Federal New Democrats have announced they will support the Trudeau government’s decision to trigger the Emergencies Act to restore order in the nation’s capital after nearly three weeks of protests that have occupied and snarled the areas around Parliament Hill. But the move is not going over well with some longtime party supporters.
Angus, first elected as an NDP MP for the northeastern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay in 2004, said he remains “very, very concerned” about the first-time use of the Emergencies Act and is asking for an independent inquiry to find out how it came to this.
The longtime social activist said he has organized protests his “whole life”, but said the the situation in Ottawa has been a “debacle” and that he remains “dumbfounded by the lack of the most basic rules of public enforcement” at all levels of government.
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