The blaring horns and snarled streets of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” blockade in Ottawa are no more, but on Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested the work to heal the pandemic divisions in the country that the convoy exposed must now begin.
That comes hours before a vote on the unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies Act in the House of Commons, which two Liberal MPs said Monday will be a confidence vote. “There’s no doubt that the last weeks have been difficult, that the last years have been painful, and that there are still challenges ahead of us.
But we can’t let anger divide us,” said Trudeau in a press conference. “More than ever, now is the time to work together. It’s also the time to reflect on the kind of future we want for our country.
There’s a lesson for all of us in what happened this month. We don’t know when this pandemic is going to end, but that doesn’t mean we cannot start healing as a nation.” Read more: Ottawa’s convoy occupation mostly clear, but police ‘not done’ with operation yet The convoy blockade encamped in Ottawa on Jan.