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Canada Trucker Protests

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Justin Trudeau, who backed farmer protests in India, trolled for invoking emergency powers to quell trucker demonstrations in Canada

By Suman Das and Deepayan Sinha | @indiablooms | Feb 15, 2022, at 10:43 pm

#CanadaProtests #CanadaTruckerProtests #FreedomConvoy #JustinTrudeau #CanadaEmergenciesAct

The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had supported the farmers' agitations in India against the Central farm laws in 2020, has been trolled by various groups across the world, including in India and the US, for invoking federal emergency powers to crack down on truckers protesting against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

From "Taste of own medicine" to "Karma returns with interest" — social media users have been mocking Justin Trudeau in different ways since he invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with the ongoing trucker protests in the country.

A cartoon shared by an Indian Twitter user shows Trudeau, who was expressing support for Indian farmers on a tractor in one panel, is being chased by a truck with "KARMA" emblazoned on its side.

It's rightly said that karma returns with interest whatever you give to others....

He gave it in tractors n got back in trucks..#JustinTrudeau #Karma #Canada pic.twitter.com/vT2HGpeSww
— Rocky🇮🇳 (@Rocky201196) February 1, 2022

Many tweeted Justin Trudeau's speech in support of farmer protests in India in one frame, and in another frame, the same man's voice which wants the truckers to end their protests.

"Hypocrite Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau — When protests were in India- "I support Peaceful Protests", and when protests are in Canada- "This has to End Now!"

Hypocrite Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau -
When Protests were in India- "I support Peaceful Protests"
When Protests are in Canada- "This has to End Now" #freedomconvoy22 #Ottawa #HonkHonk #TrudeauMustResign #JustinTrudeau pic.twitter.com/htqwgwKypK
— Rosy (@rose_k01) February 8, 2022

Not only people from India, many across the globe hit out at Trudeau for using the emergency powers to tackle the protesters.

Actor, comedian Terrence K. Williams, in his tweet, said, "Democracy has died today in Canada."

"Justin Trudeau is authorizing banks to unilaterally freeze accounts of Truckers and people who support the Truckers on the basis of suspicion alone, no court order required, with legal immunity," the actor tweeted.

Breaking: Democracy has died today in Canada.
Justin Trudeau is authorizing banks to unilaterally freeze accounts of Truckers and people who support the Truckers on the basis of suspicion alone, no court order required, with legal immunity. #CanadaHasFallen pic.twitter.com/ckRwE9RsYi
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) February 15, 2022

Even former diplomats criticized the Canadian Prime Minister's decision of invoking the Emergencies Act.

Former Indian Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sibal, wrote on Twitter: "So much for Trudeau’s lessons and of other westerners on the right to peaceful protest in a democracy and blabbering about erosion of democracy and freedoms in India in the wake of farmers protests. Bunch of hypocrites with Trudeau in the lead."

So much for Trudeau’s lessons and of other westerners on the right to peaceful protest in a democracy and blabbering about erosion of democracy and freedoms in India in the wake of farmers protests. Bunch of hypocrites with Trudeau in the lead. https://t.co/fYT6YSCTYE
— Kanwal Sibal (@KanwalSibal) February 15, 2022

Trudeau, who is using the Emergencies Act as the "last resort" against the agitating truckers of his own country, said in November, 2020 that "Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest”, while speaking in the context of the physical force being used by the Indian police against the protesting farmers.

Justin Trudeau, in a news conference on Monday, said he was invoking the Emergencies Act, previously known as War Measures Act, which allows the federal government of the country to take "special temporary measures" for a period of 30 days during national emergencies.

Trudeau said, "Right now, the situation requires additional tools not held by any other federal, provincial or territorial law. Today, in these circumstances, it is now clear that responsible leadership requires us to do this."

I want to be very clear about what we are – and are not – doing by invoking the Emergencies Act, and how taking this step will help get the situation under control. In case you missed our announcement earlier today, watch this: pic.twitter.com/htGmZH09Jd
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 15, 2022

“The federal government has invoked the Emergencies Act to supplement provincial and territorial capacity to address the blockades and occupations,” said Trudeau, adding that “These blockades are illegal, and if you are still participating, the time to go home is now.”

However, ruling out using the military, Trudeau's government has threatened to tow away vehicles to keep essential services running, freeze truckers’ personal and corporate bank accounts, and suspend the insurance on their rigs.

File image by Naomi Mckinney on Unsplash

"Consider yourselves warned, send your rigs home,” Trudeau's deputy, the country's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, said.

In the history of Canada, the federal Emergencies Act has been used for the second time, the last time when Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre Trudeau, invoked the act (known as War Measures Act then) on October 16, 1970 to contain a separatist movement in Quebec during the October Crisis.

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