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I predict that this will result in the fall of the Justin Trudeau government as the people will see this as an abuse of power and massive overreach of his office.
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@Weather: That is definitely not what is going to happen... it will likely bolster his popularity in the short term and harm the Conservative party in the long term. However, it may spell the beginning of the end for Justin Trudeau, but Chrystia Freeland is waiting in the wings. It may just be a matter of time before a leadership spill. But until the opposition gets their shit together the Liberals are here to stay.
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Diagolon group linked to plot to murder cops at Coutts, as well as organizers in Ottawa...

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canad ... 100694259/

For those of you unfamiliar with this group. It is essentially a far-right militia that believes in having a civil war with the governments of Canada and the United States in order to create a massive white nationalist far-right state from Alaska down to Florida. They appear to be heavily involved with what is going on here. Which makes sense considering a lot of the organizers have links to Western Separatism groups in Canada, which often has unifying with America type tones.

Hoping terrorism designation incoming for these fools.

More details: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.6354587

Total trash. Throw the book at them.
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BREAKING: POLICE MOVE IN ON OTTAWA CONVOY

Police and tow trucks have rapidly descended on the protests over the last 2 hours. This goes after blockades were put across the city as well as police being bused in from Quebec. Quebec has some of the most ferocious police forces in the country. Apparently the police have opened up a mass detention center in the city for everyone who is arrested.

Hopefully, all these idiots saying they were going to die on this hill, fold without violence...

Is this the final grasp of this convoy, will it truly go out with a whimper?

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Snowstorm rapidly moving in... this may cause the police to stop trying to clear them out until tomorrow...
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In an interesting and somewhat unrelated but also fairly related twist. There has been a fairly violent incident out in British Columbia tonight following what appears to be an attack on pipeline workers trying to construct a pipeline out to the West coast. This particular pipeline was the cause of Indigenous-led railway blockades across Canada back in the winter of 2020 before the pandemic kicked into effect. Trudeau was highly criticized for not dealing with these protests at the time which went on for 5 weeks. If this kicks up again, or he is seen not to be doing anything he is going to look like the ultimate hypocrite and this might swing opinion against him.

Canada has a problem with rule of law being consistently enforced at the moment, and it seems political actors are trying to use less than legal means to achieve political objectives at the expense of democratic authority...

Police officer injured in ‘escalation’ of violence at northern B.C. pipeline site

https://globalnews.ca/news/8628922/poli ... -pipeline/
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weatheriscool wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:17 am I predict that this will result in the fall of the Justin Trudeau government as the people will see this as an abuse of power and massive overreach of his office.
Well...

Two-thirds (66%) of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bringing in the Emergencies Act
https://www.marugroup.net/public-opinio ... encies-act
“Two-thirds (66%) of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bringing in the Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the protests across the country.* There are majorities in every province and region across the country that support the prime minister with British Columbia (75%) leading the way, followed by those living in Atlantic Canada (72%) and Québec (72%), Ontario (65%), Manitoba/Saskatchewan (57%), and Alberta (51%).

Those most likely to oppose (34%) the bringing in of the Act can be found in Alberta (49%), followed by those living in Manitoba/Saskatchewan (43%), Ontario (35%), Québec (28%) and Atlantic Canada (28%), and British Columbia (25%). The vast majority (82%) say there is no way the protest in Ottawa should have gone on this long”
I think it needs to be said again, that Canada & America are not the same country.
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In case anyone was unaware... the cops have been moving in on the protest and have so far towed at least 21 vehicles and arrested 70 people. Once officers from Toronto and the Surete de Quebec arrived who are very experienced at handling crowds they took charge of this situation and are currently kettling all the protesters up to the front of the parliament where they will likely arrest them all.

No major violence so far... hopefully remains that way...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... atest-news

All 3 of the main ring leaders have also been arrested so far.
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You may not like it, but this is what a healthy democracy looks like. Their freedom index is one of highest.

And, as always, bye bye.
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Yeah, you were told to move. So hurry up.

Also Fox is making some fake news claiming the the person in red died. This is not true...



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