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House Hansard - 89

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 15, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 89 - Jun/15/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/15/22 2:29:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to be very clear with Canadians that police do not grant themselves extraordinary powers. It is the government that must do it. Parliament subsequently debated the bill and passed it. As RCMP Commissioner Lucki stated, the Emergencies Act gave the police the powers they needed to get the job done. Municipalities, provincial leaders and police told us that they needed more tools to dismantle these blockades. That is exactly what we did.
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Context: House Hansard - 89 - Jun/15/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/15/22 2:30:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government and our ministers have always been extremely clear that police do not grant themselves new powers. It is up to politicians and the government to make that decision. That is exactly what we did. When law enforcement and provincial and municipal authorities asked us for more tools, we delivered them. Then we saw that they needed even more. We realized that the only way to give them what they needed was to invoke the Emergencies Act—
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Context: House Hansard - 89 - Jun/15/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Jun/15/22 2:31:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government and all our ministers have always been very clear that police do not grant themselves new powers. It is up to politicians and the government to make that decision. When law enforcement and provincial authorities asked us for more tools, we invoked the Emergencies Act in a reasonable and proportional way. That is exactly what people expected of us, and that is how we were finally able to resolve the situation.
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