I'm curious about what comes out of the deliberations about whether it was appropriate to invoke the Emergencies Act, but at the same time, I feel like critics

I'm curious about what comes out of the deliberations about whether it was appropriate to invoke the Emergencies Act, but at the same time, I feel like critics are engaging in doomsday porn when they characterize bank account freezing as some sort of indication of dystopic things to come. From the accounts I've heard, I can't really tell what the protestors were hoping to realistically accomplish. Pissing off a whole city for a whole month doesn't exactly have a great track record with regards to swaying policy. According to polls, most canadians opposed the protest. That doesn't mean they necessarily have an opinion on whether invoking of the act was appropriate or not. I think most canadians are sensible enough to let the lawyers figure that out than adding noise via their uninformed hot takes. My personal take is that canadians as a society just don't like gratuitously loud whining and would much rather get back to peacefulness. I think the police response speaks volumes about canadian values and what they represent, regardless of what laws say on paper: some people actually criticized the police response for being too "soft" on protesters but it was a good example that canadian police always prioritizes de-escalation[0]. They focused on reducing the risk of violence from breaking out even if it meant standing down; and arrests were largely related to dangerous threats (e.g. weapons) or gross disregard for public peace/safety. People keep making parallels to US politics, but one big difference is that Canadians just aren't as polarized as to disagree on core principles, i.e. there's much less inclination for political parties to double down into increasingly polarized, extremist tribes. So even if it turns out that invoking the Emergencies Act was a bad call this time, it doesn't necessarily follow that Canada will devolve into a tyranny. [0] https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/01/news/ottawa-officials-defend-soft-police-response-trucker-protesters https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/01/news/ottawa-offi...