I really wonder how stupid out government leaders really are.
I get the idea of a joke, or speaking out of turn, or speaking before you think the whole thought thru and not seeing the issues that comes with that thought. But putting the thoughts out on text, twitter, or written down on a note and passed up the chain. How stupid are they?
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FIRST READING: Trudeau cabinet casually discussed crushing Freedom Convoy with tanks
Justice Minister David Lametti claimed it was a joke, although he may not have been joking about suggesting they call in the army"
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You need to get the police to move. And the CAF if necessary. Too many people are being seriously adversely impacted by what is an occupation,â Lametti texted to Mendicino.
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How many tanks are you asking for. I just wanna ask (Defence Minister) Anita (Anand) how many weâve got on hand,â
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This is the talk banana republics have in the back room, where they do not record and save the conversations electronically.
"But if the federal cabinet had decided to try and fix the problem with soldiers, it wouldnât even have required the invocation of the Emergencies Act. Canadaâs
National Defence Act makes clear that the military can be called out to quell any civil unrest âbeyond the powers of the civil authorities to suppress, prevent or deal with.â Most famously, this was the clause used to summon troops to stand guard during the 1990 Oka Crisis."
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unlike with invocations of the Emergencies Act, invoking the National Defence Act doesnât trigger a mandatory public inquiry.
However, when asked whether the military would eventually be employed to clear Freedom Convoy, the Trudeau government was pretty consistent in saying that it wasnât on the table."
I cherry picked some of the quotes.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-cabinet-freedom-convoy-tanks