Live coverage: MPs debate Emergencies Act as fences go up around Parliament Hill

Live coverage of House of Commons debate over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act to crackdown on the so-called 'Freedom Convoy.'

Canadian politicians are debating the invoking of the Emergencies Act by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to crackdown on the so-called “Freedom Convoy.”

The debate will be kicked off by Trudeau and MPs will eventually vote on the motion — though not necessarily on Thursday. If a vote on the motion fails, the state of emergency will be revoked.

Global News will have live coverage of the enforcement as it happens in the blog below.

Convoy protestors on Parliament Hill have been protesting vaccine mandates for three weeks and have created an encampment filled with trucks, RVs and other vehicles. Ottawa Police Services warned protestors Wednesday morning they could be arrested if they stayed on Parliament Hill.

In a letter to the country’s premiers, Trudeau called the demonstrators a “threat” to Canadian democracy in his justification to invoke the Emergencies Act.

“We are seeing activity that is a threat to our democracy and that is undermining the public’s trust in our institutions,” Trudeau wrote.