Canadian Farmers to 'embargo grain sales'..until PM Trudeau stops his 'Canadian Coup'

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The Canadian Press
Group involved in Ottawa protest asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act

Fri, February 18, 2022, 9:41 PM
OTTAWA — A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators.

In submissions Friday to the Federal Court, Canadian Frontline Nurses and member Kristen Nagle seek an injunction staying the Liberal government's use of the emergencies law and associated measures while their full case plays out in court.

The group and Nagle say they are opposed to "unreasonable" COVID-19-related mandates and restrictions that have been implemented by various levels of Canadian governments.

They want a court declaration that the federal government strayed beyond its jurisdiction in declaring a public order emergency earlier this week, saying the move was unconstitutional.

The applicants also seek all orders-in-council, minutes of meetings, cabinet submissions, memorandums, agreements and constituting documents relating to the public order emergency proclamation.

As of late Friday, no date had been set to hear the motion for an injunction. Federal officials had yet to file a response to the court application.

Canadian Frontline Nurses, billing itself as a "proud advocate of medical freedom," is not to be confused with the Canadian Nurses Association, which advocates mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workers.

The court filing came as police officers made dozens of arrests and towed many vehicles in downtown Ottawa in an effort to end what police call an illegal protest.

Protesters, many with large trucks, have occupied central Ottawa streets for three weeks, prompting many businesses to shut their doors and aggravating residents with noise, diesel fumes and harassing behaviour.

Police say they took action to end the occupation using tools and authorities made available through the federal invocation of the Emergencies Act.

The law allows for temporary measures including regulation and prohibition of public assemblies, the designation of secure places, direction to banks to freeze assets and a ban on support for participants.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association also said this week that they would go to court to challenge the government's use of the Emergencies Act.

In the court submissions, Canadian Frontline Nurses and Nagle, a registered nurse and director of the group, say they back the Ottawa protest as peaceful participants and supporters.

"CFN and Nagle denounce violence and do not view violence as a legitimate means of expression or as a means of achieving one's political ends."

They argue there is no public order emergency as defined in the Emergencies Act, and that provincial and federal authorities had the capacity to deal with any threat to public health, safety or security through laws that were already in force.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2022.

Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press"

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/nurses-group-asks-court-halt-215910565.html

The 'trickle' of reports... after the horse trampling circles the planet... will become a deluge.

Canadian Farmers should stop selling [embargo grain sales] of all grain...[I am first on the list] until PM Trudeau stops his 'Canadian Coup' illegal unconstitutional coup against Canadians who have had their Charter of Rights and freedoms trampled under 'a herd of 2000# Riot horses'.

U can't make a more potent impression on the world...or make an evil script more toxic than PM Trudeau.

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The Week
Canada is playing fast and loose with the rule of law to suppress the Freedom Convoy. Where's the outrage?
Samuel Goldman, National correspondent
Fri, February 18, 2022, 9:19 AM

Canada's legislature has been canceled, at least for the day. In a statement Friday morning, the speaker of the House of Commons announced the body would not sit due to operations to clear now-famous "Freedom Convoy" trucker protests in downtown Ottawa.

The decision not to hold go into session during heavy police action is not so shocking. And prime ministers have been accused of delaying legislative activity for political reasons in the past. Still, today's announcement is part of an extraordinary sequence of events that began on Monday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history. The law doesn't override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Canada's counterpart to the Bill of Rights — but it does give the prime minister expanded authority to restrict demonstrations, freeze funds, and reinforce local authorities with national agencies.

Because it's such a drastic revision of standard procedures, however, invoking the act also requires approval by both houses of Parliament within seven sitting days of the emergency declaration. With the House of Commons closed, the government is effectively extending the clock on its use of special powers without democratic authorization.

An extra day may not seem like a big deal. But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps. The measures would almost certainly be treated as a prelude to fascism. In fact, we don't have to imagine a comparison. When Orbán asserted emergency powers to combat the pandemic, he was denounced by European Union officials and a gamut of human rights experts.

Like any analogy, this one has limitations. Orbán's expanded powers were more sweeping than Trudeau's, and there are other reasons to be concerned about the state of affairs in Hungary. Still, it's striking how different the political and media response to a domestically popular government cracking down on dissent can be. In June of 2020, Hungary's Parliament voted to end the state of emergency three months after it was declared. How long before Canada's legislature gets its chance to vote? The clock is ticking."

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/canada-playing-fast-loose-rule-161934713.html

https://www.theweek.co.uk

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The Week
Canada is playing fast and loose with the rule of law to suppress the Freedom Convoy. Where's the outrage?
Samuel Goldman, National correspondent
Fri, February 18, 2022, 9:19 AM

Canada's legislature has been canceled, at least for the day. In a statement Friday morning, the speaker of the House of Commons announced the body would not sit due to operations to clear now-famous "Freedom Convoy" trucker protests in downtown Ottawa.

The decision not to hold go into session during heavy police action is not so shocking. And prime ministers have been accused of delaying legislative activity for political reasons in the past. Still, today's announcement is part of an extraordinary sequence of events that began on Monday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history. The law doesn't override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — Canada's counterpart to the Bill of Rights — but it does give the prime minister expanded authority to restrict demonstrations, freeze funds, and reinforce local authorities with national agencies.

Because it's such a drastic revision of standard procedures, however, invoking the act also requires approval by both houses of Parliament within seven sitting days of the emergency declaration. With the House of Commons closed, the government is effectively extending the clock on its use of special powers without democratic authorization.

An extra day may not seem like a big deal. But imagine if right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán or another professedly illiberal leader took similar steps. The measures would almost certainly be treated as a prelude to fascism. In fact, we don't have to imagine a comparison. When Orbán asserted emergency powers to combat the pandemic, he was denounced by European Union officials and a gamut of human rights experts.

Like any analogy, this one has limitations. Orbán's expanded powers were more sweeping than Trudeau's, and there are other reasons to be concerned about the state of affairs in Hungary. Still, it's striking how different the political and media response to a domestically popular government cracking down on dissent can be. In June of 2020, Hungary's Parliament voted to end the state of emergency three months after it was declared. How long before Canada's legislature gets its chance to vote? The clock is ticking."

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/canada-playing-fast-loose-rule-161934713.html

https://www.theweek.co.uk

"Because it's such a drastic revision of standard procedures, however, invoking the act also requires approval by both houses of Parliament within seven sitting days of the emergency declaration. With the House of Commons closed, the government is effectively extending the clock on its use of special powers without democratic authorization."

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Reuters
Canada's Freeland strays from G20 economic script to warn Russia on Ukraine - sources

Ottawa
David Lawder and Andrea Shalal
Fri, February 18, 2022, 5:57 PM
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped well beyond economic policy at a G20 finance meeting on Friday to issue an "impassioned" warning to her Russian counterparts not to invade neighboring Ukraine, two sources familiar with her remarks said.

During a contentious G20 meeting hosted by Indonesia, Freeland directly addressed Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina and warned them that Russia would face "crushing" sanctions in the event of an invasion."..

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/canadas-freeland-strays-g20-economic-005707461.html

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Canadian Liberals... halting Parliament ... to conduct illegal interference in otherwise peaceful demonstrations... threaten Russia???

WHAT Hypocrisy Freehand displays!!

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/rcmp-coastal-gaslink-northern-b-014324076.html

Because the natives attack a pipe line in BC... they are treated with wimpy statements and platitudes... Where non-violent Ottawa protestors are run down and trampled...

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Because the natives attack a pipe line in BC... they are treated with wimpy statements and platitudes... Where non-violent Ottawa protestors are run down and trampled...


Just apply the Emergency Measures Act appropriately throughout the country.

I guess if bouncy castles and pig roasts deserves what happened in Ottawa with police, then the BC episodes should have a heightened response as people vandalized and hurt people or police.

First freeze Suzuki foundation due to his comments about " blowing up a pipeline" ...his words not mine to be clear.

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This has gone too far for even a moderate like me.
A response of the concerns of the people needs to be well thought out and planned.
I am sick and tired of having a bunch of activists take this country down.
Not sure of what actions need to happen but will be listening and watching to see what part I can do in this fight. I am saddened to have to label it a fight.
I am also saddened to know in my heart that separation as Quebec puts forth is the only future for the west.

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This has gone too far for even a moderate like me.
A response of the concerns of the people needs to be well thought out and planned.
I am sick and tired of having a bunch of activists take this country down.
Not sure of what actions need to happen but will be listening and watching to see what part I can do in this fight. I am saddened to have to label it a fight.
I am also saddened to know in my heart that separation as Quebec puts forth is the only future for the west.

I didn't want to "like" your comment, but felt compelled to. Not accidental.

However, I wonder if division is exactly what the powers are intending. Not that they will allow it, but rather use it as a "reason" for further crackdowns.

One of the most powerful stories to come out of the protest in Ottawa is that of a reporter who was actually speaking with various groups of people gathered in restaurants, around barbecues in the street...

He said that in one such group, there was a mixture of French-speaking Quebecois and Alberta truckers sharing their ideas and concerns. The one Frenchman was reported to say, "If the government can get us together like this (meaning the French and the Westerners) they must be doing something really right or really wrong".

What an image.

Perhaps the problem of the division of a nation must be addressed from the ground up rather than from the top down.

This government must be taken down and a thorough housecleaning to the criminals who are benefiting from this national carnage.

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I didn't want to "like" your comment, but felt compelled to. Not accidental.

However, I wonder if division is exactly what the powers are intending. Not that they will allow it, but rather use it as a "reason" for further crackdowns.

One of the most powerful stories to come out of the protest in Ottawa is that of a reporter who was actually speaking with various groups of people gathered in restaurants, around barbecues in the street...

He said that in one such group, there was a mixture of French-speaking Quebecois and Alberta truckers sharing their ideas and concerns. The one Frenchman was reported to say, "If the government can get us together like this (meaning the French and the Westerners) they must be doing something really right or really wrong".

What an image.

Perhaps the problem of the division of a nation must be addressed from the ground up rather than from the top down.

This government must be taken down and a thorough housecleaning to the criminals who are benefiting from this national carnage.

I was just watching RFD TV on a commentary they were talking about the transportation sector and truck drivers.

After a prologue... the summation was this,...
There is no shortage of good truck drivers... just an over abundance of really bad jobs.
And PM Trudeau is really making that situation even worse... which all farmers must pay extra for... to grow their food this upcoming year... as ur supply chains seize up....

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https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/rex-murphy-trudeau-s-wild-misuse-of-state-authority/ar-AAU2Vvg?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

National Post
Rex Murphy: Trudeau's wild misuse of state authority
Rex Murphy - Yesterday 2:17 p.m.

It’s Friday as I write. The police in Ottawa are already fully engaged in exercising their powers under the Emergencies Act. Arrests. Checkpoints. Blocked-off areas.

Parliament was supposed to meet to debate the imposition of the act. That got cancelled.

Justin Trudeau, after invoking the most powerful and sweeping legislation affecting the civil liberties of all Canadian citizens since … well, since the War Measures Act invoked by his father, will not be in Parliament today to engage in debate on it.

Not even in the pale, restricted, sporadic pretence of a Parliament we have been getting the past two years by Zoom.

The imposition of the Emergencies Act has been challenged by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. It has had no review by our courts. It all rests on pure assertion by the prime minister, his compliant ministers, and of course his (effective) aide-de-camp, enabler and prime supporter, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Do any Canadians remember when we had an NDP party — the “conscience of Parliament” it used to be known as?

Judgment first. Then let’s have the trial. Oh sunny days.

Jonathan Turley, a renowned American law professor, puts the point clearly. “The House of Commons just postponed debating Trudeau’s emergency powers because he is using his emergency powers near the Parliament to clear protesters. It is like postponing a war powers vote because there is a war going on.”


Just listen to this crowd. “If you are a member of a pro-Trump movement who is donating hundreds of thousands of dollars, and millions of dollars to this kind of thing, then you ought to be worried.” That’s Canada’s Attorney General, David Lametti. Making an offer Canadians can’t refuse.

What is he thinking? Are there Brinks trucks trundling up Parliament Hill? “Hundreds of thousands of dollars, and millions of dollars to this kind of thing?”

Might there not be a few “non-Trumpians” making donations? Canadians even, who threw in a $20 bill to back their fellow workers? I guess they “ought to be worried,” too. This latter is the language of pure threat and intimidation by state power. And this crowd laughably claims we’re still being protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The truckers are a “pro-Trump” movement now? Lametti himself cannot believe what he has said. He has merely reached into his bag of convenient insults, hauled out the best demon-phrase he can — what sweet social justice soul does not shiver and shake when the “Trumpster is invoked? — and slapped it on Canadian citizens engaging in a Canadian protest. After all, if the prime minister has already gone with racists and misogynists, and if terrorists and yobs and louts have already been tossed about, then I suppose, spraying them with the “Trumpian” brand is probably the only nasty adjective left in the sack.

Lametti has dragged the entire financial system into this massive and deranged overkill. And his government has made the deeply democratic right to support opposition to a public measure by making a contribution to it, a justification for freezing a citizen’s bank account. For this we sent men and women overseas! For this we gather on the Hill during Canada Day.

Lorrie Goldstein says it perfectly: “So people in Canada are losing their jobs because they donated to a political cause retroactively declared illegal by the federal government, on the basis of being publicly identified by the media, using stolen data from a fundraising website.” Welcome to Venezuela without the obliging climate.


We’ve had some really glorious moments of hypocrisy from the Trudeau regime. But the claim you bring in the Emergencies Act and simultaneously claim the Charter is still operative, especially after its gutting during the two-year COVID period, is the king and glory moment. The word regime used to get tossed around a lot when the calm and measured Stephen Harper was prime minister. But as with so many things, we had to wait for Justin Trudeau before it could have justifiable application.

After this, the Liberals and the NDP members are going to choke up a bit when they come to that part of our sacred anthem that sings of “the true North, strong and free.”

This government has had its way, and more than its way, during the abnormal and disruptive COVID era. It has gotten far too used to staying away from Parliament, holding back budgets, governing from the steps of the Rideau Cottage, imposing regulations and mandates with limited or no debate. It is almost as if it was practising, practising for a moment when it could untie itself from all accountability, throw off what little submission to democratic norms comes with being a minority.

André Pratte: A Liberal once warned the Emergencies Act was ripe for abuse. Now his party has done just that
NP View: Emergencies Act just the latest example of Trudeau's contempt for Parliament
Are there no hero MPs willing to get out in front of this gross usurpation of citizens’ rights, and with full vigour denounce a wild misuse of state authority? Are there not members in all parties who could on this issue bury their party association and jointly as members of the Canadian House of Commons condemn it? Condemn the extreme rhetoric being poured on Canadian workers, the talk of terrorists and “Trumpists,” the vile talk of “Nazism.” Condemn the stubborn, disdainful refusal to talk, to meet, to listen and go for compromise.

It really is too bad we had that election in mid-pandemic last year. It had no issue but convenience and opportunism. We could surely use an election after what we have seen and are seeing this week.

It’s one thing to “admire” how things can be done in China.

It’s quite another to seek to imitate them.

National Post"