act https://canadianriley.com Canadian Riley From Parliament to You Independent Political News Blog Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:42:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/canadianriley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-canadian-riley.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 act https://canadianriley.com 32 32 214541444 Bloc Leader Blanchet Accuses Mendicino of Citing Falsehoods to Invoke the Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/bloc-leader-blanchet-accuses-mendicino-of-citing-falsehoods-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/bloc-leader-blanchet-accuses-mendicino-of-citing-falsehoods-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:44:40 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=890 Conservatives have been calling for the resignation of the Public Safety Minister, Marco Mendicino because they claim that he lied to Canadians when he said “on the recommendation of law enforcement we invoked the Emergency Act”.  Conservatives claim that Mendicino is backpedaling, claiming he was just “misunderstood”, and that there is no room for being misunderstood when setting historical precedents so he must resign.  The conservatives have a petition asking for his resignation.

If you thought that it was only the Conservatives accusing the Liberal Marco Mendicino of lying when it comes to invoking the Emergencies Act think again.  The leader of the Bloc Quebecois Yves-François Blanchet also accuses Marco Mendicino of citing falsehoods to invoke the Emergencies Act.

]]> https://canadianriley.com/bloc-leader-blanchet-accuses-mendicino-of-citing-falsehoods-to-invoke-the-emergencies-act/feed/ 0 890 Chrystia Freeland Said That She Will Personally Take Responsibility for Invoking the Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-said-that-she-will-personally-take-responsibility-for-invoking-the-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/chrystia-freeland-said-that-she-will-personally-take-responsibility-for-invoking-the-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:35:31 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=624 The risk to Canada’s economic reputation was behind the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to deter the “Freedom Convoy” blockades across the country, the deputy prime minister and finance minister repeatedly told MPs during her testimony during the Emergencies Act committee.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland testified before the special committee reviewing the Emergencies Act on June 14 but left many questions unanswered, causing some parliamentarians to express frustration.

Even when asked repeatedly Chrystia Freeland wouldn’t say whose idea it was to invoke the Emergencies Act, but said that she will personally take responsibility for it.

It was a collective decision. But at that time, and today I’m talking of the reality for me, I would like to take the personal responsibility for that decision. It was my opinion. It was it was the correct decision.

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Bill Blair Says Police Did Not Ask for Emergencies Act Saying it is a Decision of Government https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-says-police-did-not-ask-for-emergencies-act-saying-it-is-a-decision-of-government/ https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-says-police-did-not-ask-for-emergencies-act-saying-it-is-a-decision-of-government/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:41:12 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=550 Former Public Safety Minister of Bill Blair contradicts current Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.   Emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair is the latest to admit that the police didn’t ask for the Emergencies Act to be invoked:

“I’m not aware of any recommendation of law enforcement,” Blair said Tuesday. “Quite frankly, this is a decision of government.”

Blair said during the “Freedom Convoy” he spoke regularly with police who “were clearly having difficulties” restoring law and order, and that his role was to try to figure out why that was happening.

In response to Sen. Claude Carignan, who asked if Blair was aware of any such recommendation, he said, “Frankly I would have been quite surprised if the police had actually made a policy recommendation or asked for any legislative authority.”

“I do not believe that would have been an appropriate thing for law enforcement to ask, and they did not ask,” Blair said.”

During Emergencies Act committee testimony Bill Blair also admitted that Marco Mendicino misled Canadians when Mendicino linked the Freedom Convoy to the arson attempt in Ottawa.

Bill Blair confirms during testimony that police did not ask for the Emergencies Act “I’m not aware of any recommendation from law enforcement, quite frankly, this was the decision of government. It was it was it’s a decision of the government.”

]]> https://canadianriley.com/bill-blair-says-police-did-not-ask-for-emergencies-act-saying-it-is-a-decision-of-government/feed/ 0 550 House of Commons Goes Crazy During Intense Debate with Mendicino Over Emergencies Act Misinformation https://canadianriley.com/house-of-commons-goes-crazy-during-intense-debate-with-mendicino-over-emergencies-act-misinformation/ https://canadianriley.com/house-of-commons-goes-crazy-during-intense-debate-with-mendicino-over-emergencies-act-misinformation/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:36:28 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=547 Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has been changing his story from “we acted on the advice of law enforcement” to “we consulted with law enforcement”, to blaming the Conservatives for the Ottawa protest. Watch as the House of Commons goes crazy during intense debate with Marco Mendicino over his invocation of the Emergencies Act misinformation. The federal Conservatives say the public safety minister has lost credibility over his comments about the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, and they’re calling for him to resign.

 

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Police Plan to Dismantle the Ottawa Freedom Protest Didn’t Need the Emergencies Act https://canadianriley.com/police-plan-to-dismantle-the-ottawa-freedom-protest-didnt-need-the-emergencies-act/ https://canadianriley.com/police-plan-to-dismantle-the-ottawa-freedom-protest-didnt-need-the-emergencies-act/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:17:54 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=460 According to police testimony during a parliamentary committee meeting, on February 12, 2022 before the Emergencies Act was invoked, police had a plan and adequate police resources in place to dismantle the Ottawa freedom protest before the Emergencies Act was invoked.

During testimony the RCMP was asked “12th of February you confident that the police were at a point where their plan would be successful in removing and clearing, making whatever is necessary. The people that were situated on Wellington Street and beyond.”  RCMP confirmed that they were confident that the convoy could be removed with the existing plan “I was briefed of the planet a 12th. I’m confident. And as I mentioned earlier, this is a plan that’s in motion. It’s dynamic. It’s fluid because of what we’re seeing on a train. But I’m confident it might have tweaked a little bit as we move to the kinetic portion. But yes, I was confident, but certainly that no concerns if I may, you had no concerns that you didn’t have the resources didn’t have the capability and capacity to actually operationalize the plan.”

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Trudeau F Bomb! Watch the Heated Debate that Lead to Trudeau Swearing https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-f-bomb-watch-the-heated-debate-that-lead-to-trudeau-swearing/ https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-f-bomb-watch-the-heated-debate-that-lead-to-trudeau-swearing/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:38:52 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=274 Trudeau F-Bomb! Watch the heated debate that Conservatives say lead to Trudeau swearing the in the House of Commons. Brassard told reporters Trudeau used a “six-letter reference followed by another word” not ‘fuddle-duddle. May 4, 2022.

 

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Trudeau Suddenly Revoked the Emergency Act Every Wonder Why? https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-suddenly-revoked-the-emergency-act-every-wonder-why/ https://canadianriley.com/trudeau-suddenly-revoked-the-emergency-act-every-wonder-why/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 03:53:59 +0000 https://canadianriley.com/?p=198 Ever wonder why Trudeau suddenly revoked the Emergencies Act, when there was seemly no change from the day before? Did it never pass in the Senate, what was it? Watch this video, this may be why? Senator Marilou McPhedran says that there was a motion to revoke the Emergencies Act. Immediately after the Emergencies Act was voted in the House of Commons, the Conservatives filed with the speaker the motion to revoke the Emergencies Act where 20 Conservative MPs already signed the motion. This is what the Emergencies Act says for motion to revoke: signed by not less than ten members of the Senate or twenty members of the House of Commons, as the case may be, is filed with the Speaker thereof, that House of Parliament shall take up and consider the motion within three sitting days after it is filed.

Trudeau said when revoking the Emergencies Act “Today, after careful consideration, we’re ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency. Therefore, the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act.”

Candice Bergen immediately following the vote to confirm the invocation of the Emergencies Act, rose to file pursuant to section 59 of the emergencies Act, a motion to revoke the Prime Minister’s emergency declaration that was proclaimed.  Candice Bergen said “The motion is signed by more than 20 members of the Conservative Party following a linear finish, and then we’ll finish the matter at the next sit in week. I say this to all Canadians that conservatives will continue to use every tool at our disposal to answer prime ministers.”

Speculation as to why the Federal Government revoked the Emergencies Act is that there was already a movement among a significant number of senators and MPs, including some liberals to come up with the requisite signatures to begin the process of of ending the declarations and that we didn’t end up having to do that. The government was well aware that we were fairly far along in creating that joint letter that was required under this the particular section, and instead there was the decision to suspend.

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