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Ottawa police and other law enforcement began taking action against protesters that continue to demonstrate around Parliament Hill on Friday morning, with the House of Commons having cancelled their Friday sitting due to the police operation.
The operation by law enforcement and tactical teams from multiple jurisdictions was largely peaceful during the day, though police were equipped with tear gas and a range of other law enforcement tools in their bid to remove the encampment. Police say 70 people are now in custody, including Pat King, a prominent organizer with the demonstrations.
Mounted units were also on scene.
It comes a day after at least two of the top organizers for the so-called “Freedom Convoy” blockades were arrested, in addition to other people being taken into custody.
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2022.02.22: The Death of Democracy in Canada
On February 22, 2022, after the conclusion of the Freedom Convoy, the federal Emergencies Act was sent by the elected House of Commons to the unelected Senate for final approval. Also that day, Tamara Lich, a political activist, and organizer of the Freedom Convoy, was denied bail and is kept in jail – as a political prisoner. On this day, on which elected officials act without the consent of the people, I declare Canadian democracy is dead — or at least in a coma.
Part 1: What is democracy?
Before we can determine whether or not democracy is dead, we need to know what a healthy democracy is. Unfortunately, while most people feel good about living in a “free democracy” they have only vague notions of what democracy is. Since Canadians receive a negligible education in civic, let me explain what democracy is.
Before anything is written, we must understand that our democracy is not a direct democracy in which all people vote on all issues but a representative democracy in which we elect people to represent our interests and vote on behalf of our interests in the parliament. In our democracy, individuals abdicate only some, not all, of their decision-making authority to elected representatives.
First, a democracy is a consensual form of governance by the people and for the people. A democratic state exists for the welfare of the people and the people do not exist for the welfare of the state. The start of democracy is the giving of consent to be governed and the free choice to elect a representative that will best represent our interests and welfare in parliament. A fundamental element of democracy, the election of representatives, is based on the freedom of choice which flows from the freedom of conscience — which our constitution guarantees. Of freedom of conscience, Chief Justice Dickson Supreme Court of Canada wrote:
"It should also be noted, however, that an emphasis on individual conscience and individual judgement also lies at the heart of our democratic political tradition. The ability of each citizen to make free and informed decisions is the absolute prerequisite for the legitimacy, acceptability, and efficacy of our system of self-government. It is because of the centrality of the rights associated with freedom of individual conscience both to basic beliefs about human worth and dignity and to a free and democratic political system that American jurisprudence has emphasized the primacy or "firstness" of the First Amendment. It is this same centrality that in my view underlies their designation in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as "fundamental." They are sine qua non of the political tradition underlying the Charter." – R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd. [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295
Second, we do not elect autocrats to rule us. What happens between elections is the most important part of democracy. The people do not abdicate all their decision-making to their representatives and have the right to actively participate in a fully transparent process of developing public policy and that means that our elected representatives are obliged to listen to the people and take into consideration the needs of all stakeholder groups — only the people know what is best for the people. A technocracy, no matter how enlightened, is not a democracy.
Third, democracy is a pluralistic form of government. In a democracy, decision-making is decentralized, in effect a competition between interest groups for limited resources, both physical and financial, and the laws by which all must live but a democratic competition does not result in the winner taking all but that there is a fair compromise and all are winners and receive a fair share. Obviously, there must be a mutually agreeable process of conflict resolution and dissent. In this public policy process, we, or at least a significant element of the people must be active and not passive citizens involved in the decision-making. Passive citizens are the ones that abdicate all their democratic responsibilities to others. Naturally, no citizen should be excluded from the public policy decision-making process.
Fourth, a democracy operates by the rule of law – not by the rule (whims) of the elected. The rule of law, with the constitution being the foundation for all laws, applies both to the people and their elected representatives. Since all people have equal worth, are equal under the law, with equal political rights, elected representatives cannot disenfranchise some people for the benefit of others and thus must ensure the best possible decision for all the people. A healthy democracy cares for equality and justice and it protects the welfare of minorities against the interests of the majority. If one group is harmed by public policy, others, if they are good citizens, are obliged to actively dissent.
Fifth, our elected representatives are accountable to the people. Accountability means being answerable, able to justify why a decision was made. Accountability requires there must be oversight and a way to sanction elected representatives that cannot justify their decisions. If elected representatives do not properly fulfil their obligations, either due to incompetence or corruption, accountability requires a process disempowering an elected representative in whom we have lost trust before an election— the highest form of dissent.
Finally, democracy requires honest information. Choice (decision-making) requires information and without the relevant information, an informed choice cannot be made. Ideally, the government should truthfully inform the people of what is happening and why. Unfortunately, too often, elected officials rarely tell the truth and therefore a healthy democracy requires a free, independent, and honest media. The media, which has a duty to inform the people of both the good and bad performed by their elected representatives, is a core element of a democracy because it provides oversight and it empowers informed decision-making.
Simplifying democracy to its primary essence we can say that democracy is a system in which individuals willingly give consent to be governed but maintain the right to dissent on how they are governed. As active citizens, by our freedom of conscience, we have the right, nay the obligation, to actively give consent or dissent to decisions made on our behalf. Dissent means saying – you are wrong, I do not agree, and I do not give consent to have this done in my name.
Understand this: Consent is vital to democracy and dissent is not a threat to democracy but a necessary element of democracy.
The Communists (NDP) and the Socialists (LPC) united in the Canadian House of Parliament today to vote their support for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s deployment of the Emergency War Measures Act. The vote was 185 in support and 151 against, as the Canadian government now officially declares war against citizens who protested against government.
21:10 you will be arrested. “We have the right to protest!”
22:35 great shot of tons of police
25:40 you are breaking the law on a peaceful demonstration
26:50 “this is for freedom!!!!!!”…..”peace and love will win…if they want to bring weapons in us, the whole world will see this
27:35 ****“freedom! Freedom!”***
28:00 “we do not have weapons. You guys do. You guys are the thugs here****Good broll of holding hands. Yelling freedom
36:40 You cowards!!!!!
52:20 “everybody’s peaceful except for you! “ good massive police broll
53:00 horses
54:50 singing holds no hands****”of Canada….
55:20 grenade launcher?
1:00:00 what happened to serve and protect?’
1:01:50 “freedom!”
Those are NOT policemen but fascist bullys! 🖕🖕
These cops all acted like storm troopers. They were no better then thugs.
Excess force,,,
protesting is a civil right… bending infrastructure over and going from behind is not a right…
Here’s some truth… I have covid and I feel like death… this virus is real… how can people be so oblivious… I am now a true believer. Now the origins of this virus are another story. But this virus is taking its toll 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😪 Christ save us 🙁
Take a look at the world in protest. Every country there has been many officers injured, even killed. I was trying to determine if any officers were injured. I found in BC a number of them were injured, but that was a protest against logging. I found 1 case in Ottawa were the report was "slightly Injured". Can anyone one give me more info?
Trucker 1: Hey have you heard?
Trucker 2: What?
Trcker 1 : We're irrelevant again.
Trucker 2: Dang! Just when we're on a roll conning dummy donors.
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"TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE"… these are now just empty words in a song that have no meaning anymore. The Americans overthrew the English. The Ukrainians have inspired the world as they fight for their liberties against Trudeau's pall Putin. CANADA what will you be known for? 'You were subdued by a petulant Justin Trudeau, who pulled down your pants and spanked you in public on the world stage.' What a shame it is to be a Canadian today…
As Long as these Truckers are hauling Goods into the City the Cities are Happy to have them There. When Everything was Locked Down by Trudeau, The Truckers were Heroes. Now they are Protesting against Tyranny, They are the Bad People. Two Faced Leadership….
They only put on the shine they are not good behind doors
Horrible! Disgraceful and disgusting! Used to have a great deal of respect for the RCMP but not anymore.
Fake, government video. It didn't work, anyway. Did it?
And after all of that the Covid Convey accomplished nothing.
What
Damn police can't keep their noses out of anything
"unlawful protest"
Ontario is your safest place right now. Your address and phone numbers have been displayed so many times. "Hold the Line." Old washed Oil Worker." They wan it for freedom. Freedom for White Supremacist. Yeah, That's all you will really represent. Your husband couldn't differentiate between American law and Canadian Charter. A high school education could have come in handy.
I was an international student in Canada and untill last month I used to do Uber Eats deliveries in Downtown Toronto. I came back to my home country because Trudeau announced that you can't leave Canada being unvaccinated as a foreign citizen after a particular date. The government said that you can leave Canada unvaccinated untill 28 February after that you'll have to take the shot. I am an anti-vaxxer.. so I had no choice but to leave because back then restrictions were really tight and I thought this may go on forever. I came to Canada to study and I have completed my first year of education. But now I had to come back home because of these stupid vaccine policies and I can't go back without being vaccinated. I spent over $30,000 CAD on my studies till now and it's all going to waste. When I came to Canada no one told me that this will happen. I felt like being cheated on by that system. This is the new Canadian dream. Thank-you Trudeau.
justin is a criminal just like his father and holds the same blatant hatred of democracy and the Canadian way of life they both openly admitted to lusting after the authoritarian power control of communist china and Mao and Xi. The disregard of the safety and use of our tax dollars was apparent when he sent the corporate goons masquerading as police to beat peaceful praying Canadians, to terrorize children and try to kidnap them from their parents (thank God there were enough people around to prevent the OPP from kidnapping those children lest they deliver them to justin and his sick pedophile friends), to vandalize the private property and drag sleeping truckers from their cabs and then stealing the trucks. Justin you are not the prime minister you are a P.O.S. just like your dad and We The People will put you on trial for these crimes and the crimes the corrupt and useless RCMP who do the queens bidding turned a blind eye on they too with the Ontario Policy Pushers and the ottawa goons will answer to us and you will go to jail unless you flee like the chicken crap waste of skin you are like you showed the world Jan 29 when we were all on parliament hill in peaceful assembly to let you know we wanted you out of our house and out of parliament and you ran with your tail between your legs cause you know you are guilty of Fraud, murder and treason. You wont be able to hide behind your racist black face disguise. you and the rest of the corporate Jacka$$es who from you to your father and beyond for what they did to the Tribal people and the theft of our Bank of Canada. by the way Justin since daddy did that you will be paying your sick pedophile friends back the trillions he illegally made the Bank of Canada take in debt so this could happen today. You will rot in prison because you carried on the tradition your father started. you should have never turned your back and tried to sell us out you lying thieving traitor and predator. you will rot in jail for the rest of your life (maybe we will put you in a cell with Harper) so you can never be a menace to society again. We The People and We The Fringe have spoken
still one of my favourite videos – hopefully rolling blunder gets it like this this weekend as well
Trudeau = brutish fascist!
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