![]() It matters little what you have to do upon re-entry when you can’t travel into the U.S. But the reality is, Canada’s arrival requirements for unvaccinated Canadian truckers are completely moot now that the U.S. 15 vaccine mandate, creating confusion and for 24 hours giving truckers false hope they’d be exempted. You’ve done your jobs safely for two years going back and forth across the border keeping our economy moving and our stores stocked, and were declared heroes as you did so.Ĭanada bungled the communication around its Jan. I understand the frustrations truckers feel over the border vaccine mandate, I really do. The trucks will remain until the document is signed, organizers said, dubbing its mission Bearhug. It essentially calls for the resignation of everyone within the federal government, the formation of a new government comprised of the Governor General, Senate, and members of Canada Unity, and the removal of all Covid-related measures – even those put into place at the provincial level. I opined it was an anti-vax, anti-mandate, anti-government, and possibly even pro-separatist movement that’s attached itself to the frustrations of a small segment of the trucker population.Īnd then Canada Unity, another of the organizers, posted a ludicrous Memorandum of Understanding/Manifesto on its website, which it plans to present to the Governor General of Canada. I couldn’t bring myself to call this a trucker protest. ![]() I received many calls from mainstream media outlets, asking me what the protest was about. GoFundMe froze the funds for a time until it was satisfied the money would be disbursed appropriately. It also brought a lot of attention to the fundraiser and the people behind it. ![]() How dare you question the motives of the organizers? Why don’t you support the revolution? How much money did Trudeau pay you to write such drivel? Take your jab and die. Prior to that role, she was active with other far-right movements such as Wexit Alberta – a party whose founder advocated for Alberta to separate from Canada and join the Trump-led U.S. ![]() The principal fundraiser was Tamara Lich, the secretary of the federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. These weren’t truckers organizing a GoFundMe that at the time of that writing had yet to surpass $1 million, on the way to $8.5 million just a week later. I raised alarms early in a blog ‘ The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them,’ when I noticed who was behind the convoy. And by the time the convoy rolled through Ontario it had already fully morphed into something much bigger – and more dangerous – than what truckers were ever told. It wasn’t about your rights to continue crossing the border unvaccinated. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted industry pressure to delay the mandate since it was first announced in November.By James Menzies Janu who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was about them. 15, under which unvaccinated Canadian truckers re-entering Canada from the United States must get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine themselves.ĭriver shortages are further expected to fuel red-hot inflation which is running at a three-decade high, industry lobby groups gave said. The CTA, however, said in a statement on Saturday it does not support any protests on public road ways and the only way to cross the border on a commercial truck is by getting vaccinated.Ĭanada imposed the vaccine mandate for the trucking industry from Jan. The trucking industry is vital to ensure smooth flow of goods since more than two-thirds of the C$650 billion ($521 billion) in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States travels on roads.īut as many as 32,000, or 20%, of the 160,000 Canadian and American cross-border truck drivers may be taken off the roads due to the mandate, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) estimates. The convoy is expected to reach Ottawa on Jan. The funds raised would be used to help with the costs of fuel, food and lodgings, the gofundme page said. Truckers under the banner Freedom Convoy 2022 had raised C$2.7 million ($2.2 million) by Sunday through a gofundme campaign to fight the mandate. TORONTO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A convoy of truckers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa protesting the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, which the industry says would create driver shortages and fuel inflation. ![]()
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