Commentaries by William Hibbitts,

Unpacking Canada’s Controversial Emergencies Act Invocation Over Ottawa ‘Freedom Convoy’

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Unpacking Canada’s Controversial Emergencies Act Invocation Over Ottawa ‘Freedom Convoy’

William Hibbitts,

May 20, 2022 02:57:41 pm

“Just watch me.” Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau uttered these words to a CBC reporter in October of 1970 when Quebec’s deputy premier and a British diplomat were kidnapped by violent Québécois separatists. Reporter Tim Ralfe may not have known it, but the elder Trudeau’s words signaled a monumental change in how Canada would treat civil [...]

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