Canada's Emergency Act
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Reuters
Canada's Emergencies Act: how will it squeeze funding of the trucker protests?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely-used special measures to end protests. He said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to deal with the "Freedom Convoy" protests, started on Jan. 28 by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers. They have turned into a rallying point for people opposed to a range of Trudeau's policies, including COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and a carbon tax.
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