Tue Feb 15, 2022 – 2:33 pm ESTTue Feb 15, 2022 – 2:34 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Fox News host Tucker Carlson has accused Justin Trudeau of suspending democracy in Canada and declaring a “dictatorship” after the Canadian prime minister announced he would be invoking the Emergencies Act to suppress protests against vaccine mandates.
A form of martial law that has never been imposed in Canadian history, the Emergencies Act looks set to be used by the Trudeau government to freeze bank accounts owned by protestors and hand the RCMP increased powers to clear the protestors and their trucks from Ottawa.
Quoting the act itself, Carlson pointed out how the law can only be legitimately invoked in “urgent and critical situations that endanger the lives, health or safety of Canadians”, which the host insisted disqualifies its use against the truckers.
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“What’s happening in Canada now is not an emergency,” Carlson explained before playing a clip from Ottawa of protestors dancing and singing. “According to Justin Trudeau, everyone you saw in that tape is a terrorist … even the kids in their bouncy caps.”
“Justin Trudeau revoked their civil liberties and authorized men with
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