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Spazito

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9. It's predecessor The War Measures Act was used in 1970...

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Wed Feb 23, 2022, 07:00 PM

Feb 2022

during the October Crisis in Quebec, it was Justin Trudeau's father Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau who used it then. The War Measures Act was repealed when The Emergencies Act was passed to replace it.

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Trudeau ends use of Emergencies Act, says 'situation is no longer an emergency' [View all] Spazito Feb 2022 OP

Now what kind of socialist tyrant revokes the Emergencies Act....sheesh. Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #1

LOL! Spazito Feb 2022 #2

The precedent is set. He can invoke it again if necessary... VarryOn Feb 2022 #3

Has it never been done before? It seems to have worked to end the blockade. brush Feb 2022 #4

No. The law, passed in 1988, has never been used. I read it was considered... VarryOn Feb 2022 #5

He didn't need it, as you can tell by the percentage of vaccinated people in our country. Bev54 Feb 2022 #7

It's predecessor The War Measures Act was used in 1970... Spazito Feb 2022 #9

Didn't he just ask it to be renewed yesterday ? MichMan Feb 2022 #6

No, the members of parliament voted on Monday to agree with him utilizing it Bev54 Feb 2022 #8

Apparently he learned the senate was not going to support him and so he revoked it PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #10

The Freedom convoy was a textbook example of a fascist coup attempt to destroy our democracy Fords Crackpipe Mar 2022 #11