According to that logic, the protestors during the Oka Crisis should've just been arrested, stripped of their rights and treated like non citizens since they were armed and threatened the police. Yet a better government back then realized that you can't just use emergency powers for every inconvenience, and didn't use them. They instead talked and engaged in discussions with them, which resolved the Oka Crisis peacefully.
Well, apart from the fighting and that young woman who was bayoneted while carrying her infant sister.
I’m not here to carry water for the asshat truckers, and I don’t understand the Canadian constitution or legal system, but the Oka Crisis was resolved with enough brutality for at least one crow pie.
In fact, the federal government tried appeasement whereas the provincial government was more brutal.
Also, is this like when the FBI discovers a plot to kidnap a Governor and half of the conspirators are paid FBI informants?
It's a clear sign that your government is failing its responsibilities. The US has done it too.
Your government is with a straight face telling you that it doesn't legitimately have enough control over you so it needs to create extra-legal means of having control over you.
It's tyranny. There's a reason these acts only can get passed in war time. The population is too busy pissing its pants to realize when it's getting shafted.
You may want to take a step back from the keyboard.
They conspired to murder police officers [1]. That goes far beyond honking horns.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_alleged_plot_to_kill_Cout...