DRAMATIC PM DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY

Those who demanded or advised that Justin Trudeau declare a national emergency, which he did Monday, to deal with current protests do not appear to have actually read the federal Emergencies Act. If they have read Part II of the Act concerning a Public Order Emergency they apparently go straight to the “Orders and regulations” section. There for example they find that the federal government during a declared national emergency can prohibit “any public assembly that may reasonably be expected to lead to a breach of the peace.” Are there breaches of the peace in Ottawa or elsewhere? Yes! Prohibit them! Protests ended!  

   Section 3 of the Act defines a national emergency as “an urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that … seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it.”