Many Canadians rallied together over the last several months to ensure their thoughts on the mandates set throughout the country were heard. 

The demonstration that took place in Ottawa resulted in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the never before used emergencies act. 

Cypress Hills Grasslands MP, Jeremy Patzer, had his own thoughts on the matter, after seeing the situation in Ottawa firsthand. 

“I think because the exemption was pulled on truckers who have been hailed as you know, heroes for most of the pandemic and then all of a sudden, the exemption was pulled and there was a problem with the government’s view of that,” he said. So, they rallied, and they came to Ottawa and, you know, they definitely made their made their voices heard.” 

Patzer also said that he does not believe that invoking the emergencies act was a necessary action. 

“It definitely wasn't necessary,” he stated. “I think the main issue that we saw was the lack of enforcement of the laws that were already in place. The laws that exist already had enough authority to be able to deal with the situation there. With people you know, parking on places where they weren't supposed to be. And you know, I think, just the enforcement of the area where they were allowed to be by the city, but where people weren't supposed to be, they didn't do anything to address that, and I think that's where a lot of the issues arose, especially with the noise complaints.” 

Patzer said that there was a good push back from the Senate as well as The House of Commons for the emergencies act to be revoked. 

He added that he believes part of the reason the act was revoked so quickly was because of clear push back from the senate, as well as the turmoil taking place in Ukraine. 

“I think it was very wise of the Prime Minister to revoke the Emergency Act given the circumstances in other countries around the world,” he stated. 

Patzer reiterated that the main goal of the demonstration was to have their voices heard. 

“You know, our job as parliamentarians is to meet with people, meet with our constituents,” he said. “When you're in government, you have to meet with more than just your own constituents, or you meet with people from all across the country. And as far as I know, I didn't see any liberal members out on the streets talking to people hearing their concerns.” 

After experiencing the streets of Ottawa firsthand, Patzer said that the frustration of those involved in the demonstration was made clear. 

“I think there's a lot of pent-up frustration,” he said. “Whether it be, you know, things like the carbon tax or just the overall lack of respect for, you know, the West and also for just different sectors. Whether it be the agriculture sector, whether it be or the energy sector. There’s a lot of people that work in those parts of the economy that were represented in this convoy and I think this is a spillover of the frustrations of the last number of years.” 

Patzer also expressed his disappointment in the comments that were made by the Prime Minister. 

“All kinds of people were involved with it, so it definitely was not warranted for the Prime Minister to use such derogatory terms,” he said. “And quite frankly, it's shameful for the Prime Minister to be using terms like that to people of Canada.” 

Patzer concluded that peaceful protests are an essential part of Canada’s democracy. 

“At the end of the day I respect people's rights to protest,” he said. “But you know there are laws in place when things step beyond the framework that that exists.” 

Many Canadians rallied together over the last several months to ensure their thoughts on the mandates set throughout the country were heard. 

The demonstration that took place in Ottawa resulted in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the never before used emergencies act. 

Cypress Hills Grasslands MP, Jeremy Patzer, had his own thoughts on the matter, after seeing the situation in Ottawa firsthand. 

“I think because the exemption was pulled on truckers who have been hailed as you know, heroes for most of the pandemic and then all of a sudden, the exemption was pulled and there was a problem with the government’s view of that,” he said. So, they rallied, and they came to Ottawa and, you know, they definitely made their made their voices heard.” 

Patzer also said that he does not believe that invoking the emergencies act was a necessary action. 

“It definitely wasn't necessary,” he stated. “I think the main issue that we saw was the lack of enforcement of the laws that were already in place. The laws that exist already had enough authority to be able to deal with the situation there. With people you know, parking on places where they weren't supposed to be. And you know, I think, just the enforcement of the area where they were allowed to be by the city, but where people weren't supposed to be, they didn't do anything to address that, and I think that's where a lot of the issues arose, especially with the noise complaints.” 

Patzer said that there was a good push back from the Senate as well as The House of Commons for the emergencies act to be revoked. 

He added that he believes part of the reason the act was revoked so quickly was because of clear push back from the senate, as well as the turmoil taking place in Ukraine. 

“I think it was very wise of the Prime Minister to revoke the Emergency Act given the circumstances in other countries around the world,” he stated. 

Patzer reiterated that the main goal of the demonstration was to have their voices heard. 

“You know, our job as parliamentarians is to meet with people, meet with our constituents,” he said. “When you're in government, you have to meet with more than just your own constituents, or you meet with people from all across the country. And as far as I know, I didn't see any liberal members out on the streets talking to people hearing their concerns.” 

After experiencing the streets of Ottawa firsthand, Patzer said that the frustration of those involved in the demonstration was made clear. 

“I think there's a lot of pent-up frustration,” he said. “Whether it be, you know, things like the carbon tax or just the overall lack of respect for, you know, the West and also for just different sectors. Whether it be the agriculture sector, whether it be or the energy sector. There’s a lot of people that work in those parts of the economy that were represented in this convoy and I think this is a spillover of the frustrations of the last number of years.” 

Patzer also expressed his disappointment in the comments that were made by the Prime Minister. 

“All kinds of people were involved with it, so it definitely was not warranted for the Prime Minister to use such derogatory terms,” he said. “And quite frankly, it's shameful for the Prime Minister to be using terms like that to people of Canada.” 

Patzer concluded that peaceful protests are an essential part of Canada’s democracy. 

“At the end of the day I respect people's rights to protest,” he said. “But you know there are laws in place when things step beyond the framework that that exists.”