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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a media briefing Wednesday that the threat from trucker protests is over and that he was rescinding the emergency powers used to quell the occupation.
Bank accounts that were frozen to help the government tamp down the protests are also reportedly in the process of being released from the emergency action.
"We were very clear that the use of the emergencies act would be limited in time," said Trudeau.
"And today after carefully consideration, we're ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency, therefore the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act," he added. "We are confident that existing laws and bylaws are sufficient to keep people safe."
Trudeau invoked the emergency powers on Feb. 14 after weeks of a trucker blockade that brought the city of Ottawa to a standstill as a protest against vaccine mandates. The Canadian Parliament voted on Tuesday to approve and extend the emergency powers for 30 days.
Officials said on Tuesday that they had begun lifting the freeze on bank accounts they said were being used to support the trucker blockade. Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance Isabelle Jacques said about 210 accounts were frozen with about $8 million in funds.
"The vast majority of accounts are in the process of being unfrozen, subject to any new information that the [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] may have," said Jacques.
She denied that the bank account freeze was likely to affect people other than the leaders and organizers of the trucker blockade, but she admitted that it was not impossible.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association accused the Trudeau administration of abusing the powers of government and said the emergency powers should not have been used against a domestic demonstration of protest.
"The federal government has not met the threshold necessary to invoke the Emergencies Act," the CCLU said on Feb.15. "This law creates a high and clear standard for good reason: the Act allows government to bypass ordinary democratic processes. This standard has not been met."
Here's Trudeau's comments ending emergency powers:
Trudeau revokes Emergencies Act; Inquiry into use of actwww.youtube.com
Mike Rowe rails on Canadian officials for turning on truckers: They went from 'hero to villain' in the 'course of 2 weeks'
Mike Rowe on Tuesday criticized Canadian government officials for their response to Freedom Convoy truckers amid a national protest over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
What's the background?
For weeks, thousands of demonstrators have camped in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, and blocked border crossings with the U.S. in protest of the mandate and other coronavirus restrictions placed on truckers crossing the border.
In response to what the Canadian government deemed an "unlawful assembly," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, a measure that grants authorities sweeping power to restrict travel, disperse crowds, arrest demonstrators, and freeze their bank accounts, among other actions considered necessary to stop assembly.
Over the weekend, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson even suggested selling off dozens of vehicles seized during the Freedom Convoy protests to cover the city's costs incurred during the demonstrations.
What are the details?
During an interview with BlazeTV host Glenn Beck on Tuesday, Rowe pointed out how quickly the situation has changed now that some truckers find themselves on the bad end of state directives.
Truckers, once considered essential to the economy during the pandemic, have in short order become enemies of the state, the "Dirty Jobs" star suggested.
As Canadian officials debate auctioning off the Freedom Convoy protesters' trucks, @mikeroweworks gives me his take: "Truckers were the very definition of essentiality. Within the course of 2 weeks, they literally went from heroes to villains."pic.twitter.com/zV3bEJOspI— Glenn Beck (@Glenn Beck) 1645559878
"You know what strikes me about all of this?" Rowe asked, adding, "And maybe this is somewhat of a silver lining [because] I kind of feel like we're about to close the loop."
"When this started, truckers were right on the leading edge of heroes. They were the very definition of essentiality," he said. "[But] in the course of two weeks, they literally went from hero to villain."
That's how fast things can change in today's chaotic socio-political climate.
Beck noted that protesters have yet to be convicted of crimes or even appear in court. Nevertheless, the government is floating an auctioning off of property.
What else?
The Canadian government responded quickly and harshly to continued protests in Ottawa over the weekend.
Police descended on the crowds, arresting at least 191 protesters and towing at least 76 vehicles since Friday.
In one scene caught on video, police are seen charging on horseback into a crowd of demonstrators and knocking down at least two people, including an elderly woman on a mobility scooter.
One trucker recounted to Fox News host Tucker Carlson the moment that police repeatedly struck him while he was on the ground, complying to orders.
"They drag me in, they lie me down on my belly, and I don’t — I don’t recall how many were on top of me ... I felt like I was beaten, but I took it like a man," the trucker recalled.
"They broke my body a little bit, but not my spirit," he added.
Canadian trucker beaten by police during Freedom Convoy says cops ‘broke my body a little bit, but not my spirit’
A Canadian trucker brutalized by Canadian police said that while they may have broken his body, they'll never break his spirit.
Ottawa police beat the trucker, a Romanian-born Canadian of 20 years, after he said he peacefully surrendered to them over the weekend.
What's a brief history here?
Ottawa police on Sunday put a stop to remaining "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act.
According to reports, authorities arrested at least 191 protesters and towed a minimum of 57 vehicles since invoking the act on Friday.
What are the details?
Csaba Vizi told Fox News' Tucker Carlson that he didn't expect to square off with the police during Freedom Convoy demonstrations.
Viral video showed police repeatedly striking Vizi as he was on the ground, apparently complying.
“I got down from my truck, I went down right on my knee, I put my hands behind my head,” Vizi told Carlson. “I was waiting for them to take me away. In that moment, the police officers — they start to punch me with those sticks, they were yelling to me, ‘Go back! Go back!’ And I just told them, ‘Hey, I’m the driver.’”
Vizi said that while he doesn't recall how many officers were on top of him, he "took it like a man."
“They drag me in, they lie me down on my belly, and I don’t — I don’t recall how many were on top of me ... I felt like I was beaten, but I took it like a man,” Vizi recalled.
"They broke my body a little bit, but not my spirit,” he added.
What else did he say?
Vizi told Carlson that this isn't the Canada that he knows and loves.
“Those who are willing to give their life for this cause, need much more than being threatened with arrest, with fines, with losing insurance,” he insisted. “I moved to Canada — everything was wonderful. ... I was so happy. I said jeez, that is so nice. Everything was beautiful in the last 20 years, I can say.”
“But the last two years, it’s like impossible to live here anymore,” he added.
This footage shows one of many police beatings in Ottawa during the government\u2019s ongoing crackdown on peaceful protesters. It was shot this morning by a bystander named Brian Kanabrowski.pic.twitter.com/3ypeTb8lc4— Gregg Re (@Gregg Re) 1645314234
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