Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enacts an emergency law on Monday (local time) for the first time in 50 years, giving the federal government additional authority to handle ongoing truck driver blockades and protests against the Covid-19 pandemic order. At a press conference on Parliamentary Hill, Trudeau “It is now clear that there are serious challenges in law enforcement capabilities to effectively enforce the law,” he said. The bill will ensure that the government will provide important services such as tow trucks to remove trucks, Trudeau said. Trudeau The law also said that the RCMP would be able to enforce local government bylaws and state crimes as needed. The Emergency Act, which replaced the War Measures Act in the 1980s, defined a national emergency as a temporary “emergency and critical situation” and “severely endangered the life, health or safety of Canadians.

Source: dna February 15, 2022 02:54 UTC