Canada’s Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell trucker protests

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some US border crossings and paralysed parts of the capital.Under the Emergencies Act, the government introduced measures intended to cut off protesters’ funding and took steps to reinforce provincial and local law enforcement with federal police. “The blockades are harming our economy and endangering public safety,” Trudeau told a news conference on Monday. “We cannot and…

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