Oka crisis

The Defence Department's top official says he directed the military to prepare to intervene in the "Freedom Convoy" protests earlier this year, but the resulting plans were never seriously considered — in part due to concerns about another Oka Crisis.

Also a top-notch animated fantasy, a lesser aging fantasy, and some toy-based martial arts.

Also drug addiction among Indigenous youth and Angela Merkel fretting over the politics of refugees.

The prime minister is meeting with an emergency group today, February 17, 2020, to discuss anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the country's train system.

Kanesatake's grand chief said on Monday, July 29, 2019, that his people are not heading towards a second Oka crisis, despite tensions over a land dispute and a highly publicized war of words with the mayor of the nearby Quebec town.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says "I'm sorry" for conjuring images of military and police confrontations with oil pipeline protesters.