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Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act for the first time

Canada's prime minister says police will also be given "more tools" to imprison or fine demonstrators.

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Canada’s prime minister says police will also be given "more tools" to imprison or fine demonstrators.

Highlights

  • Canada’s prime minister says police will also be given “more tools” to imprison or fine demonstrators.
  • Critics have noted that the prime minister voiced support for farmers in India who blocked major highways to New Delhi for a year in 2021.
  • Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest, he said at the time, saying: Canada will always defend the rights to peaceful protest.
  • Canada’s PM: Police will be given’more tools’ to imprison, fine demonstrators and fine demonstrators if protesters are arrested or fined.