The Orwellian thing here is Anthony Furey who works for the right wing propagandist Sun Chain and is in no way a credible journalist.
So you support the concept of calling an emergency for a potential future event?
The wannabe January-6ers just fled to Embrun, a French town near Ottawa and already said they will be back as soon the police reopen the streets in Ottawa downtown. So, the events of the last weeks are not even finished yet.
Imagine if the government compromised on the mandates that are ending in many different places.
The government already removed the testing mandate for vaccinated travellers. Policy has to be decided by the elected government, not by violent thugs, arsonists and foreign-funded militias, especially as their main demand now seems to be a change of government.
A border testing mandate is more logical than a vaccine mandate though.
It just seems like Trudeau wants to punish those who disobeyed his "get vaccinated" order.
Also, he met with a took a knee to protesters in 2020 also so he is not against doing anything you mentioned.