emergencies act - search results

Internal documents confirm that Farm Credit Canada of Regina told employees to record the names of customers who supported the Freedom Convoy. Emails among staff showed names were still being compiled even after the Emergencies Act was lifted. 

lic Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has repeatedly said police requested the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, even though every police agency involved in the convoy has denied it. Tune into The Andrew Lawton Show!

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre is calling for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s resignation over his repeatedly debunked claims that police asked the government to invoke the Emergencies Act.

Independent Irish Senator Sharon Keogan pointed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act to freeze the assets of Freedom Convoy protestors and their supporters as a stark abuse of government power. 

Freedom Convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter has published an email he received from Scotiabank's chief executive officer apologizing for the "frustration and inconvenience" of the account freezes authorized by Justin Trudeau's Emergencies Act orders. Dichter joins The Andrew Lawton Show live to respond to the apology email.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino repeated disproven claims about the Freedom Convoy to justify the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act to crack down on the peaceful protest in Ottawa.

Less than two months after invoking the Emergencies Act to end the peaceful trucker convoy protest in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau says he has always supported the right to protest. Tune into The Andrew Lawton Show!

Hundreds of Freedom Convoy protesters who had their assets frozen under the Emergencies Act for donating to the movement’s fundraiser will have their bank accounts marked for life, a Commons finance committee has heard. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was dogged by protesters outside of 10 Downing Street in London, England on Monday, heckled for his continuing support of COVID-19 restrictions and his use of the Emergencies Act to quash peaceful demonstrations in Ottawa.

On day 30 of the Truckers for Freedom Convoy, the NDP gave Trudeau the votes he needed to extend the Emergencies Act, Trudeau himself didn’t bother to show up in person and the Liberal public safety minister claimed that police officers showed restraint and professionalism during the violent crackdown on Freedom Convoy protesters over the weekend.