Actress Evangeline Lilly, who appeared in several Marvel movies, called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak with trucker-led protesters who spend weeks demonstrating against COVID-19 mandates and rules. In a video posted online, Lilly, who is Canadian, said Trudeau has the responsibility to hear the voices of people “who you disagree with.” “Treating them with prejudice, suspicion, and illegal repression is not care,” she said in the video. “Protesting something that deeply, deeply concerns you in our society is not terrorism. It is the civic duty of every Canadian.” Earlier in February, Trudeau involved the country’s Emergencies Act, granting him sweeping powers that included freezing the bank accounts of dozens of individuals connected to the protests. Critics of the move said that such actions on behalf of the government are more akin to a dictatorship rather than a liberal democracy. A majority of Canadian premiers, meanwhile, have voiced their …
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