Justin Trudeau revokes emergency powers after Canada trucker-led protests end

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken back emergency powers which were used to dislodge trucker-led protests in Ottawa.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revoked emergency powers used to dislodge trucker-led protests in Ottawa and blockades of border crossings to the United States, as he declared the crisis over.

"Today, we're ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency," the prime minister told a news conference. "Therefore, the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act."

"The threat continues," Trudeau said, but added it is no longer "acute."

"We are confident that existing laws and bylaws are sufficient to keep people safe."

The rarely used powers had been invoked nine days earlier -- for only the second time ever in peacetime -- and their final approval was still being debated in the Senate when Trudeau lifted them.

On Sunday, the last big rigs were towed out of the Canadian capital after a two-day police crackdown that saw nearly 200 arrests and dozens of vehicle seizures.

Several border crossings have also been reopened after being cleared of economically damaging blockades.