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Justin Trudeau's phoney dictatorship
Relying on emergency powers reveals his weakness
Kyeyune, Malcom http://unherd.com/2022/02/justin-trudeaus-phoney-dictatorship/
Publisher: Unherd
Date Written: 17/02/2022
Year Published: 2022
Resource Type: Article
When Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to quell protests against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations this week, it was another sign that for Western liberal democracy, business as usual is over.
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When Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to quell protests against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations this week, it was another sign that for Western liberal democracy, business as usual is over.
A law that in a real sense was forgotten — and designed to handle the most extreme situations a nation state can find itself in — is now dredged up to deal with a fairly routine political protest.
Compared to the mass burning and vandalism of Catholic Churches in Canada last summer — which Trudeau both denounced and sympathised with, calling the arsons "understandable" at one point — the truckers hardly represent a nadir of public order. Across the border in the United States, the rioting that occurred there in the summer of 2020 involved loss of life, and massive damage to property. Back then Kamala Harris's response was markedly similar to that of Trudeau — hand-wringing, sure, but also sympathy with the motivations of those who rioted.
Perhaps buildings being burned down, sometimes with their occupants still inside them, is just part and parcel of living in a vibrant democracy. Meanwhile, a protest that has led to zero loss of life and no torched buildings is cast as a grave threat to democracy. Put up bouncy castles for kids to play in and have public barbecues, as the truckers have done? Then, in the words of the New York Times’ editorial board, you are "far-Right", and represent a "test of democracy" itself.
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