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'Did the wrong thing': Text messages reveal Alberta's frustration with Ottawa after Emergencies Act invoked
Kenney warned the “federal declaration could turn this into a magnet, that’s my intuition” and that the “folks at the core of the movement are not rational,” going so far as describing one section of protesters as a “violent, hardcore group ready to die for the cause.” During an interview Thursday, Kenney said police in Alberta, after a lengthy impasse, had finally cleared the situation at the Coutts border crossing and he felt the act would do much more harm than good.
The documents also indicate the views of other provincial leaders. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson indicated they opposed the measure entirely, saying they felt the act would only further inflame tensions.Article content Ford seemed to be the most impassioned supporter of the measures, at one point telling “Jason” that the blockades at the Ambassador Bridge were like if “someone turned off the pipes,” likely referring to pipelines.Caroline Cochrane, Premier of the Northwest Territories, said she supported the measure provided the army was not used, which Trudeau assured was not on the table and would only be considered as a “last resort.”Article contentB.
Nearly one week after protests began in the capital on Jan. 28, his notes quote Trudeau as saying the Freedom Convoy “really worries me” and stating there would be “no… changing of government policy” in response to the protests.
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