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2022-02-22 Great White North

Motion to extend Emergencies Act approved in House of Commons

[NationalPost] The NDP voted in favour alongside the minority Liberals, with some expressing concerns a 'no' vote would have toppled the government.

The House of Commons on Monday night approved the extraordinary and temporary measures in the Emergencies Act, heeding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

...hereditary prime minister of the same country that once produced McKenzie King...
’s warning that the "state of emergency is not over," even though police ended a three-week occupation in Ottawa and reopened border points to the U.S.

The motion to confirm the declaration of emergency passed 185-151, with the New Democrats voting in favour alongside the minority Liberal government.

The Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois opposed it.

The vote to approve the measures will keep them in place until mid-March at the latest and the Senate must also vote on the government’s request.

At any point, the Senate, House or government could pull support and the extraordinary powers stemming from the emergencies law would be torn up.

Speaking to news hounds on Monday before the vote, Trudeau made it clear that there are still protesters and truckers awaiting an opportunity to come back to Ottawa, some of which are in the towns of Arnprior and Embrun, respectively 70 and 45 kilometres away from Ottawa.

Trudeau, who invoked the Act last week, stressed his government does not want to keep it in place "a single day longer than necessary."

"But even though the blockades are lifted across border openings right now, even though things seem to be resolving very well in Ottawa, this state of emergency is not over. There continues to be real concerns about the coming days," he said.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh echoed these concerns in a subsequent presser. He said some protesters waiting in the surrounding areas of Ottawa "need to be cleared out" and alleged that some supporters of the occupation are "still hiding in Ottawa itself."

Singh said his party was fully prepared to pull its support and to trigger a vote on the necessity of the Emergencies Act — which expands police powers and enables banks to freeze accounts linked to supporters of the protests — once it would not longer be necessary.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-22 00:05|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 He just needs two weeks to flatten the curve...

Posted by Warthog 2022-02-22 09:24|| 2022-02-22 09:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup. "Only to mid-March." Heard this one before; pull the other finger.

Guess, now we know.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-22 15:53|| 2022-02-22 15:53|| Front Page Top

#3 185-151 seems a fairly small margin. I do like the irony of Trudeau being the leader of the Liberal Party. Liberal, hah! I say it is time for the People to rise up and go all Confucian Rectification of Names on their commie asses. It's time to call a spade a spade.

Posted by SteveS 2022-02-22 16:21|| 2022-02-22 16:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Well. The US senate just let freedom go to the back of the bus on 4 votes because 4 GOPe squishes stayed away from their jobs. So "the margin" doesn't really mean much.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-22 16:23|| 2022-02-22 16:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Like everywhere else, the hipsters in the cities love this. Until there's a weighting system that keeps blue urban zones from steamrolling everyone else, this is what you will get.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-22 16:25|| 2022-02-22 16:25|| Front Page Top

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