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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Feb 19

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Les Perreaux

    I think such an accounting is essential. From a surface glance, a lot of what the police did to clear the convoy could have been done with existing power on day one.https://twitter.com/perreaux/status/1495113878296043523 …

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    I look forward to a careful accounting of what, precisely, made the Emergencies Act necessary in all this.
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      1. Wandering Ankh‏ @AnkhWandering Feb 19
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Isn't that the very reason why, though? It wasn't that existing powers weren't there- it's that the local police were refusing to do so, necessitating higher-level intervention?

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      1. Social Impact at Dutch East India Company‏ @zendaimyo Feb 19
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        cops weren’t gonna do it unless forced to. the end.

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      1. Jake Nelson‏ @JakeNelsonMN Feb 19
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        something I was reading was saying it was the ability to compel private actors, mostly towing companies. Would be interesting to hear if that were true (I have no idea, little knowledge of Canadian law)

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      1. Gregg McLennan.‏ @Strayarc Feb 19
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        Compelling towing companies? Flash freezing banking? Imposing the RCMP onto Ottawa?

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      1. JDG47‏ @Jego_47 Feb 19
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        Incorrect. You couldn’t bring in police from out of province.

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      1. Trevor Coleman - News and Such‏ @tc_news Feb 19
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        Political cover, and protection from civil liability.

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      1. Geoff‏ @gdholtby Feb 19
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        in my dreams, JT actually says out loud at a press conference "look, we had to do this because the city of Ottawa couldn't make their own police force do their fucking jobs".

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      1. eleanorina‏ @_eleanorina Feb 19
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        eleanorina Retweeted Rick Anderson  🇨🇦 🇺🇦

        https://twitter.com/RickAnderson/status/1495120550716325888?s=20&t=W7FD5v3uvDqePHaGj7aOag …

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        Guessing you will hear about agility replacing bureaucracy, deputizing officers from multiple jurisdictions, creation of security zones, intelligence gathering and sharing, transparency and blocking of financial transactions, power to requisition tow trucks, etc, etc, etc… https://twitter.com/perreaux/status/1495113878296043523 …
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      1. StrangerInAStrangeLand‏ @StrangerInASt11 Feb 19
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        @MarkGerretsen said it best.

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      1. Chris coughlan‏ @weusc_chris Feb 19
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        It also gave control of the cops to the feds when the local and provincial "leaders" were MIA

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