More “yeah yeah, shit’s imminent”…
Positng this, though, for these interesting quotes:
Really? Really?
Time will tell if you actually walk that walk.
heh, jus’ boldin’
Yeah? Like, what methods?
Yeah, let’s quickly get over all that shit.
Yep. Protesters have chained themselves to trees, logging equipment, other heavy machinery for years. Does not stop the police from cutting them free, removing them, charging them and finally fining or jailing them. This is how it goes, and should be no different here.
If weapons are seen, or threat are made, armed response needs to move in and eliminate the threat, followed by much more serious charges, convictions and lengthy jail terms.
If children are involved, child protective services need to be involved, and the children removed to a safe environment, followed by a meeting with appropriate authorities to see if/when they may be reunited with parents (as long as the danger to the children is no longer present)
Yeah, that was me. Drag one away by any means, and watch the cockroaches run for their trucks and move them. This is an emergency services situation.
Ottawa must certainly have the heavy equipment to do it. Doesn’t need to be pretty.
I think the US has some cages they can borrow.
Bank accounts being frozen.
I think it’s mainly the organizers at this point.
This is going to hit them where it hurts - right in the Grift.
Funny you should mention that. Metal fencing is starting to go up.
I suppose they can surround the camping criminals, and then have a one-way exit. You can leave, but you can’t get back in.
Alternatively, they can just post a sign “This way to the Egress”, and the morons will wander through the gate to have a look at this interesting animal… Then they can’t get back in.
Make sure you charge them a suitable fee. The Egress is, after all, a rare animal and having seen one in the flesh will enhance one’s reputation immeasurably.
Also put a logo that says “MAGA” to encourage them.
Then once they are out, you spell out, “Marauders All Go Away.”
Another hook that occurred to me belatedly is to spread a rumo(u)r that the Egress is Trump’s spirit animal, which appeared to him in a dream at puberty and has been guiding him ever since. And that seeing one will bring the viewer closer to his ineffable presence. Won’t work on everyone, but the Faithful would find it hard to resist.
I love this quote from the article:
Mr. Tyszkiewicz said he was given a similar ultimatum but he was undeterred.
“They want to take my plates and insurance from my car,” he said, “so that means I’m terminated.”
Despite losing his job, he said he doesn’t regret joining the protests, and now he has “nothing to lose.”
Well, they say that “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,” so it looks like he got what he wanted.
This is not painfully obvious. The Emergencies Act allows the government to commandeer “any person capable” of “providing any service” under strict penalties. Tonight’s news said they have a lot of tow trucks available. It did not provide details, however.
The Globe said military equipment capable of moving trucks was largely based on Edmonton and Gagetown (New Brunswick) far from Ottawa. I could not vouch for its accuracy, of course.
As I said upthread, these are no longer vehicles that need to be carefully towed to avoid damage. They are barriers, and merely need to be demolished and dragged away to be dumped.
You don’t want to wreck the roads, though.
There may be a vote in five days or on Monday. But until that time, the Act is in effect.
But not in actual use, though, until the House and Senate confirm the decision to use it.
I think it can actually be used in the interim. It was likely responsible for more people leaving except the most obstreperous. And it remains unclear where the new towing capacity comes from. Or how easy it is to tow in thirty centimetres of snow.
The upside down trucks will slip right along with a chain on their axel…
It does seem kind of puzzling to think of an “emergency” that has to wait for a sitting of Parliament to be acted upon at all. I mean, I can understand a case in which the emergency is declared and Parliament convenes to ratify whether the response keeps going or must be expanded/curtailed/stopped, or that it means that the PM can do W and X in response but not Y and Z until they vote. I must assume that somewhere in Canadian law there must be another statute that allows the system to deal with real OMG gotta act IMMEDIATELY calamities, while it’s just that the one for handling events like the one going on now, happens to be under the “Emergencies Act”.
The Act says (I think) provinces need to be notified, it needs to be debated in Parliament in such a (pretty short) time and come up for a vote, then there needs to be a full comprehensive and independent review of all the involved factors sixty days or so later. But it is an Emergencies Act and can be used quickly. This is perhaps why the CCLA (like Canada’s ACLU) is concerned.