{"id":17138,"date":"2022-02-15T22:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T03:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17138"},"modified":"2022-02-15T22:47:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T03:47:54","slug":"new-york-post-trudeaus-iron-fist-flattens-canadian-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/15\/new-york-post-trudeaus-iron-fist-flattens-canadian-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Post: Trudeau’s Iron Fist Flattens Canadian Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>New York Post, February 15, 2022<\/p>\n

Justin Trudeau\u2019s Canadian injustice is just a naked grab for power<\/a><\/h1>\n
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By James Bovard<\/a><\/p>\n

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To save Canadian democracy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must first destroy it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the start of the pandemic, Trudeau has acted like COVID entitled him to unlimited power in the name of public safety \u2014 sort of like Gov. Andrew Cuomo on amphetamines. Now he claims he is entitled to use an iron fist to crush the trucker protest movement<\/a> against a vaccine mandate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the protesters believe the risks of the vaccine outweigh the benefit and, more important, that they have the right to control their own bodies. Trudeau responded by vilifying the peaceful protesters: \u201cThere is no place in our country for threats, violence or hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s really the threat?<\/h2>\n

Except Trudeau seems to be doing most of the threats and hatred. He\u2019s denounced the protesters, baselessly, as \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cmisogynistic.\u201d And Monday, he invoked the Emergencies Act<\/a>, effectively awarding himself martial-law powers to repress resistance. Trudeau said his edict will provide him \u201cthe ability to compel\u201d tow-truck companies to remove protesters\u2019 trucks.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s even designating protesters as \u201cterrorists\u201d in the name of cutting off their funding. Canada\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Tuesday: \u201cWe are broadening the scope of Canada\u2019s anti-money-laundering and terrorist-financing rules so that they cover Crowd Funding Platforms and the payment service providers they use.\u201d<\/p>\n

Banks are authorized to freeze the personal accounts of anyone suspected of donating to the truckers. No court order will be necessary to strip people of their property.<\/p>\n

The Canadian government is also cracking down on the use of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association condemned Trudeau\u2019s declaration, warning that it \u201cthreatens our democracy and our civil liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Media madness<\/h2>\n