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It wasn't that long ago that protests shut down Canada's entire rail system, for almost twice as long as the Trucker protest lasted. It paralyzed a lot of movem
by bluefirebrand 2y ago
It wasn't that long ago that protests shut down Canada's entire rail system, for almost twice as long as the Trucker protest lasted. It paralyzed a lot of movement of products across our country and caused shortages in a lot of places. It was much more of an actual problem nation-wide than truckers disrupting the downtown of a single city
The rail protests had international implications too
So if that wasn't enough to invoke the emergency act then it's hard for me to imagine why the Truckers were
- naasking 2y ago> So if that wasn't enough to invoke the emergency act then it's hard for me to imagine why the Truckers were Possibly because the truckers blocked a bridge to the US, and the US didn't like that.
- bluefirebrand 2y agoSure, clear them off the bridge, arrest any that refuse to move, etc But the emergencies act? Freezing bank accounts? They didn't blow up the bridge did they?
- adamomada 2y ago- the emergency act was used after the bridges were cleared - the private banks decided to close the accounts, ostensibly acting by themselves (but probably not) and not by government order Stuff even two years ago is lost to history