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Mark Ch's avatar

The commission was an opportunity for the government to show evidence of "activities directed toward or in support of threats or acts of serious violence" which, as you (almost) mention, is an absolute requirement for invoking the EA for a Public Order Emergency.

It never did. There was none.

As you say, this will change no minds. Some people believe the government should follow the law, even if that prevents it from accomplishing a goal that they like.

Some think the government should be allowed to do whatever it decides is for the greater good.

And some, many, claim to think the government should follow the law, but are trying to reconcile that with the fact that they just didn't like the Freedom Convoy, and therefore support the government anyway.

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Roy Brander's avatar

For a cop to go into hospital is a "low bar", in itself.

But that hypothetical hurt wasn't a traffic accident, or random street crime: it was a direct challenge to the government. Message received: if you come challenge lawful authority, and bring enough trucks, the cops and politicians both will just take it and take it, until somebody gets hurt, that's how they'll fold if intimidated.

Let's be clear: the protest wasn't just speech, it was intimidation. Like that big guy who stomped up to Freeland the other week, alarming everybody. All large, strong, powerful people and corporate bodies want "Intimidation" to be sanctified as "free speech". It's those who are being intimidated that want to "censor" it. Not the speech, the intimidation.

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