Canada's intelligence agency, CSIS, warned the federal government on February 13 that using the Emergencies Act to suppress the Freedom Convoy could provoke violence. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Act the next day.
CSIS warned Trudeau government invoking Emergencies Act could spark radicalization, violence | National Post - Christopher Nardi & Ryan Tumilty:
November 7, 2022 - "Canada’s spy agency warned the federal government [that] invoking the Emergencies Act could further radicalize Canadians engaged in convoy protests, and push some towards violence. The information is contained in an undated report from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that was presented at the Emergencies Act (EA) inquiry on Monday. It surfaced during Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens’s testimony about the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge last winter, part of several protests against pandemic restrictions.
"The document reveals that the day before the Trudeau government invoked the act on Feb. 14 in response to the Freedom Convoy protests across the country, CSIS warned the government that it could have significant and far-reaching collateral consequences. 'CSIS advised that the implementation of the EA would likely galvanize the anti-government narratives within the convoy and further the radicalization of some towards violence,' reads the document. It adds that the phenomenon was already noticed when Ontario declared a provincial state of emergency days earlier.
"The document also says CSIS warned that invoking the act could also undermine confidence in government. 'CSIS advised that the invocation of the EA by the federal government would likely leads to the dispersing of the convoy within Ottawa but would likely increase the number of Canadians who hold extreme anti-government views and push some towards the belief that violence is the only solution to what they perceive as a broken system and government,' reads the document.
"Canada’s spy agency reiterated its concerns about a potential increase in violence during an undated meeting after the act was invoked on Feb. 14."
I'm glad many truckers and people made a stand on these issues in Canada. The Government DID IN FACT invoke violence on the protesters who chose to remain. Many of us knew the arrests were coming and went back to our hotels in hopes of a strategic regrouping. It did change things rapidly I believe. So hats off to all involved. The Liberal Government behaved despicably during the protest, and so did the Canadian Main Stream Media. Thanks to some small media outlets, the word got out to the public of what was truly happening. Not what they were being TOLD! It's a sad day and age when the Governments Media uses PROPAGANDA on it's own people.
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