RangerRay
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No surprise there. Russian state media usually promotes anything that sows chaos and division in the west.
Interesting read about the influences over the protests
No surprise there. Russian state media usually promotes anything that sows chaos and division in the west.
Interesting read about the influences over the protests
So basically, was justified, but could have been avoided with earlier intervention/better coordination between levels of government. That seems reasonable, but unfortunately the biggest culprits on the municipal side have retired anyway and have avoided any real responsibility for this disaster and the LRT mess.Trudeau met threshold to invoke Emergencies Act, commission finds
The Public Order Emergency Commission has concluded that the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the 'Freedom Convoy' protests and blockades.www.ctvnews.ca
Decision is out on the EA.
Thanks for posting. I couldn't find this on google as soon as it was announced it was released.Trudeau met threshold to invoke Emergencies Act, commission finds
The Public Order Emergency Commission has concluded that the federal government met the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act to bring an end to the 'Freedom Convoy' protests and blockades.www.ctvnews.ca
Decision is out on the EA.
Some kind of equivalent to the 129 catchall for elected officials who failed to do their basic duty would be nice (with suitable restrictions to make the thresholds really high to prevent abuse).
Some kind of equivalent to the 129 catchall for elected officials who failed to do their basic duty would be nice (with suitable restrictions to make the thresholds really high to prevent abuse).
Sure, except Watson retired before he could be punted as Mayor. Aside from this, really should be held accountable for the shady BS on the LRT. It only came to light because the province did an inquiry, as the city refused to do one, and neutered the 'independent audit' to the point of being useless.Elections.
2000 pages. Ugh, this will be a while. Though it looks like they’ve broken the report into 5 or 6 volumes, a couple of which won’t really be necessary to go through to understand the conclusions reached and why.
I think that the fact that they held an actual inquiry (which the PM himself had to appear at) disproves your statement.Like with all government organizations, including the CAF, no accountability.
I suspect the PM could have relatively easily avoided testifying by asserting some sort of privilege or confidence. Much of his decision making could likely have legitimately been shrouded in cabinet confidence. The fact that he and other senior federal government figures testified is indeed a positive tick mark in the accountability column.I think that the fact that they held an actual inquiry (which the PM himself had to appear at) disproves your statement.
Right, so, the feds should have just let the situation continue to deteriorate with the hope that's the other levels would eventually (hopefully soon) get their shit together?Based on what I am reading at this time, it appears to have been justified because the local police couldn’t/wouldn’t deal with the matter and three levels of government played hot-potato for three weeks. Not a ringing endorsement of the Feds’ decision to use this.
“You guys shit the bed on this, so of course you had to use The Emergencies Act.”
The report also makes it clear that the use of the EA in this instance was exactly what the feds said it was: it was specific, limited, and most importantly, temporary.
Oh the howls when it is evoked against non-white young men.Which is all the excuse they need to do it again, somewhere else, right?
Yes, by local police, then provincial authorities. The feds stepping in should be last resort."We had to use extraordinary powers because we were incompetent."
Future Bright Young Staff to the people being advised: "So, if the crisis were not prevented from escalating by early effective intervention..."
What do you mean by continue to deteriorate?Right, so, the feds should have just let the situation continue to deteriorate with the hope that's the other levels would eventually (hopefully soon) get their shit together?
That's why he said he only "reluctantly" said it was justified; because it shouldn't have needed to be.
The report also makes it clear that the use of the EA in this instance was exactly what the feds said it was: it was specific, limited, and most importantly, temporary.
Absolutely not. They should have done their jobs in the first place instead of playing silly-bugger and hot-potato. Based on my reading, they invoked the Emergencies Act because no one did their jobs for 3 weeks and allowed things to deteriorate.Right, so, the feds should have just let the situation continue to deteriorate with the hope that's the other levels would eventually (hopefully soon) get their shit together?
That's why he said he only "reluctantly" said it was justified; because it shouldn't have needed to be.
The report also makes it clear that the use of the EA in this instance was exactly what the feds said it was: it was specific, limited, and most importantly, temporary.
What do you mean by continue to deteriorate?
If I recall correctly, when the EA was enacted the border blockades had already been cleared, the egregious honking in downtown Ottawa had all but stopped for over a week and there was active movement of trucks off many of the streets in the city's core... what about the situation was deteriorating?
It seemed that the protesters were steadfast in continuing their demonstration, but that it was steadily becoming more civil. The inquiry demonstrated that there were no intelligence reports suggesting that the protests were likely to become violent. The government argued that the definition of a "national security threat" layed out
in the act was out of date and that they were following a newly proposed definition... of course, they refused to disclose this new definition to the public or the inquiry.
One could also argue that there is the perception of bias in the case of Justice Rouleau, as he has ties to the Liberal Party, including former employment as a federal staffer.
Absolutely not. They should have done their jobs in the first place instead of playing silly-bugger and hot-potato. Based on my reading, they invoked the Emergencies Act because no one did their jobs for 3 weeks and allowed things to deteriorate.