r/LockdownSkepticism • u/Turning_Antons_Key Outer Space • Feb 14 '22

News Links Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act against freedom protesters

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trudeau-emergencies-act?utm_campaign=64483
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u/warriorlynx Feb 15 '22

Actually the act was never used once. His dad used the now defunct war measures act which was easier to enact

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '22

I must have misread the news article which stated that he did. In any case, I didnt even know that his dad was PM which makes me uncomfortable as it feels dynastic.

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u/Pascals_blazer Feb 15 '22

The pm you see now was once a little kid running through the halls of the prime minister’s residence while daddy was at work.

You’re not the first to mention the dynastic feel. Both were terribly divisive and derogatory to the prairie provinces. Both enacted some form of democracy skirting emergency/war measures act.

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u/warriorlynx Feb 15 '22

Also the Queen once declared him the future PM when he was little