Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defends the emergency edict used to end the convoy of truckers | App

OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his decision to invoke emergency powers to quell a trucker convoy protest in February, arguing during public testimony that the move was aimed at preventing the threat of violence.

Speaking Friday at a televised public inquiry into the government’s decision, Trudeau cited the “weaponization” of vehicles by protesters, and what he said was the use of children as human shields. He also said that weapons were found at one of the locations and that there were people in the convoy who promote ideologically motivated extremism.

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