It has rocked that the border blockade in Windsor, Ontario was stopping hundreds of millions of dollars in daily trade. Canada’s finance minister got a rare call from the white house, have put the issue in the spotlight.
“That was a dangerous moment for Canada. I felt very, very dangerous. “Factories were halting production and American officials were worried. “I could see. really, for the first time ever. the Americans having this amber light flashing. In Canada.” that warning a broken auto sector supply chain might be a reason for the US. to impose more protectionist measures. “The danger was where we in the process as a country of during long term and possibly irreparable harm. To our trading relationship with the United States, the financial industry was worried too at a last-minute meeting the day before the act was invoked, the CEO of a major Canadian bank told Freeland what they’d heard during a US visit.
Shantona Chauhury, inquiry co-lead lawyer, read that message and said, “and we would be called a quote unquote joke by people. I had one investor say I won’t invest another red cent in your banana republic in Canada.”
“That was a heart-stopping quote for me, “said Freeland
However, civil rights attorneys countered that economic hardship does not qualify as a national emergency. and that border blockades had been removed in the days prior to the act’s activation.
Alan Honner said, “I put it to minister that the federal government had to show the USA that they were in control and that explains why the emergencies act was invoked despite the fact that, for example, the ambassador bridge was cleared and open to traffic.”
“No, I wouldn’t agree with that characterization.”
The R.C.M.P. wanted to continue using its powers for several more weeks, according to the prime minister’s staff, who testified at the inquiry about the decision to end the emergencies act ten days after it was invoked. “They claimed that they should remain in place for a longer amount of time in order to prevent the beginning of new blockades”
From: CBC News