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Emergency act wasn't used. remember the cyber attacks, anonymous claimed responsibility for taking down government websites. but no emergency act was used there. the shootings inside canada's parliament that left lawmakers barricade inside their office buildings. even the left-leaning civil liberties association tweeted the federal government has not met the thrish hold to invoke the emergencies act. the act allows government to bypass ordinary democratic processes. this standard has not been met. finally you a civil liberties group wake up.

Neither will the military. it might happen the way people like it too. maybe get some people hurt and feel good about themselves or maybe they'll fail again and then what? >> bill: listen to the deputy prime minister former resident of washington, d.c. in canada for several years now. she put her finger on it. listen. >> this is about following the money. this is about stopping the financing of these illegal blockades. if your truck is being used in these illegal blockades your corporate accounts will be frozen. the insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. >> bill: send your semi trailers ...

Everywhere. >> todd: in ottawa, freedom convoy demonstrators demanding to know why trudea is invoking emergency power and treating truckers like a threat. >> i would call it more of a demonstration because what are we guilty of? some trucks parked illegally? okay, i'm not sure that warrants the response from the government. >> todd: emergency act allows canadian government to seize bank accounts and could force police and towing companies to drag away trucks clogging the streets of canada's capital. here is john kennedy. >> truckers are saying look, mr. prime minister, we've been through two y...

Canadian capital of ottawa. wow, the prime minister is trying to turn the heat up on these truckers. >> that's right, john, he really is putting everything on the table. trying to put injunctions through the court, ottawa, the capitol city of canada under a state of emergency and none of it has done anything to move the truckers out. they have only consolidated here in front of parliament. brand-new, confirmed moment on the ground, the police chief of ottawa has now resigned. so it shows you that really they are at odds here, still trying to figure out what to do next, even though all we have ...

Largely unarmed society. certainly not armed with firearms. canadian governments have a lot of repertory with law, but while the emergency act sounds ominous, it's an incredibly measured piece of legislation. it lapsed automatically in 30 days. a majority of parliament can stop it at any time and every act done under the emergency act is reviewed by parliament and is reviewable in the courts as well. >> i understand particularly when some of the border crossings were blocked, paying close attention to this from an economic perspective. it's also been the case of right wing tv hosts have been v...