Eight days ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau employed the never-before-used Emergencies Act to crackdown on peaceful protesters in Ottawa who were in Canada’s capital for nearly four weeks as part of a nationwide convoy movement in opposition to remaining COVID-19 restrictions.

The Act gives the government extraordinary powers to arrest demonstrators and seize assets, trucks, and bank accounts of those involved in anti-government protests.

The plan to distract from the Emergencies Act, first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter Monday morning, coincided with mainstream media skepticism of the Trudeau Liberals’ use of the Act.

The scheme involves a payment of $36,000 to a U.S. consultant S-3 Group LLC of Cortland, New York to “design a strategy” to promote Canada on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The firm must “enhance the public profile of the work done at the Embassy of Canada and consulates in various territories across the United States.”

S-3 Group LLC has its work cut out for them.

Nearly 300 peaceful protesters were arrested and two people were trampled on Friday night as riot control horses rode into a crowd of demonstrators, breaking the collarbone of a Mohawk elder who was using a walker.

At least two journalists — Alexa Lavoie and Guillaume Roy, both of Rebel News — were pepper-sprayed by police as the weeks-long protest was euthanized by the authorities.

Alexa was also shot at point-blank range by a riot control gun and struck three times with a baton by police Saturday morning. Her assault was caught in her livestream broadcast to Twitter and watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

Rebel News is helping Alexa sue the Ottawa police for her assault.

TWO REPORTS, AUSTRALIA & CANADA

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King Charles ignored constitutional limits on his power and thereby ignited a civil war that cost him his life and put England under a military dictatorship for more than a decade. The profound constitutionalist John Selden reflected on this shortly after the king’s execution and before the eventual restoration of the constitution after Oliver Cromwell’s death:

There is no stretching of power; it is a good rule — eat within your stomach, act within your commission.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau certainly is acting like someone who has eaten more than his stomach can hold, as well as far exceeding his commission.

Brian Peckford, former premier of Newfoundland, certainly feels so and had begun taking action even before the truckers began their now-famous protests in Ottawa, at the Ambassador Bridge, and at other places throughout Canada.

Peckford was one of the authors of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada’s equivalent of the Bill of Rights, which was joined to the Canadian Constitution in 1982. He is the leading spokesman of a group filing suit in Canada against one of the many acts of constitutional overreach: the severe restrictions the Trudeau minority government imposed on travel.

The charter states in section 6:

Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.

Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right to move to and take up residence in any province…

The Canadian Constitution does provide ways that its Parliament or its provincial legislatures can specifically override this. Peckford argues, however, that no such niceties were observed and that therefore the regulations imposed are invalid, unconstitutional infringements of Canadians’ liberties.

Overreaching governments often respond by claiming that their unique knowledge and capabilities are sufficient justification for their actions. They seek not only ratification of their actions from those whose powers they have taken, but to establish a precedent — the constitution will no longer bind them from any exercise of power it deems appropriate and necessary.

The result of this is clear. The liberties guaranteed by a constitution are now subject to the government’s veto. Effectively, the subjects (no longer citizens) now have only such rights as the government chooses to allow them. This means that government is no longer by the consent of the governed. To the contrary: individual rights are by the consent of a government answerable only to its own conception of its power.

Peckford was one of the political elite, but one who was and is dedicated to the principles of Western democracy. He is forceful and eloquent; hear him out in a brilliant interview with the incandescent Jordan Peterson (start listening just shy of minute 11).

But as we have seen in the past few weeks, the peaceful protests against overreach and the trampling of liberties have burst out among the not-so-elite. Not the kings of the keyboards, not the members of the chattering class, but the people who make the country work, led by the truckers.

Something about this assertion of rights has offended Trudeau. His personality does not seem up to the task that he campaigned for and won. He looks like someone not quite adult, knowing it, and overcompensating. Watching him always gave the feeling of watching someone trying too hard to be someone other than he is.

That was when all he faced was the normal polite opposition offered in Canadian politics. Respect for the law comes naturally in a nation whose founders descended from United Empire Loyalists — those who maintained their allegiance to the British crown while America asserted its independence. Canadians achieved their own independence in a different, slower, more orderly and peaceful way, and all those qualities of peacefulness, order, and respect for law are part of the civilizational sparkle of the land of the loon and the maple leaf.

But the oppressive overreach of Trudeau’s COVID restrictions, far exceeding anything justified by the data and the science, went too far and continued too long to be mistaken by a large part of the regular working people of Canada as anything other than an assault on their rights and thus of their human dignity. They rose up peacefully, and, emulating Martin Luther King Jr.’s method of resisting unconstitutional restrictive laws, practiced non-violent civil disobedience in a way that awoke widespread support and international attention.

Trudeau began his version of respectful dialogue with his aggrieved subjects by labeling their views, without exception, as “unacceptable.” Of course, anyone, who opposes the Great Leader must be on the fringe, with no right to petition and be heard. In the prime minister’s own words, they are “very often misogynistic, racist, women-haters, science-deniers, the fringe.” He let that stand as his only characterization of the protesters. A promising invitation to a national dialogue.

Trudeau then disappeared from view, perhaps believing that the fundamental laws of reality had been so deeply breached by the protest that some natural cataclysm was in order. Perhaps the earth would open and swallow the protesters like it had swallowed up Korach and his crew of dissidents in the Bible.

As followers of Trudeau’s dad might have said — wow! Even Richard Nixon made his way out of the White House to speak to protesters and hear them out. Trudeau seems to fall short of Nixon — with all his paranoia and tics, a most modest measure to fall short of. Not content with the infringements of liberties he has already imposed, Trudeau doubled down and imposed emergency powers intended for times of war, insurrection, or an equivalent existential threat. He threatened seizure of the truckers’ livelihood, imprisonment, and barring them from their chosen work.

The posturing of Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator is coming to mind. But Trudeau knows how to spin things when an unpleasant truth is starting to come out: he projects the fascist mindset he has embraced onto those who oppose him politically (see Hillary Clinton’s similar response to the Durham filing for another classic example of this). Not once does he speak of any of the protesters as anything other than swastika-bearing enemies of all that is good, utterly to be excluded from any meaningful political rights. His power, his actions state, is not at the service of the people; the people can be utterly excluded as he sees fit. All Nazis.

Trudeau took this a little further last week. On the floor during a session of the House of Commons, a Jewish Member of Parliament, Melissa Lantsman, a member of the Conservative opposition, sharply criticized Trudeau’s invocation of unprecedented emergency powers. The grim prime minister replied: “Conservative Party members can stand with people who wave swastikas, they can stand with people who wave the Confederate flag.”

He was met with outraged shouts of “Shame!” Lantsman stood to take formal exception to Trudeau’s remarks as a breach of order and demanded an apology:

I am a strong Jewish woman and a member of this House and a descendant of Holocaust survivors and … it’s never been singled out, and I’ve never been made to feel less except for today, when the prime minister accused me of standing with swastikas. I think he owes me an apology. I’d like an apology and I think he owes an apology to all members of this House.

But Trudeau had already left the House. Why does anyone who is so completely right and who holds the highest power have to listen to criticism? They are the Nazis! He probably believes that he believes it — except that every act of petulance, contempt, and overreach shows him to be just a very small man who prefers power to responsibility.

He has eaten more than his belly can contain, Selden would say.

There are a lot of Canadians who will now have their say. A fresh wind is blowing from the north and it is reminding people all over the world of just how precious liberty is. The people will have their say and it can’t come too soon.

In case it might be helpful to someone.

There is a small suite of postings (5 – – the links are further down) on my blog to remove any doubt about the authenticity of the WEF and their agenda.   They have “half the Trudeau cabinet”  in pocket – – Klaus Schwab in video.   Etc.

Sandra

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If I can piece this together,  there are a whole lot of people, especially in the U.S. who can do it better and did it a long time ago.

As it happens:

While I was watching live-stream of the situation in Ottawa on Friday,

Watching the toe-to-toe  line of protestors with the police,

I would have liked to quiet the line.   And announce:

This is about an experimental drug and whether people including children, should be forcibly injected with it.  That is ALL it is about.

WHAT IN GODS’ NAME is so important that the Government MUST HAVE ALL PEOPLE AND CHILDREN INJECTED?  Once, twice, thrice, 4 times, more . . .  and none of that good enough, more boosters, every how many months?!  

That issue has caused the Government to bring in all these police from Ontario and elsewhere.  There are snipers on roof-tops, a helicopter overhead; armoured vehicle in the background.  Police are on O.T. and housed in the Chateau Laurier.

The protest is demonstrably peaceful.

Many Police are soft on the issue.  Which is why the Protestors are receiving leaked information to help them in their struggle.   Many Tow Truck companies in Ottawa won’t help the Police by responding to calls for tow trucks to take trucks away.

AND  THEN – –

I received an article by Chris George that documents Chrystia Freeland’s relationship to the  World Economic Forum, published in the Niagara Independent.  Which is all I needed – – as explained below.  . . . It’s a good article.   (Freeland – Canadian Minister of Finance)

I sent the email below to author of the article, Chris George.

Many people dismiss the World Economic Forum (WEF) as “conspiracy theory”, along with its “Great Reset” agenda.

The article by C George is another blow to the ability to dismiss the WEF.

There is a small suite of postings on my blog to remove any doubt about the authenticity of the WEF and their agenda.  They are the reason that traditional means of bringing about corrections to Government policies do not, will not, and can not work.

Klaus Schwab is the founder of the WEF and the author of the book, “The Great Reset”.

– – keep reading.  I have watched the video in which Schwab states (in a moment of ill-advised hubris, I’d say):  he uses the word “infiltrated” in relation to the Trudeau Cabinet.  (Not only the Canadian cabinet.)

2022-01-26 Klaus Schwab: half of the Canadian Cabinet are from the “Young Global Leaders” program of the WEF      a SHORT VIDEO.

The C George article re Freeland’s relationship to the WEF:   as explained below,  I looked into Freeland in 2015.   Only because I recognized the  name “Larry Summers” from the Wall Street crimes in 2007-08.

You may want to know what The Great Reset has in mind for your children and grand children.  Canadians are getting a taste of it right now.   Jason Kenney (I am not a fan of) expands a bit on what the WEF envisions  –  he does it well, to my surprise!  – – Schwab sent him a copy of the book.

See also:   2017-12-20 Trudeau and the Aga Khan.

EMAIL TO CHRIS GEORGE

From: Sandra Finley
Sent: February 19, 2022 8:20 PM
Subject: your article, Where is Chrystia Freeland’s priority?

Dear Mr. George,

Your article re Freeland is important elucidation for Canadians.

There is CONTEXT  (appended) for your article, on my blog.

I looked at Freeland in some depth, in about 2015.

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My interest in Freeland started with her connection to Larry Summers.  And Dominic Barton.

Summers was brought in by the Liberals in advance of the 2015 Election.  Ostensibly to advise them on Economic Policy which was seen as their weak point in defeating the Harper Conservatives.   It was Trudeau’s first run at the Prime Ministership.

I remembered Summers’ name – – advisor to Obama whose advice meant that the Wall Street racketeers (2007-08) got off scot-free and with grand largesse from the public purse.

That Summers would be advising a potential Canadian Government sounded clanging alarm bells in my brain.

Freeland did her PhD (Harvard) under Larry Summers (Economics), who a bit later became President of Harvard.

His dealings with Russians – – big dollar contracts – -, helping them with Capitalism…  Summers was basically scamming the Russians.   They brought suit in the U.S..  And won.

As a consequence, the U.S. Govt fined Harvard $26 Million to cover the costs and settlement of the Russian lawsuit.

Harvard was furious with Summers over the $26 million fine, needless to say!  Some Harvard profs had previously been complaining about the integrity of Summers’ work;  they were vindicated   – – Summers was dumped as Pres of Harvard.

The petals fell off the sweet-smelling rose for the Russians;   they lost their enthusiasm for contracting with U.S. “specialists” who could guide them in the ways of capitalism.  Other “partnerships” also suffered from the thorns.

Summers fell on hard times with a tarnished reputation until Freeland, in her role at the Financial Times, offered her former thesis supervisor a weekly column.   Which was successful;  his columns were well received   . . .   fast forward  – – Summers’ net worth saw a steep incline, Wall Street contracts —   then the 2007—08 fiasco and Summers’ advisory role to Obama.  No prosecutions.  Yahda, yahda.

So now, the Cdn Liberals need advisors for economic policy (2015).   They bring in Summers.   Also Dominic Barton.

INSERT:  I just did some quick reading re the Trudeaus and their visits to the Aga Khan’s island in the Bahamas.   The first trip was in 2014.

By this time, these people are all intertwined with the globalist money elites.

I don’t know the order of things:  Freeland was recruited to run for the Liberals . . .  by . . .  who?

Trudeau had already (?) been recruited by Klaus Schwab (WEF,  Young Global Leaders Program).  Who was it that brought in Summers, the shady guys, the financial mafiosos from the Wall Street betrayal of Main Street?

When Klaus Schwab (video link below) says that Trudeau is one of their guys (WEF), and that the WEF has “infiltrated” the Trudeau Cabinet (they have half of the Cabinet), of course, as you document very well – – Freeland is one of theirs.

I am encouraged:  mis-characterization of the WEF and the Great Reset as “conspiracy theory” is breaking into the public discourse.  Your article is helpful.

I was surprised by the following video – – Kenney saying:  the Great Reset is the title of a book.  He should know because Klaus Schwab sent him a copy.  He goes on to ridicule the Davos crowd.

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That is ALL it is about.  It’s why there is so much support for the Truckers, around the world.  Lots of people KNOW.  Just like lots of people knew about Epstein.  Circles of the wealthy – – it’s why $20 million has been donated to the Truckers Freedom Convoy.  Not because of funding by “terrorists”.  It’s funding by wealthy people with a conscience.  It’s a matter of how to nail the perpetrators.  Don’t worry – – it’s in the works.

There may be something in the following postings that will be beneficial to you or to someone else.

Best wishes,

Sandra Finley  www.sandrafinley.ca

Vancouver Island  250-594-9898

1.  2022-02-12 Where is Chrystia Freeland’s priority? Niagara Independent, Chris George

2.  2022-02-17 Great Reset: Trudeau Agenda. Jason Kenney explains the Great Reset just as covid 19 pandemic was unleashed in early 2020

3.  2022-01-26 Klaus Schwab: half of the Canadian Cabinet are from the “Young Global Leaders” program of the WEF

4.  2022-02-05  Jim Watson (Mayor of Ottawa)   So, let’s take a peek under the hood. You don’t have to dig long to see why Jim is a fan of authoritarian moves

Here you see Ottawa mayor Watson at the WEF.  (He has quite a long history of association,  not shown.)

5.  2022-02-08 Italy’s Archbishop Carlos Maria Vigano Endorses the Canadian Truck Drivers Against the New World Order (VIDEO and Transcript)

I think this is an important contribution;  an “influencer” of some public opinion puts these “globalist” forces  on the table.  Named.

There is too much in these next postings, done over a few years.  They are for skimming.  The first one might be sufficient.

2017-05-25 Larry Summers – Dominic Barton connection. “Inclusive Capitalism Initiative” as “re-branding”. Summers bad news (corrupt), Canadian financial matters, advisor to Liberals.

https://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=19166\

2017-06-02 The Liberals have ended up with an infrastructure bank that offers Canadians only downsides and risk, National Post

https://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=19316

2014-05-27 ‘Inclusive capitalism’ the big new thing? from DW, German international broadcaster. (Dominic Barton)

https://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=19172

The “re-branding” of capitalism after the 2007-08 fall from grace.

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Sandra Finley