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Originally Posted by westopher
What really happened that negatively affected Canada from the use of the emergency act? Can you name anything other than just not liking it?
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At the time when Trudeau called up the Emergency Act to deal with the Freedumb Convoy, there have been a good amount of criticism saying that the Convoy could have been dealt with using other laws that already exist, and that going to the Emergency Act is an overkill.
I agree with many of the critics that our set of existing laws could already have dealt with the convoy. At the same time, it was also evident to me that the Convoy became a political hot potato that a lot of people in leadership positions -- be it the Ottawa mayor, the OPS chief, Doug Ford, the federal gov, etc. -- did not want to touch and be responsible for. This is why it took so long before Trudeau finally called in the nuclear option and dropped the Emergency Act on the Convoy.
I don't think any regular citizen should be happy about the clear lack of leadership that our political and police leaders have shown during those weeks of occupation. I also don't like how it sets a precedence for calling in the Emergency Act when I believe the incident could have been handled differently, in a more efficient and timely manner, and using laws that are less invasive. But what has happened has happened, and we can't change that.
The only thing we can change is -- I hope everyone -- esp those in leadership positions -- have learned a thing or two from the Convoy occupation, and actually grow some balls next time to keep these idiots in check before things blow up as big as it did. But so far, based on other incidents that I've seen, esp with how big of a mess RCMP and policing in Canada are, I am not keeping my hopes up.