Trudeau Repeals Emergency Powers After Ending Truck Protests
- PM says existing laws ‘now sufficient to keep people safe’
- Convoy blockaded Canada’s capital city for three weeks
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Canada is lifting the emergency powers it enacted more than a week ago to get street protests under control, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying the unprecedented authority is no longer needed.
His government invoked the never-before-used Emergencies Act after hundreds of semis and other heavy vehicles blockaded the downtown of Canada’s capital city for three weeks. The demonstration in Ottawa sparked offshoots that shut down key U.S. border crossings, including the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit.