Feds to invoke Emergencies Act to address truck blockades

Many news services are reporting Monday that Prime Minister Trudeau has told his caucus he will invoke the never-before-used Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the protests across the country. Exactly how such powers would be employed against truck blockades remains an open question. The country has witnessed the challenge of dispersing so-called protests when the protesters employ enormous trucks to block roads. Headlines