Trudeau To Unleash Never-Before-Used “Emergency Powers Act” To Counter Protests As US-Canada Bridge Reopens
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Act grants cabinet ability to take 'special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times'
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)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told his caucus he will invoke the never-before-used Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle anti-vaccine mandate protests across the country, sources say.
Those sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said the prime minister informed 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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Act grants cabinet ability to take 'special temporary measures that may not be appropriate in normal times'
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)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told his caucus he will invoke the never-before-used Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle anti-vaccine mandate protests across the country, sources say.
Those sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said the prime minister informed 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."
