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Canada: How would emergency powers help quell truckers' protests?

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to invoke rarely used special measures to end protests that have shut some border crossings and paralysed downtown Ottawa. FRANCE 24's Craig McCulloch explains.

Added on the 15/02/2022 11:40:35 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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