Wed Sep 7, 2022 – 4:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian Attorney General David Lametti at the behest of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his authority to crush the Freedom Convoy based on unproven fears that protesters would try to block rail lines.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, briefing materials for Lametti dated April 23, 2022, stated, “Threats were made to block railway lines which would result in significant disruptions.”
“The result of a railway blockade would be significant,” the staff added.
“Canada’s freight rail industry transports more than $310 billion worth of goods each year on a network that runs from coast to coast.”
However, the staff briefing notes do not say why the federal government did not use the Emergencies Act to stop a large railway blockade in 2020 in support of Wet’suwet’en First Nation as they were protesting a gas pipeline.
That blockade lasted months on end, and estimates put the cost at $283 million along with over 1,000 people losing their jobs.
VIA Rail, Canada’s state-run passenger train company, itself lost $33.6 million as a result of the rail blockades.
In 2020 alone, there were some 50 or more blockades nationwide, none
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