If there's one thing the last two years have taught us, it is that governments should not have any emergency powers clauses available to them. None at all. Letting the government just decide "Oh, this is bad enough to let us stomp over your rights" is worse than risking the one in a billion chance that a) something very bad does happen and b) government intervention actually fixes it rather than just making it worse.
If there must be emergency powers, it should be at the lowest level of government possible; your individual villages, towns, suburbs, city councils. Never at the federal level. The feds should be concerned with external threats ONLY. Any assistance they provide should be explicitly requested by the town or state first. Even then, we should be very very concerned about how this assistance is paid for.
If Emergency Powers were truly necessary, there wouldn't ever be a rule about them.
Example: USA has fourth amendment clauses. If the USA was somehow invaded in a land war and occupied, soldiers would take cover from fire on private property, Amendment be damned. Because it would be patently obvious that it was necessary. No Emergency Powers needed. If they damaged something in the firefight, the owner would rightfully petition/sue to have it restored.
Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act after the FLQ terrorist group started kidnapping, murdering and putting bombs in mailboxes.
For people unaware, he used the powers to emprison 300 or so dissenting politicians and journalists, not to actually stop the 10 bozos of the FLQ.
Martial law and Military check points in Montreal.
Canada has a long history of the Government using violence against the population when they deem the population to be a bit too unruly. 1918 anti-Draft protesters got machine gunned to death by the military for instance.
A former Antifa (rather surprisingly having been excommunicated due to allegedly fucking them kids) hit some people with his car in GTA (Greater Toronto Area).
Antifaggots don't have jobs. They wouldn't be able to get to this bridge - what are they going to do, try to burn giant trucks that are hundreds of tons heavy?
If there's one thing the last two years have taught us, it is that governments should not have any emergency powers clauses available to them. None at all. Letting the government just decide "Oh, this is bad enough to let us stomp over your rights" is worse than risking the one in a billion chance that a) something very bad does happen and b) government intervention actually fixes it rather than just making it worse.
If there must be emergency powers, it should be at the lowest level of government possible; your individual villages, towns, suburbs, city councils. Never at the federal level. The feds should be concerned with external threats ONLY. Any assistance they provide should be explicitly requested by the town or state first. Even then, we should be very very concerned about how this assistance is paid for.
If Emergency Powers were truly necessary, there wouldn't ever be a rule about them.
Example: USA has fourth amendment clauses. If the USA was somehow invaded in a land war and occupied, soldiers would take cover from fire on private property, Amendment be damned. Because it would be patently obvious that it was necessary. No Emergency Powers needed. If they damaged something in the firefight, the owner would rightfully petition/sue to have it restored.
https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1493237354911444998
Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act after the FLQ terrorist group started kidnapping, murdering and putting bombs in mailboxes.
Justin Trudeau is invoking the same powers to deal with peaceful protests that he happens to hate.
He is a thin-skinned authoritarian bully.
For people unaware, he used the powers to emprison 300 or so dissenting politicians and journalists, not to actually stop the 10 bozos of the FLQ.
Martial law and Military check points in Montreal.
Canada has a long history of the Government using violence against the population when they deem the population to be a bit too unruly. 1918 anti-Draft protesters got machine gunned to death by the military for instance.
Fidel Castro's son going full dictator?
Who could have seen this one coming?
When I heard about this I was like, "yeah, maybe, that's interesting, they do look alike."
Now I'm certain he's Fidel Castro's son.
Am I late? Did everybody else accept this already?
As long as the soldiers he is going to send against his own citizens are diverse then he is still "on the right side of history".
My god we’re living in attack of the clones…
I propose we give the chancellor emergencee powas!
“I love democracy.” “I love freedom.”
They were protesting against anti-mandate protesters, aka : for the Government, and got tear gased by the Government for it. In Switzerland.
How fucking cucked do you have to be to get tear gassed by the people you're simping for.
It's cold out. They'll emerge when the outdoors reach room temperature.
A former Antifa (rather surprisingly having been excommunicated due to allegedly fucking them kids) hit some people with his car in GTA (Greater Toronto Area).
Antifaggots don't have jobs. They wouldn't be able to get to this bridge - what are they going to do, try to burn giant trucks that are hundreds of tons heavy?
Fidel Trudeau.