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>It was hugely expensive to Trudeau politically, and was a tenterhooks [edit - thank you fennec] situation because of the aboriginal file. Yet most of Canada absolutely wanted a stronger response and it hurt Trudeau in the election.

So as long as it's politically expedient for the sitting PM you would advocate using the emergencies act? Yikes.

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> So as long as it's politically expedient for the sitting PM you would advocate using the emergencies act? Yikes.

Can you point to the part of my post that said that? Anywhere?

Yikes.

Stronger response simply means demanding that police enforce existing laws and injunctions (where injunctions are often simply court orders saying "follow the law") instead of the conciliatory let-it-play-out messaging that Trudeau used at the time. Even in the case of the current protests the emergency act seems unnecessary, and is basically a failure condition for the Ottawa Police basically doing nothing and claiming that they're all out of ideas.

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