Rex Murphy: Invoking the Emergencies Act a Desperate Attempt to Delegitimize the Truckers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flanked by cabinet ministers including Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, announces that the Emergencies Act will be invoked to deal with protests, in Ottawa on Feb. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Commentary

I wonder. If you go to the bank now to make a deposit or, for the few who are not broke after the last two years, take some money out, do you have to phone Chrystia Freeland first? Or will emailing a copy of the transaction to one of her aides do the job?