'He has to go': Douglas Murray argues Trudeau's government has 'massively overreached'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must go and his government "should fall" amid a list of "absolutely criminal" things the government is doing, says author Douglas Murray.

It comes as a state of emergency has been declared in Ontario, the province which includes Ottawa, after protests entered their third week in the capital.

Protesters have been warned they face large fines or even prison time for their continued demonstrations.

Mr Murray condemned Mr Trudeau for his treatment of the protesters, saying he called them "racists, misogynists and homophobes".

"He and his appalling supporting paper, the Toronto Star, pump out the most vicious propaganda against these truckers."

"The Canadian government has put pressure on some of the Canadian banks to freeze the accounts of truckers – this is just unbelievable banana republic behaviour."