Over in the House of Commons, left of center New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus got existential Saturday morning during parliamentary debate on the use of the Emergencies Act.

“How did we get here?” he asked before reading a long list of culprits into the parliamentary record.

He started with Ottawa police, Mayor Jim Watson, Canada’s security establishment and Facebook. “I blame the prime minister, I blame his failure to stand up and give a vision when we needed a vision,” he continued. “I blame [Ontario Premier] Doug Ford who was off snowmobiling and kept missing key security briefings.”

He accused the federal Conservative party of opportunism and condemned their support for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy, three of whom were arrested soon after police moved in on Thursday night. “Chris Barber is a vicious racist who likes truckers as long as they are white. Tamara Lich is a woman who wants to break up our country,” Angus said. “Pat King is a man who talks openly about shooting the prime minister of the country.”