Canada’s truckers are shutting down the capitol and shutting down shipping over the government’s attempt to force truckers to get vaccinated, and boosted, and boosted, and boosted, and on and on. The truckers have clogged up freeways leading in to Ottowa, virtually shutting it down. The standoff has begun, and the truckers are well-funded through various means in what is becoming an international grass roots effort to end the Covid tyranny.
From www.cnn.com
2022-01-31 19:34:00
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The protests stemmed from the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers that traveled across Canada for several days before arriving in the capital city of Ottawa on Saturday. The drivers oppose a recent vaccine mandate requiring truckers entering Canada to be fully vaccinated or face testing and quarantine requirements.Downtown Ottawa remained packed with rigs and cars Monday morning as protesters rallied against Covid-19 mandates and some legislators were set to return to Parliament Hill.
Trudeau and his family have been quarantining at an undisclosed location, but he had sharp words for those causing turmoil:
“I want to be very clear: We are not intimidated by those who hurl insults and abuse at small business workers and steal food from the homeless,” he said. “We won’t give in to those who fly racist flags. We won’t cave to those who engage in vandalism or dishonor the memory of our veterans.”
In western Canada, trucks and cars have been blocking the Coutts border crossing just north of Sweet Grass, Montana, where Interstate 15 is a major commercial artery for US-Canada supply chains.
The critical route is called Highway 4 on the Canadian side.
“Alberta RCMP ask motorists to continue to stay away from Hwy 4 south of #Lethbridge to the #Coutts border crossing,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta tweeted late Sunday.“Traffic continues to remain immobilized in both the NB and SB directions. At this time, no motor vehicles are able to access the border for entry/re-entry,” the agency said.