Prime Minister Justin Trudeau painted a picture of Canada teetering on the edge of violence as he defended his government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act in February to end the “Freedom Convoy” protests.
Testifying at a public inquiry looking into that choice on Friday, Trudeau said the threat of serious violence was the key consideration in coming to that decision — a threat that he believed was very real amid angry protests in Ottawa and other parts of the country.
