Canada's Justin Trudeau announces that the federal government has invoked the Emergencies Act  in response to "illegal" blockades across the country, giving more power to authorities to respond to the growing number of demonstrations. “We are not preventing the right of people to protest legally,” says Trudeau, adding that the military would not be deployed as part of the measures. 

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