Canadians are now being ruled under martial law after the House of Commons Monday night passed Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau Emergencies Act..Before the ballot, Trudeau apparently declared it was a confidence vote, meaning his government would have fallen if it failed..Trudeau was not even in the House when it was voted on, instead casting his ballot virtually..The new Emergencies Act was proclaimed 185-151..The Conservatives all voted against it..Earlier in the day, Trudeau says any MP’s who don’t support his Emergencies Act just don’t trust him..Any MPs who vote against it would mean”they don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous and important decisions.”.Even though the trucker Freedom’s Convoy has decamped Ottawa and there are no border blockades, Trudeau says the Emergencies Act is still needed..“This state of emergency is not over. There continues to be real concerns about the coming days. But we will continue to evaluate every single day whether or not it is time,” said the prime minister during a press conference on Monday, calling the use of the Act necessary but….“I can’t imagine anyone voting against this bill as expressing anything other than a deep mistrust in the government’s ability to keep Canadians safe at an extraordinarily important time,” not something we ever want to see again..“We will re-evaluate every single day, but right now, when the situation is still of people prepositioning, people being out there indicating that they are ready to blockade, to continue their illegal occupations, to disrupt Canadians’ lives, we feel that this measure needs to remain in place. We hope to only keep it in place for a number more days.”.As expected the NDP backed the minority Liberals..“We believe very strongly that this has been a national crisis,” said NDP leader Jagmeet Singh during a press conference following Trudeau’s address..“In response to that failure of leadership to take this seriously, we believe now the measures put in place… are helping to address the serious crisis… But I also want to be clear, we are prepared, and we’ve advised the prime minister, that we are prepared to pull our support and to trigger a vote on emergency measures… as soon as we believe it is no longer necessary.”
Canadians are now being ruled under martial law after the House of Commons Monday night passed Prime Minister Justin’s Trudeau Emergencies Act..Before the ballot, Trudeau apparently declared it was a confidence vote, meaning his government would have fallen if it failed..Trudeau was not even in the House when it was voted on, instead casting his ballot virtually..The new Emergencies Act was proclaimed 185-151..The Conservatives all voted against it..Earlier in the day, Trudeau says any MP’s who don’t support his Emergencies Act just don’t trust him..Any MPs who vote against it would mean”they don’t trust the government to make incredibly momentous and important decisions.”.Even though the trucker Freedom’s Convoy has decamped Ottawa and there are no border blockades, Trudeau says the Emergencies Act is still needed..“This state of emergency is not over. There continues to be real concerns about the coming days. But we will continue to evaluate every single day whether or not it is time,” said the prime minister during a press conference on Monday, calling the use of the Act necessary but….“I can’t imagine anyone voting against this bill as expressing anything other than a deep mistrust in the government’s ability to keep Canadians safe at an extraordinarily important time,” not something we ever want to see again..“We will re-evaluate every single day, but right now, when the situation is still of people prepositioning, people being out there indicating that they are ready to blockade, to continue their illegal occupations, to disrupt Canadians’ lives, we feel that this measure needs to remain in place. We hope to only keep it in place for a number more days.”.As expected the NDP backed the minority Liberals..“We believe very strongly that this has been a national crisis,” said NDP leader Jagmeet Singh during a press conference following Trudeau’s address..“In response to that failure of leadership to take this seriously, we believe now the measures put in place… are helping to address the serious crisis… But I also want to be clear, we are prepared, and we’ve advised the prime minister, that we are prepared to pull our support and to trigger a vote on emergency measures… as soon as we believe it is no longer necessary.”
