They can put you in prison, and take your car and seize your life savings and property for protesting them, or for giving money for protestors that lost the means to support themselves. Not sure what you're talking about...they decide what is an illegal protest. They will even force tow truck companies to force them to tow protestors vehicles.
And Trudeau just admitted he used American companies to tow Canadian vehicles. Literally used aid from a foreign nation to break up protests in his own country. Presumably with the help of the Michigan governor.
No, they can't do that for protesting or giving people money. They can freeze accounts temporarily, that's true, they can't take your money.
They can take your car if you block the road and refuse to remove it, yes. That's called getting impounded, and it happens everyday.
They can fine you or imprison you for a blockade, yes. That's always been the law.
And yes, they can force companies to provide services during an emergency, this is also Canadian law.
I don't see how hiring a foreign company to provide a service in exchange for money is "foreign aid". I'm pretty sure he didn't ask any governor for permission, because he doesn't need to, it's perfectly normal for the federal government to hire companies from across the border.
Is this harsh? Sure. Is it martial law? No, not at all. In fact, the military isn't even getting deployed, it's all the RCMP.
You keep giving them the benefit of the doubt, without any logical reason to. They have taken more and more rights away and used divisive strategies to do it at every step.
We are going onto the third year of emergency measures. The government's response to people protesting their emergency measures is to double down with even more emergency measures. The Truck drivers that are currently protesting did so because their ability to feed their family was taken away from them.
These are middle aged men with families, with no easily transferable skills. Yesterday was the truck drivers, next day might be you. Don't wake up one day when the boot is crushing your balls. At least be honest with yourself, and make a line beyond which you will not retreat.
For now, I will give them the benefit of the doubt, because they didn't use the law to even a fraction of its extent - they really could have done so much worse.
The truck drivers still have their ability to make ends meet. They can either take in-Canada jobs which will pay a bit less but still provide a living above and beyond the average salary, or they can take a jab and work internationally. When I had to get vaccinated to cross borders, no one went and blockaded anything, because that's a completely reasonable and normal thing to expect. I don't understand why I should care that they have to do the same.
And as we're entering the third year of emergency measures, all provinces are already scaling them back. I agree that some measures were excessive and useless; I also think that earlier on many emergency measures were lifted too early.
I don't have any sympathy for them or their goals of ending all health measures and, for some, deposing the governments. I don't think that asking for vaccinations to engage in cross-border activities is even remotely unreasonable - and I've had to comply by such rules many times. I know because of working with people in the industry for years that there's plenty of work to go around inside this country for them if they really don't want to take the vaccine, albeit with a pay cut that still allows them to provide for their families.
All in all, it's perfectly fine. They aren't victims of any real opression. If they were, I'd support them, I might even put up with some of their methods. As it stands, I don't think they're justified in blocking critical infrastructure or blaring train horns in residential neighborhood.
They haven't taken any rights away they hadn't already. I'm sorry, but I already have to live with the risk of tear gas, agents provocateurs, rubber bullets, broken bones, and getting closed-in by police for hours if I ever want to protest tuition hikes or imperialism. I don't see how their treatment by Trudeau whose being infinitely gentler for much more disruptive behaviour infringes anymore rights that are already being infringed on by police for any other protest.
I have made my line long ago and I'm perfectly honest with myself.
And Trudeau just admitted he used American companies to tow Canadian vehicles. Literally used aid from a foreign nation to break up protests in his own country. Presumably with the help of the Michigan governor.