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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts) Tue Jan 25, 2022, 06:09 AM Jan 2022

Hundreds of truckers headed to Ottawa in 'Freedom Rally' convoy against vaccine mandate

Hundreds of truckers set off from British Columbia to Ottawa on Sunday to protest a federal vaccine mandate despite the urging of the country's largest trucking federation to comply.

The protest has been dubbed the "Freedom Rally" against the federal mandate for cross-border truckers, which went into effect on Jan. 15.

Canadian truck drivers now need to be fully vaccinated if they want to avoid a two-week quarantine and pre-arrival molecular test for COVID-19 before crossing into Canada.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance and the American Trucking Associations say up to 26,000 of the 160,000 drivers who make regular trips across the Canada-U.S. border are likely to be sidelined as a result of the vaccine mandate.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/freedom-rally-bc-jan-23-1.6324942

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Hundreds of truckers headed to Ottawa in 'Freedom Rally' convoy against vaccine mandate (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

Why some people want to potentially die for Covid is beyond me to comprehend anymore. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2022 #1

Freedom my ass- who ARE these people? TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #2

Yes, and in what way are they not free at this point.They're free to be obnoxious and inconsiderate Walleye Jan 2022 #3

More like the superspreader convoy. nt Hiawatha Pete Jan 2022 #7

Here you go - "Who's Fuelling the Truckers Protesting Vaccine Mandates?" From the Tyee Hiawatha Pete Jan 2022 #4

And a picture from across the pond bemoaning Brexit? I have... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #5

I have no idea what you are talking about. There is nothing in the article (or my post)about Brexit. Hiawatha Pete Jan 2022 #6

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. Why some people want to potentially die for Covid is beyond me to comprehend anymore. n/t

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 07:09 AM

Jan 2022

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. Freedom my ass- who ARE these people?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 07:53 AM

Jan 2022

Walleye

(45,410 posts)

3. Yes, and in what way are they not free at this point.They're free to be obnoxious and inconsiderate

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 08:31 AM

Jan 2022

Hiawatha Pete

(2,086 posts)

7. More like the superspreader convoy. nt

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 04:06 PM

Jan 2022

Hiawatha Pete

(2,086 posts)

4. Here you go - "Who's Fuelling the Truckers Protesting Vaccine Mandates?" From the Tyee

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 02:46 PM

Jan 2022

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/01/24/Truckers-Protesting-Vaccine-Mandates/

Yellow Vests & other extremist connections mentioned

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

5. And a picture from across the pond bemoaning Brexit? I have...

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 03:16 PM

Jan 2022

nothing against hating Brexit, but not for foolish reasons. And certainly not while lying.

Hiawatha Pete

(2,086 posts)

6. I have no idea what you are talking about. There is nothing in the article (or my post)about Brexit.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 03:35 PM

Jan 2022

Wexit was a RW fringe party in Canada who have rebranded themselves as the Maverick Party. The article exposes the organizer of the gofundme campaign as having ties to the maverick/wexit party & other extremists.

And who are you accusing of lying? The article? These are established facts reported on by multiple Canadian news sources (You'd know that if you lived here like I do, so I am not sure who your "across the pond" comment is meant for - Canada is part of the same North American continent as the U.S):

Truck convoy organizer raises over $4M; protest draws support and criticism
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/truck-convoy-organizer-raises-over-4m-protest-draws-support-and-criticism-1.5752185

Truckers convoy: How a TikToker, oil advocates and a Wexit organizer helped fire up the ‘Freedom Rally’ that’s heading to Ottawa
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/01/24/convoy-of-truck-drivers-protesting-vaccine-mandates-continue-trek-to-ottawa-as-supporters-praise-modern-day-blue-collar-soldiers.html

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