Harry turtledove wrote a short story about just that, Basically there is a time for peaceful resistance and a time for resistance of the more violent variety. But I would argue those protests do align with what that regime proclaims to a degree.
Civil disobedience could still more easily than ever work now if someone with some charisma went full Ghandi on the current regime, Like that path forward is not easy and will suffer setbacks but its superior to the alternatives.
I mean she could be fine, Ive been trampled by a horse more than once. Trained horses tend not to put all their weight on someone if they feel it on their hoof, And in my situation it was pissed off horses that I was trying to calm down.
I suspect Justin is just doing whatever Biden tells him to do tbh since Canada is essentially a satellite of the US at best and an outright puppet at worse
I don't think Justin Castro could get away with turning himself into a tin pot dictator considering who is southern neighbor is and what said neighbors next election is going to likely result in. Well unless he really wants Canada to get some "Freedom".