Ottawa’s Response to the Trucker Protest Was Doomed from the Start | The Walrus
Ottawa’s Response to the Trucker Protest Was Doomed from the Start | The Walrus
The “Freedom Convoy” shook Canada’s capital—and exposed our divisions
So tell me, those OPS officers who refused to carry out their direct orders from the Chief of Police have been fired right? right? That whole thing smacked of foreign funded alt right operations. I am extremely critical of Trudeau but he did the right thing, these guys were at best duped assholes and at worst foreign influenced agents. Oh and a special eff off to the right wing conservatives who tried to get vote milage from this shameful display.
I am extremely critical of Trudeau but he did the right thing
If you read the federal court ruling, they list several reasons why he didn't; largely summarised as:
(1) The invocation of the EA being overly broad (it temporarily outlaws protests on any topic anywhere in the country, which is a Charter violation of anyone not involved in the protest),
(2) Invocation was unnecessary (provinces and cities were capable of clearing out other protests without it), and
(3) It resulted in unreasonable search and seizure of those alleged to be involved in the protest (another Charter violation, with no due process to boot).
I can definitely understand disagree on point 2, but not 1 or 3. There's no reason someone in Moosejaw should be stopped from protesting croc shoes while this was going on (not saying this happened but it could have with the way the EA was invoked), nor was there any process or accountablility with selecting who's bank accounts got hit.
Let's not forget Trudeau only stepped in when there was no end in sight in Ottawa and there was threats of escalation to FLQ levels. Doug was busy at a ski Lodge baking deserts when he should have been at Ottawa. It's why he refused to testify, using the courts to do so in the inquiry that followed.
No they weren't fired of course. And despite my own critique of Trudeau I agree he did the right thing.
Hats off to the writer, a surprisingly well balanced report on events.
Walrus is pretty good. I wish they hadn't called it the jab though, that is the language of the bat shit.