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Originally Posted by acottawa
The protesters have charter rights, the police can’t just remove them. Ironically the Liberals opposed Tory proposal that would make blocking key economic infrastructure illegal. The existing criminal code requires “disturb the peace tumultuously” to invoke the riot act, which would be a hard case to make for a jackass laying on the horn. Businesses or residents could try to get a court order. Police could also start issuing parking tickets.
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Yes and equally ironically many of the rural base at the heart of this protest were behind the similar law in Alberta that RCMP used to clear the border.
As usual hypocrisy on both sides. The standard can't be do you agree with the message of the protest. I would argue the protesters in this case have been very well behaved. No smashed windows or damaged businesses. The honking is extremely annoying but frankly not much worse than construction noise (granted 700 Sussex must be on another level). The traffic disruption seems to be mostly from the over-reaction by police rather than protesters. BLM in Montreal was certainly more riotous than this. Aboriginal groups intentionally and effectively disrupt life regularly though usually in a targeted manner.
On the other hand I appreciate Trudeau's reaction, basically I won't meet them and don't agree and won't agree to any of their demands. We don't need to give into people because they cause disruption even if at the same time no successful protest can occur without some disruption.