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OneBlueDotS-Carolina

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6. That's a touchy subject.
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 04:30 PM
Feb 2022

Trudeau's dad, Pierre did declare a national emergency during the FLQ crisis, using the now-defunct War Measures Act. Justin Trudeau is prime minister due to the support of the Bloc Quebec & the New Democratic Party. Both those parties have very unpleasant memories of Pierre's use of the War measures act. As a PM of a minority government, the only tools he has are limited. Trudeau is dependent on the province of Ontario seeking assistance. The only tool in his toolbox might be the federally administered lands run by the National Capital Commission, these lands are where the trucks are sitting in front of the parliament building in downtown Ottawa.

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