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lenaitch
Senior Member
The way I read the Emergency Order, it proposes to compel "persons to render essential service". Nothing about commandeering their property should they refuse, although some argue a section of the Criminal Code authorizes it but I'm not convinced it does.
"Safely" may be one thing, knowing how to do it at all would be another. There is probably a cadre of police officers that would have this skill, however rusty, from a previous life, and there is a chance a canvass has already been done. The liabilities are not insignificant unless the area is completely evacuated first. I heard one media outlet mention that in Windsor they had secured some operators from Michigan.
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Regarding the handing out of pamphlets, given that any enforcement will likely be under the Emergency Order, and those offences themselves didn't exist a couple of days ago, I don't see it as a bad idea, and may have been recommended by Crown lawyers.
Although the Act says a declaration of a Public Order Emergency is effective the day it is made, the police may be waiting until it is confirmed by Parliament.
zang
Senior Member
So, about the occupiers having kids on-site…
pressprogress.ca
Photos Show Young Child With a Gas Can Strapped to Their Body Next to Parliament Hill
Experts say Children’s Aid Society will likely be needed to rescue children from danger in downtown Ottawa
pressprogress.ca
Johnny Au
Senior Member
They are the same kind of people who kept posting #savethechildren on their favourite social media sites, use "Please think of the children" as their mantra, and rail against abortion (despite saying "My body, my choice" all the time), LGBTQ+ rights, and violent popular media ironically enough.So, about the occupiers having kids on-site…
Photos Show Young Child With a Gas Can Strapped to Their Body Next to Parliament Hill
Experts say Children’s Aid Society will likely be needed to rescue children from danger in downtown Ottawa
They say they save fetuses and (imaginary) children but use their own children as personal meatshields.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
I know there is a real concern here, and it's concern with me too, why the police are taking so long to clear them out when given the full mandate to do so. Because there are children among the holdouts causing the hold up in part...which just reeks of kids being used as human shields, now seemingly demonstrated from this article linked. /blehSo, about the occupiers having kids on-site…
Photos Show Young Child With a Gas Can Strapped to Their Body Next to Parliament Hill
Experts say Children’s Aid Society will likely be needed to rescue children from danger in downtown Ottawa
gabe
Senior Member
Horrible parenting. I wouldn’t recommend bringing kids to any kind of protest.
It wouldn't surprise me if the protesters are using them as human shields from the police.
It wouldn't surprise me if the protesters are using them as human shields from the police.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Reminds me of the first battle of the American Civil War...
See link for full article.
The Worst Picnic in History Was Interrupted by a War
On July 21, 1861, Washingtonians trekked to the countryside near Manassas, Virginia, to watch the first major battle of the American Civil War.See link for full article.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
There was a report of an interview(?) where one of the protesters refused to get vaccinated in order see his daughter in the palliative care at a hospital which has a vax requirement. I have doubts about the veracity of this (given the tearjerker nature of it) but even if it is true, it just tells you how low they'd go.
And in other news - some of the constellation of bad actors were (and still are) trying to push a run on the banks. Good luck if they think that is going to work - and I hope they secured their cash properly <shrugs>. Definitely ain't no simple anti-vax protest, this one - economic terrorism, frankly.
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Towered
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A "friend" of mine posted a video on Facebook of her 9 year old daughter handing out water and snacks to the protestors in Ottawa, announcing how proud she was of her kid "fighting for our freedom". The dad drove the kid all the way from Toronto just to do that. Unbelievable.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Towered
Senior Member
One seriously wonders. I'm getting home schooled vibes there, but I'm not really sure (I try my best to quickly scroll past her updates when they pop up in my feed). That family has gone nutzoid.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
She is getting "home" schooled apparently... /sigh
AlvinofDiaspar
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gabe
Senior Member
Probably home schooled. i have a crazy evangelical family near me that has pro convoy, anti vaxx signs posted to the house windows. They are also the only people that i know of that still puts up those "Keep Christ in Christmas" signs on their front lawn at Christmas. The kids are home schooled and no TVs are allowed in their house, they dress weird, they drive old beat up cars, the outside of the house is a mess. It gives off a cult like vibes. The guy told me he's a Pastor and also works in "holistic medicine" which basically says i have a few loose screws.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Back when battles were more set-piece, it was not uncommon for European armies to travel with servants, pianos, china, as well as wives, mistresses, etc. (officers only of course) as cheering sections. No doubt locals of the areas came out to enjoy the day as well.