i think they maintained peacefully so far, go ahead put more pressure on them, see what happens.

    1. Anarchy is beyond the charter of rights. Peaceful protests are fine but when they created blockades and are honking all day they crossed the line

  3. Under section 20 of the Act a national emergency declaration does not override provincial or municipal “control or direction” of its police services. Note that section 20 specifically mentions RCMP employed on contract by a province or municipality; the RCMP at Coutts for example are actually provincial police. So if a national emergency doesn’t override provincial or municipal “control or direction” of police aren’t we back at square one, where the police with jurisdiction are dealing with the problem? What value is added by declaring a national emergency?

  4. Everything he is claiming to use these powers, is exactly what he has been doing to the citizens of Canada for the last two years!!

  5. You should see how the RCMP treats protesters in the North …. All protesters should be treated with the respect of antivaxxers.

    1. How much of your body belongs to the government. It’s not anti vax, its anti mandate. Don’t be disingenuous.

  6. Everything he is claiming to use these powers, is exactly what he has been doing to the citizens of Canada for the last two years!!

  7. noone is gonna want to be a an officer if they get blamed for everything, i think they maintained peacefully so far, go ahead put more pressure on them, see what happens.

  8. Everything he is claiming to use these powers, is exactly what he has been doing to the citizens of Canada for the last two years!!

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