Lily: Trudeau disseminates false information to emergency law

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When it comes to how the Trudeau Liberal Party responded to a truck convoy that hijacked downtown Ottawa earlier this year, false information may be the best word to explain it. From the explanation of the convoy to the enforcement of the Emergency Act, Justin Trudeau and his team have consistently lied to the Canadian people.

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The people involved in the protest can be considered heroes or the worst people on the planet. It should still bother you that your government is consistently lying.

On Tuesday, the House of Commons Procedures and House Affairs Committee heard directly from Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell that neither he nor his team had demanded the enforcement of an emergency law.

“Did the Ottawa police ask the federal government to enact an emergency law?” Asked conservative MP Andrew Shear.

“We participated in conversations with our partners and the Ministry of Political Affairs. We did not directly request emergency law,” Bell said.

This will be the week after RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told the Commission that RCMP is using the power the law has given police, but did not require the law to be enforced.

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One of the important messages from the government is that police have requested these tools.

Now, if the Ottawa police, the service that oversees the protest, did not request the action, and if the RCMP did not, who?

Trudeau has repeatedly raised claims that the convoy and their reaction to it are simply not true.

Police officers called for an emergency law — wrong.

Most of the convoy donations came from outside Canada — wrong.

The gun was stored in the vehicle — wrong.

Convoy protesters set fire in Ottawa’s apartment — wrong.

Russians were involved in organizing protests — mistakes.

Such stories were often extruded by the Prime Minister’s Office, circulated through friendly media, and used to justify the enforcement of emergency legislation. The government actually quoted the CBC’s false report that the majority of donors to the convoy were American in a report to Congress on why they enforced the Emergency Act.

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When appearing before the Commons Commission investigating this issue, both GoFundMe and GiveSendGo unveiled the idea that most of the money came from outside Canada. Ottawa police have charged someone with arson in an apartment fire, and there is no link to the convoy. No gun was found in the car when police cleared the street. There is no evidence that Russia is organizing a convoy.

No matter where you stand in the convoy, I wasn’t a fan, but you need to be aware that your government is really very brave in order to look directly at the camera and lie to you. there is.

Conservative Prime Minister Candice Bergen said Wednesday that “the Emergency Measures Act was overkill due to problems between the Prime Minister and the government.”

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Trudeau stood up to defend his actions without dealing with the fact that his reasoning was based on lies. For governments that are very interested in the average citizen who disseminates false information, they are certainly willing to disseminate much of themselves.

Maybe they don’t want to compete in terms of false information, so they want to keep the average citizen in check.

Trudeau said the investigation, called a public inquiry into the use of emergency law, was aimed at focusing on the actions of protesters and police, not the government. Recent police testimony that they did not seek that action is more evidence of why federal action must be reviewed.