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And those weren't the people that got their rights suspended by emergency powers, so what's your point? According to that logic, the protestors during the Oka
by mardifoufs 2y ago
And those weren't the people that got their rights suspended by emergency powers, so what's your point?
According to that logic, the protestors during the Oka Crisis should've just been arrested, stripped of their rights and treated like non citizens since they were armed and threatened the police. Yet a better government back then realized that you can't just use emergency powers for every inconvenience, and didn't use them. They instead talked and engaged in discussions with them, which resolved the Oka Crisis peacefully.
- colinb 2y ago> peacefully Well, apart from the fighting and that young woman who was bayoneted while carrying her infant sister. I’m not here to carry water for the asshat truckers, and I don’t understand the Canadian constitution or legal system, but the Oka Crisis was resolved with enough brutality for at least one crow pie.
- mardifoufs 2y agoOk, I agree to be honest. I shouldn't have said peacefully, but rather without the emergency powers hammer. In fact, the federal government tried appeasement whereas the provincial government was more brutal.