Again, it's still crazy how it only happens in Canada. Unless you are saying that Canada is uniquely violent. Why is Canada the only western country to have used the equivalent of war emergency powers twice in 50 years? Was Canada the only country that has seen a government official getting killed?

Emergency powers should only be used in extreme cases, like war or actual civil wars. Not because a government official was killed or because a group of people dared to bother federal government workers in the capital.

There was a literal British army deployment to Northern Ireland for decades.

You think the US has not been doing exactly the same thing? What do you think the patriot act was? There are a million examples of this.

The Patriot act doesn't even come close to emergency powers. And the Patriot act would've been insanely worse if the US had the equivalent of our non withstanding clause.

So no, it hasn't been doing the same. Bush and his cronies sure would've wanted to go further though, I agree.

Also, another difference is that the Patriot act has been very controversial in the years since. Whereas the same hasn't been true in Canada for the usage of emergency power. And no one seems to care that we see more and more laws passed with the non-withstanding clause either.