Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a meeting with the premiers this morning, as well as holding a caucus meeting. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
CBC: Trudeau plans to invoke Emergencies Act in response to protests: sources
Act grants cabinet ability to take 'special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told his caucus he plans on invoking the never-before-used Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the protests across the country, according to sources.
Those sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said the prime minister will inform the premiers of his decision this morning.
The Emergencies Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in the 1980s, defines a national emergency as a temporary "urgent and critical situation" 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."
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WNU Editor: For what Trudeau said was a small and fringe protest, this is just another massive over-reach by his government. I expect him to invoke these emergency measures, and it will feed into the narrative on how authoritarian he has become.
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