Bringing children, food or fuel to convoy blockades prohibited under Emergencies Act
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Such activities could entail a $5,000 fine or five years in prison while Canada is under the national Emergencies Act invoked on Monday.
Bringing children to the antigovernment blockades that have immobilized downtown Ottawa and shuttered border crossings is among the activities that could net protesters a $5,000 fine or five years in prison while Canada is under the national Emergencies Act.
The same punishment would apply to anyone participating in the protests directly, or bringing aid such a food or fuel to those involved.
The temporary but extraordinary powers flow through the national Emergencies Act, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked on Monday for the first time in Canadian history.
Attorney General David Lametti said Tuesday the decision to use the act was not taken lightly.
“Nobody wants to be the attorney general that has to invoke the Emergencies Act,” Lametti said in an interview Tuesday morning.
“But I have a responsibility to Canadians to do this. I have a responsibility to the rule of law and to good government. We can’t allow our democratic system to be hijacked by shows of force. That’s what happens in some other places in the world that we’re highly critical about.”
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said at a news conference Tuesday in Ottawa that the blockades are “driven by an ideology to overthrow the government” and there are elements within them that pose a serious threat to safety.
He pointed to the seizure Monday of multiple weapons and the arrest of 13 individuals at the blockade near the border in Coutts, Alta. Mendicino said that should be a wake-up call to Canadians about “what it is that we are precisely dealing with here.”
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