Reject The Emergencies / War Measures Act
Earlier this week, the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act (formerly known as the War Measures Act) for the first time since 1970.
As a reminder, the War Measures Act was invoked in 1970 because the Quebec nationalist group, Front de libération du Québec, set off over 200 bombs across Quebec, kidnapped a British diplomat, and kidnapped and murdered the Deputy Premier of Quebec, Pierre Laporte.
We highlight this most recent usage of the War Measures Act to explain the extremely high bar required to invoke this massive expansion in government powers, and even then its usage was opposed by the NDP on civil liberties grounds.
Since 1970, Canada has faced many crises in many different forms.
The Emergencies / War Measure Act was not used to resolve the Oka Crisis, a series of protests where multiple deaths and hundreds of injuries occurred, the Calendonia land dispute, the extended blockade of pipelines and railways in 2020 and 2021, the September 11th attacks, or even the COVID-19 pandemic itself.
This is because the Emergencies / War Measures Act contains extremely strict rules about when it may be used.
Just one of these many restrictions says that a crisis must “exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it” before the federal government may step in and take over.
The crisis must also be of a nationwide nature, not restricted to just a small geographic area.
Given all the border blockades across the country were handled and ended by provincial governments before the federal government even invoked the Act, and the only remaining protest is the one in his own backyard in Ottawa, the current protest clearly fails to meet this criteria.
Unfortunately, the nature of the Emergencies / War Measures Act is that it can be initially invoked unilaterally by the government without a vote in Parliament, and a vote in Parliament need only occur if the government wishes to extend the emergency beyond seven days.
While courts may ultimately rule that the Prime Minister's usage of this law was illegal, the requirement to hold a vote in Parliament presents an opportunity to end this government overreach immediately.
The government has already announced that they intend to attempt to extend the emergency by holding a vote in Parliament, but because the government holds only a minority in the Parliament and the Senate, the opposition and independents have a very real opportunity to block the government's plan.
That's why it's vital that we call on every single member of the Parliament of Canada, including Members of Parliament and Senators from all parties, to protect the rights and freedoms of Canadians by rejecting the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies / War Measures Act.
Countless legal experts and civil liberties groups across the country have already denounced the use of this law and called on the government to reverse course.
If you agree, please sign this petition, and encourage all your friends, family, and co-workers to do the same.
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The Political System in Canada Needs and Overhaul.
We need a Presidential Body, A Neutral Mind, with No Agenda, to Oversee, the Clowns, that waste Our Time, and Our Money, Lining there Friends and Allies Pockets with Cash, and a Retirement Fund. Mean while they, Rely on Information, that they are Told, Not Information that was gathered by Our Own Nations, Peoples Securities. Our Interests have Changed Dramatically over the Last 25 years, This Government Does not seem to Posse the People who do Care about Our Nations, Security or it’s People.
This Covid Scam, Made Permanent the Muscling of Our Top Doctors, Lawyers, and Especially Our Scientists, who are in the Know of the How and Why, but Risk there Life’s Work in their own Profession, by even Questioning A GAG Order. Everyone Elected in this Country Seems to have to Sign a Disclosure, that says, Yes We Fucked Up But We Cannot Tell Anyone or We ALL Get Fired….. NO PENSION
I think it is time to Re-Evaluate, and Re-Purpose the Political Circus, Get Back to What Canadians, Do Best. We Help Each Other !!! Not OURSELVES. This Government Is Dangerously Close to Loosing All Control. and I Mean, The People of This Country are Willing and Ready to Take it Back From Any Government that Creates a Tyrannical, Chaotic, Blitzkrieg, of Dis – Information.
For a Start, True, Real, Factual Information, That We Our Countrymen, have Investigated, Must be Presented. Not the SHIT TALK THAT COMES OUT OF SOMEONE CONSIDERED TO BE A PATRIOT THAT TRUELY IS MONITARILY AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
(I SHOULD BE PUTTING NAMES OF PEOPLE HERE WHO DESERVE THIS TITLE, BUT THE GAG ORDER DOES NOT LEAVE ME WITH ANYTHING TO PRESENT, CREDIBLE SOURCES, AFRAID TO TESTIFY) FK WE MIGHT AS WELL BE IN SAUDI, OR CHINA, RUSSIA, N. KOREA.
This Fight is only Starting to Get Real for the People of this Country, Who Hopefully will be allowed to Hear, See, and Read, the despicable, Realities we Really Do Face in the Coming Years.
We have lost Our Country, Sold Out to the Highest Bidder, Rather than War, To Preserve and Protect this Country, We are Stuck behind the Front Lines, and cannot really see what is Happening THRU THE FRONT WINDOW
This whole Trucker Organization, this March to the Capital to Get Answers? All we are Told is it Unpatriotic…. NOT TRUE, IT IS UNPATRIOTIC TO NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, THESE PEOPLE, ON OUR BEHALF WANT TO KNOW.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD EXACTLY WHAT THE DEMANDS WERE?
WHERE IS THIS LIST OF DEMANDS? THE MEDIA HAS NEVER REALLY TOLD US EXACTLY, BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT TRUTHFULLY ANSWER, SO IT USES BULLYING TACTICS. THEY ARE SCARED AND THEY SHOULD BE…..
WE THE PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS…. NOT POLITICAL SPINS.
PANDEMIC ??? NO SORRY DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA, LESS THAN .57 OF THE TOTAL WORLD POPULATION DIES FROM MAN MADE, HAND DELIVERED FORMULA, FOR PANIC.
AN RNA (DNA EFFECTING) NOT A VACINE, IT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA, TO ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED A VACINE, SO LETS CALL IT A FLU SHOT. 6 DIFFERENT VERSIONS BEING TEST PILOTED BY HUMANS, WITH VARING EFFECTS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO TAKE IT…. “YOU COMMUNIST BASTARDS”, THANK GOD, NO NOT EVERYBODY IS STUPID ENOUGH TO GET ON THAT DOWN BOUND TRAIN. AND SO YOU TRY TO SQUASH THESE PEOPLE, WHO SEEM TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS (AND MOST OF THE RIGHT ANSWERS, BUT NOT GETTING CONFIRMATION OF INFORMATION?) BUT NO GOVERNMENT EARS ARE LISTENING OR GIVING REBUTLE OR THEY LOOSE THERE JOBS. BUT MILLIONS OF CANADIANS HAVE BECAUSE OF THIS MANDATE.
IF THIS WERE TRULEY A PANDEMIC… MY FIRST INSTINCT IS TO PROTECT ALL MY EMS SERVICES, MY MILITARY, MY POLICEING AND SECURITY, THEN MOVING ON TO PROTECT THOSE WHO CANNOT PROTECT THEMSELFS, THE ELDERLY, THE CHILDREN, AND WORKING PEOPLES OF THIS COUNTRY… ? THAT WAS NOT THE PROCESS. WHY, NOW IM LOOSING ALL MY DOCTORS, NURSING STAFF, MY MILITARY, MY SECURITY STAFF WHO UNDERSTAND THIS IS MEDICAL CONDITION AND RISK’S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS (NOT A VACINNE) JAB.
THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FREE COUNTRY ANYMORE. THIS COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT DEFINITELY DOES NOT HAVE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE IN MIND.
THIS GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SOLUTIONS ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY. OR IF YOU DO, AND THEY DONT LIKE IT. THEY JUST SHUT DOWN YOUR FUNDING ?… THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH FRAUD, AIDEING AND ABETTING CRIMINALS, AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. ANY AND ALL THAT WORK WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES, ALL THOSE THAT ARE, FULLY KNOWLEDABLE ABOUT THE REAL REASON, THIS IS BEING DONE.
THIS NOT JUST ABOUT OTTAWA, THIS IS ABOUT ALL CANADIANS RIGHTS AS LEAGLE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND RECIEVE THE TRUTH.
THE ONLY MANDATE THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE, IS TO BE TRUTHFULL OF ITS WORKINGS TO ITS TAX PAYING CITIZENS.
THIS DISINFORMATION AND CONTROL OF IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT GETS THE MESSAGE BEING SENT. WE ARE NOT COMMUNISTS AND WE WILL NOT BE TREATED AS SUCH. AND WE ARE READY AND WILLING TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS. AS LAW ABIDING CITZENS WE HAVE EARNED OUR PATRIOTIC RIGHT TO DO SO… TAKE NOTE.
TO ALL OF THOSE GAGGED PEOPLES OF THIS COUNTRY, I WOULD EMPLORE YOU TO RELEASE INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF THE GOVERNMENT MANDATES, IF WE ARE BEING WRONGED, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER. WE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY DO HAVE AN UNWRITTEN CODE OF AMNESTY, WE THE PEOPLE CAN AND WILL PROTECT THOSE WHO COME FORWARD, WE NEED YOUR HELP, TO DISARM THIS GOVERNMENT, OF ITS RIGHT TO INJUSTICES, OF ALL OUR PEOPLES.
WE NEED BALLANCE WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE QUESTION OUR METHODS, AND OUR SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. NOT ALL RITES, ARE RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE WITH OUT DOUBT COMMON ISSUES, WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.
WE ARE CANADIAN, WE ARE STRONGER THAN ANY NATION, BECAUSE WE CAN AND WILL WORK TOGETHER, WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR HUMBLENESS, AND OUR FEARLESSNESS TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED, BECOMING OBBSESIVELY COMMITMENT WHEN WE SEE, ABUSE AND DISPROPORTIONALITY, (OPPRESSION)
CHINA CUTS HANDS AND FEET OFF, RUSSIA POISON, N KOREA, DISAPPEARANCES, BUT SAUDI, RIGHT IN YOUR FACE AREN’T THEY, THEY CANT TAKE CRITISIZM, AT ALL, AND WE STILL NEGTOTIATE WITH THEM, ALL OF THEM?
EVERYONE OF THEM THREATENS THE EXISTENCE OF DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE BEEN INFILLTRATED BY EVERY UNDERHANDED, COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, THEY THREATEN OUR LIVELY HOOD ON ALL LEVELS.
WE THE NATIONS PEOPLE NEED TO GET BACK OUR JOBS, SO WE CAN SUPPORT OUR OWN FAMILIES. IT SEEMS UNJUST TO ALL CANADIANS THAT THIS TRUCKING AFFAIR, EVEN HAD TO COME ABOUT. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED, IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE THIS FAR. A GOVERNMENT, WHO IS PROVIDING TRUTHFULL INFORMATION SUPPORTS OUR PEOPLE, THOSE THAT DO NOT SUPPORT TRUTHFULL INFORMATION, ARE NOT PATRIOTS OF THIS COUNTRY AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM IT.
THE GOVERNMENT HIDES AND PROVIDES MUCH DISINFORMTION. ALONG WITH TAINTED MEDIA, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER REASON, BEYOUND NATIONAL SECURITY, OR A REAL THREAT TO ITS PEOPLES. IT MAY, AND COULD BE CONSTRUED, AS UNPATRIOTIC, AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ACT OF CRIMINALITY AGAINST, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.
MY APPOLOGIES FOR MISPELLING, AND CONTEXTUAL USE.
I WILL NEVER ABANDON MY COUNTRY OF BIRTH, I WILL FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO BE FREE. I CAPPABLE AND WILLING I WILL DEFEND HER (CANADA) WITH MY LIFE , FROM ALL THOSE WHO TRY TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
I DO NOT POSSES THE ABILITIES TO PROTECT MY COUNTRY FROM, THE DIGTAL WORLD OF ESBIANAGE AND THEFT.
WE NEED TO UPGRADE OUR CYBOR SECURITY FOR THIS I AM WILLING TO GIVE UP WHAT APPEARS TO BE ANNONIMITY, AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL PERSONS LIVING TRAVELING OR FIGHTING WARS FROM WITHIN THE SAFE HARBORS OF THIS COUNTRY, ARE IDENTIFIED TRACKED AND DEPORTED FROM IT.
IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE AND ITS PEOPLES TOWARD THIS GOAL.
THE CITIZENS ARE THE FIRST TO BE TARGETED, NOT THE CRIMINALS. HONEST LAW ABIDING CITEZENS ARE EASIER TO FIND THAN CRIMINALS. THERE IS NOT A HOPE IN HELL YOU ARE TAKING AWAY MY GUN RIGHTS. I HAVE EARNED THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM A YOUNG AGE. I UNDERSTAND MY OBLIGATIONS AS A RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNER. WE ARE SOME, IF NOT THE MOST HONEST, PATRIOTIC CITZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, OUR CRIMANAL RECORDS ARE CHECKED DAILY. THIS IS NOT A GUN OWNERS ISSUE, WE APPROVE, IF IT KEEPS US ALL SAFE. BUT IT IS, A GOVERNMENTAL SECURITY ISSUE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, TO FIND THESE UNREGISTERD GUNS, AND GUN TOTING CRIMINALS. THAT THREATEN THE SAFETY OF ALL.
PATRIOT SECURITY SYSTEMS NEED TO BE IN PLACE, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLES WHO THREATEN US, WITH CRIMINAL INTENT.
FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE, USED AS INTENDED, IN MY MIND, IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AN INVASION OF PRIVACY.
ITS USE, ONLY ON PUBLIC PROPERTIES AND PORTS OF ENTRY. IF YOU ARE REGISTERED TO CARRY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ID AND DISMISS THE THREAT, IF YOU ARE PACKING ILLEAGALY, YOU WILL BE STOPPED AND QUESTION AND DETAINED.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BRING DOWN THE ANXIETY AND STRESS LEVELS OF THE PUBLIC, TO NOT FEAR HAVEING TO WALK ANYWHERE ANYTIME. NO HASSELS, NO HARASSMENT, NO CURFEW.
OUR LIVES ARE ALREADY TRACKED IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, BY ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR ADVERTISING, SO THEY CLAIM. PEOPLE DONT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A THREAT, SO THEY AGREE TO IT.
PUBLIC SECURITY IS ESSENTIAL TO ALL PEOPLES, FOR SAFETY AND FREEDOM, SO WE ARE BETTER PREPARED AND ABLE TO STOP CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN, AND TO IDENTIFY THOSE AFTER THE FACT.
WE ALL WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR OWN HOMES, OUR YARDS, OUR NEIGBORHOODS, OUR CITIES, OUR STREETS, OUR PROVINCES, OUR COUNTRY.
THIS MANDATED SHIT STORM, IS A STORY, A BUCKET WITH A LOT OF HOLES IN IT, NONE OF THE STORIES HAVE MERRIT, WE ARE CHALLENGING YOUR STORY, WE WANT THE TRUTH, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT.
THIS IS YOUR MANDATE, GIVE US THE TRUTH, OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE REAL TRUTH ON SOME 12TH PAGE OF A GOSSIP MAG, BECAUSE MAIN STREAM MEDIA, CANNOT DO IT, BECAUSE THEY WILL LOOSE CONTROL OF THE SPIN?
COURT CASES ARE NOW BEING SUBMITTED, AND NOTICES ARE BEING SERVED FOR THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. THIS GOVERNMENT BETTER NOT SOIL THE REPUTATION THIS COUNTRY DESERVES, FOR BEING HONEST AND OPEN.
WE THE PEOPLE CAN INSTITUTE AND NEW GOVERNMENT, CLEAN UP THIS DIRTY HOUSE, PROTECT THE MEEK, UNDERPRIVELIGED, OUR CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN POVERTY, BEING EVER MINDFULL OF THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.
WE ARE CANADIANS, IT IS A PRIVILEDGE TO LIVE HERE, AND AN HONOR TO SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRYMEN, AND OUR COUNTRY.
IF YOU ARE HEALTHY YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP OTHERS, WE NEED OUR COUNTRY TO BE HEALTHY, SO WE CAN THEM HELP OTHERS.