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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Trudeau invokes emergency powers in response to trucker protests - What They Never Told You

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ongoing trucker blockades are 'illegal' and called on participants to go home [File: Patrick Doyle/Reuters]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked an emergency measure for the first time in the country’s history to give his government more power to respond to ongoing anti-government trucker protests.

In a news conference on Monday afternoon, Trudeau said he was invoking the Emergencies Act, which allows the federal government to take “special temporary measures” for a period of 30 days during national emergencies.

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