The Canada Convoy

You misunderstand. This is exactly how the Emergencies Act works. The Government are allowed to invoke certain powers, in the meantime there is a debate and a vote to pass the invoking of the Act. It essentially realises that immediate action is required in some cases and waiting for a vote to pass would take too long. Parliament was suspended on Friday with the agreement of all parties and on the advice of security services. They were back debating on Saturday, will be debating on Sunday with a vote scheduled for Monday at 8pm ET. Also there's a mandatory review of the invoking of the Act to review whether it was justified or not and all parties in parliament will have representation.

The Canadian/US decision here is of those choices during COVID that really had alternatives. Like others, including the shambolic UK who were on par with the US at times, we chose not to go that way. Would they and others do it again? Very probably as it's a more popular instant response than the slow drip approach of a please vaccinate campaign. Ultimately these protests attracted those with very different ideas but that really can't be avoided in modern life.

Listen to the last hour of the latest podcast with Joe Rogan and Maajid Nawaz....it will scare the bejaysus out of you and if it doesn't, you still have some time to wake up, but not much. There are dark days ahead.

I personally believe that all western countries are going to follow Canada's lead if they are successful in suppressing the dissent there at the moment...it'll be every country's playbook at some point...thank god Ireland is a little backwater hanging off the edge of europe so we may be one of the last it reaches...hopefully...

But it's coming

I mean, if you were told multiple times over the course of a couple of days that your truck was illegally parked and to clear the area or you would be arrested and then instead of moving it you allow yourself to be arrested, what would expect to happen?

I'd expect to pay the fee and retrieve my vehicle. I wouldn't expect the government to seize and sell my property without due process but maybe that's just me

It was pathetic. You can see the police outside debating on whether they could smash in the glass.

All their number badges covered up too.

They are back tomorrow, presumably with a warrant, according to the dialogue.

Would appear they are enjoying the same level of support they received in Ottawa.

In January 2021 Nawaz signed an open letter to the FBI and other Western intelligence agencies asking them to investigate the possibility that COVID-19 lockdowns were a "global fraud" promulgated by the Chinese Communist Party intended to "impoverish the nations" that implemented them

I'd rather not, thanks.

The OP is listening to 2 conspiracy theorists "scare the bejaysus" out of him and encouraging others to do similar.

I think there is quite a few people who are never going to be able to dig themselves out of the self imposed rabbit hole.

I think it's a bunch of crazy decisions in both sides. If you block and bridge or cause disruption in a city centre for days on end you can't expect there won't be financial penalties . Act like jerks get trested like jerks. Conversely the government were probably going to remove the mandates soon anyway so why go overboard with the cops and freezing bank accounts.

Calm down, it's an order that's only in place for 30 days and mainly to tackle the source of the funding. Also banks provide a service, they may choose not to provide that service to certain individuals (violent/far-right/etc)