2/28/2023 0 Comments Night memoir![]() ![]() And when Ottawa is upset, everyone is upset. Was it not, actually, a municipal one, just an “Ottawa” crisis? And was that the reason the premiers were not involved in the consultations for a decision of such momentous import?Īll I have to say to them: They were not here when the horns were blaring. Some latter day revisionists have questioned whether in fact this was really a “national” crisis. We cleared Wellington Street of parked 18-wheelers, saved the mask mandates for many more months, and most precious of all, showed once and for all that if radicals come into Ottawa and press on their horns, the government of Canada is ready to act. So ended the most dramatic moment in post-Confederation history. When we told him of our decision, he was beside himself. Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were deported to Auschwitz and then Buchenwald. It is written in simple, understated language, yet it is emotionally devastating, never to be forgotten. Naturally, though he was not at the cabinet meeting, Jagmeet Singh was onside. Night, which has sold millions of copies around the world, is the very embodiment of that conviction. One Tamara Lich was charged with mischief and denied immediate bail. We called up the Emergencies Act, called in the banks to freeze some accounts, threatened seizure of assets, and naturally arrested the core leaders. In the end, as all now know, it was unanimous. And I remembered the great maxim - I think it was Napoleon’s - that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” Besides, the premiers had their own problems. And I did agree that in some ways it was true that it was their Canada, too. Thus it was that the cabinet met under a dark halo of deepest worry and anxiety. They may swarm the capital, but they do not hit the truck horns. Even the most hardened revolutionaries - Fidel, for example - stop short, draw the line somewhere. Never in the whole history of insurrections and attempted overthrows of government has there been such percussive horror. Rex Murphy: Canada's Green party withers on the vineīut the ultimate precipitating activity, the action that shook my government and all Ottawa observers to their core was - the honking! Years later people still tremble in recalled trepidation over the honking - The Night of the Long Honks as history has recorded this episode.Rex Murphy: Danielle Smith isn't threatening our Confederation.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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