Canadian cabinet member suggests need for new powers to stop protests like Freedom Convoy!
by Anthony Murdoch

Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly was questioned by Conservatives during a committee meeting in the House of Commons about a bill restricting use of the internet.

One of Canada’s most senior federal ministers seemed to suggest that the government needs more, and possibly new powers, to ensure it can deal in the future with “hostile actors” more swiftly than it did during the Freedom Convoy clearout in 2022.

The comments were made by Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly during a recent House of Commons industry committee meeting after she was grilled by Conservative MPs about concerns over a new bill relating to the internet.

Joly claimed that the federal cabinet under Prime Minister Mark Carney needs the new powers to deal with “a chaotic and dangerous world.”