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Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell trucker protests in Canada

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Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell trucker protests in Canada
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.

In invoking Canada’s Emergencies Act, which gives the federal government broad powers to restore order, Trudeau ruled out using the military.

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