#CANADA: Intelligence Service Head Advised Trudeau To Impose Emergencies Act

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The head of Canada's,intelligence service recommended that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests earlier this year, an inquiry into the decision has heard.

David Vigneault, the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told the Public Order Emergencies Commission about his advice to the prime minister during a closed-door interview earlier this month, according to an unclassified summary.

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#CANADA: Trudeau Ends Emergencies Act Amid Criticism

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revoked the emergency powers he invoked just over a week ago to end a weeks-long anti-government protest that paralysed the country’s capital.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon, Trudeau said the Emergencies Act was necessary to help law enforcement agencies disperse large numbers of protesters who had descended on Ottawa in anger over coronavirus measures, among other grievances.

Many critics have questioned whether Trudeau’s government had met the strict, legal threshold required to invoke the Act, and labeled Trudeau a "dictator" for imposing it. Members of parliament complained that average citizens had to go through police checkpoints to get to work in Ottawa, and ordinary citizens were no longer allowed to attend Parliament meetings.

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