The Freedom Convoy of truckers in Canada appears to be coming to an end after three weeks. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on February 16; the only other time this act was invoked was by Justin Trudeau’s father in 1970. The Emergencies Act defines a national emergency as an “urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that (a) seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians and is of such proportions or nature as to exceed the capacity or authority of a province to deal with it, or (b) seriously threatens the ability of the...

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