Ontario’s Premier Backs Trudeau’s Sweeping Emergency Measures
- Doug Ford pleads for Ottawa protesters to take their kids home
- Protests are dividing country, friends and families, Ford says
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Ontario’s Conservative premier, Doug Ford, said he supports emergency measures enacted by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stamp out protests that have blocked trade and paralyzed the nation’s capital.
“It’s critical that all levels of government work together. It’s critical that our police forces have every single tool needed to resolve the situation and restore order,” Ford said Tuesday at a news conference in Hamilton, Ontario. “I don’t care about the politics.”