Madam Speaker, Ontario has just declared a state of emergency, but you would not know it on Parliament Hill.
What started as a protest against vaccine mandates is transforming into a full-on siege of downtown Ottawa.
It is transforming into blockades in Windsor, in Manitoba and in Alberta. These blockades are threatening the supply chain and the economy.
It is also transforming into an international movement, spilling over into the United States, France, New Zealand and more.
Rather than ease tensions, the federal government's laissez-faire approach is ramping them up. When will the minister realize that a non-answer is the strategy—