Sputnik International
By Morgan Artyukhina
February 14, 2022
The “freedom convoy” protests by a group of truckers and their sympathizers who were protesting Ottawa’s COVID-19 mitigation policies managed to block traffic across a key bridge from the United States to Canada for six days, creating extensive economic problems in both countries.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he would invoke the Emergencies Act for the first time in the country’s history, giving his cabinet special powers to address a national crisis. The act is being invoked because of protests that have blocked border crossings to the United States.