OTTAWA—Canada’s legislature on Monday authorized extending the use of the distinctive crisis powers invoked last week by Primary Minister Justin Trudeau to quell protests from Covid-19 mandates, which experienced paralyzed the cash and disrupted cross-border trade.
A motion trying to find approval of a cabinet purchase that invoked powers accessible underneath the country’s Emergencies Act for a total 30-working day period passed Canada’s reduce residence of parliament by a 185-151 vote. Mr. Trudeau, who sales opportunities a minority Liberal authorities, gained guidance from the country’s left-leaning New Democratic Party to increase the unexpected emergency powers. The Conservative Get together and Bloc Quebecois opposed, arguing that the invocation of emergency powers threatened civil liberties.
