Wed Mar 16, 2022 – 4:14 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations told the House of Commons finance committee on Monday that the invocation of the Emergencies Act (EA) set a bad precedent for activism in Canada.
Blacklock’s Reporter reported that RoseAnne Archibald said the way the EA was invoked set a precedent for First Nations activists to be “targeted” by the federal government.
“My concern is the Act is a tool and the tool itself can actually name and can actually place labels upon people,” Chief Archibald said.
She added that she was worried there wasn’t a “level playing field” for non-Indigenous Canadians. Archibald has been involved in protests in the past that have blocked roadways and infrastructure.
“The implications of the Emergencies Act are far and wide … I am a former activist myself and I have been involved in civil actions and charged,” she said.
She told Conservative MP Philip Lawrence that she was worried that anyone “could wrongfully have their bank accounts frozen … ”
Archibald also intimated that she had insider information the EA was going to be invoked before it was announced
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