Dear Editor:
RE: Federal Emergencies Act invoked for first time, Feb. 17.
At the end of this article by Jordan Snobelen, it says “Signs were already showing on Tuesday that the federal measures were working …”
This is not accurate.
The Ambassador Bridge situation was solved the previous Sunday and the border blockages were already in the process of resolution using and enforcing existing laws. The Ottawa “occupation” could also have been resolved if laws were enforced before they had partied for two weeks.
While the prime minister hid and hurled insults the “protestors” became emboldened. In the end all the Emergencies Act did was get tow trucks.
The previous legislation, the War Measures Act, was only used one time – except for the two World Wars – by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and he did not get re-elected so maybe some good will come from this.
George Milne,
Cambridge