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February 15, 2022

Canadian PM Invokes Emergency Powers as Police Say Anti-Vaccine Protesters Plotted Violence
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In Canada, authorities in Alberta arrested 11 people Monday who they say
were prepared to use violence to maintain a blockade of anti-vaccine
protesters at a major border crossing into Montana. Police said they
recovered guns, body armor and a machete from the group. Monday's
arrests came as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked a national public
order emergency that will give him greater powers to quell protests and
blockades.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "We are not limiting people's freedom of
speech. We are not limiting freedom of peaceful assembly. We are not
preventing people from exercising their right to protest legally. We are
reinforcing the principles, values and institutions that keep all
Canadians free."



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