The extraordinary powers granted by the Emergencies Act raised concerns among some legal experts and regular Canadians as to what the implications are for the right to peacefully protest. The concerns remain even though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who invoked the act on Feb. 14, revoked it on Feb. 23, 10 days later, saying the situation is no longer an emergency. Jay Riedel, mayor of Roche Percée in southeast Saskatchewan, says he feels freedom ralliers like him have been treated like “terrorists” since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14. “Being mayor, I usually work with the RCMP. The RCMP have always been good with our rallies. They’ve blocked traffic for us. They’ve escorted us. They’ve even brought me coffee. And it’s a relationship that I’d like to keep because there’s never been any issues,” Riedel told The Epoch Times in an interview prior to the revocation of …