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The legislature in my home province is closed to the public due to threats: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/security-risk-closes-nova-scotia-legislat

by bremac 5y ago

The legislature in my home province is closed to the public due to threats: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/security-risk-closes-nova-scotia-legislature-to-visitors-1.6347222 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/security-risk-clo... Several MPs and MLAs have received suspicious packages: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mike-kelloway-suspicious-package-1.6346944 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mike-kelloway-sus... "Protesters" tried to break into a federal MP's constituency office: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-protests-politicians-extremism-threats-1.6349254 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-protests... And that's just Nova Scotia. This isn't as bad as the October Crisis, but it's still quite serious. It's not small potatoes.

earleybird 5y ago
There was concern of over-reach when Pierre invoke the War Measures Act also. The War Measures Act included all of Canada, not just the geography the FLQ was operating in. I was fairly young at the time but I still have a recollection of the bombing, kidnapping and murder. I can't reconcile the current protest demands with say the FLQ manifesto[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLQ_Manifesto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLQ_Manifesto