Canadian truckers have been protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates since late last month
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ottawa Canada, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency over ongoing trucker protests, allowing the nation’s government to temporarily override civil rights, “The scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said at a press conference on Monday. The far-reaching Emergencies Act gives the Canadian government the ability to prohibit public assembly, restrict travel, and force businesses such as towing companies to act, with compensation.
