Justin lays an egg

It is by now apparent that PM Trudeau's invocation of the Emergencies Act has failed to elicit the rapturous applause he may have been anticipating. Even his indefatigable cheerleaders at CBC are having second thoughts. The tone there this morning has shifted from "do something about those horn-tooting terrorists" to "that's a pretty big stick to beat up on a bunch of bouncy-castle-packing grampas." 

The first casualty of Justin's ill-advised and self-inflicted "emergency" is Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly. It was Trudeau, not Sloly, who baited the protesters with every vile slur imaginable. It's Trudeau who insists on babbling about how we must continue to inoculate our way out of the pandemic with those "safe and effective vaccines" even as province after province is providing timetables for eliminating provincial mandates.

Almost three weeks ago the organizers of the Ottawa protest said they're not leaving until they have a timetable for the removal of federal mandates. Trudeau responded with weeks of derisive name-calling: terrorists, insurgents, occupiers, racists, misogynists, ant-vaxxers, science-deniers, etc.  You'd almost think those "F*ck Trudeau" flags got under his thin skin!

Hey Fluffy! A "leader" needs to be made of sterner stuff than that!

The name-calling didn't work. Time for plan B - drop the (rebranded) War Measures Act on the impudent low-lifes. Last time we went there was to battle an actual terrorist group that planted bombs and murdered politicians. This time it's to clear some trucks inconveniencing commuters in Ottawa.

And here we are...