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The obvious steps were to send the police in the same manner charging the protestors with the same charges. The joint operation doesn't require the emergency a

• lovich 5y ago
  The federal government of Canada did not have the legal authority to command the local police. That would have been illegal and even more authoritarian an act. > The prime minister could have said sorry to everyone he called deplorable. Do you really believe the protestors would go home if they got an apology for their hurt feelings?
  • ipaddr 5y ago
    They still don't. This was an Ottawa police lead operation. The federal government provided resources (officers) as they did before the emergency. If the prime minister didn't paint 40% or more of Canadians a certain way so many people wouldn't have joined.
    • lovich 5y ago
      Well A: I thought we were talking about the EA that got implemented by the federal government and is being used to freeze bank accounts, if you meant the police then take in mind that I was referencing the feds in my responses. B: I thought it was about mask and vaccine mandates at first, and then moved onto dissolving the government, but now it’s because they feel slighted? These may all be reasons that the group has said but that makes them sound a lot more like a disorganized group with constantly moving goal posts that can’t actually be reasoned with
      • ipaddr 5y ago
        Original protest was over trucker mandates. Trudeau made his comments and it became about a lot more.