Police dismantle the“Truck Convoy of 2022”
This was an amazing feat in planning, the gathering of resources and flawless execution.
While Canadians were bracing themselves for an all-out violent confrontation, the Emergency Services Act provided the police with the authority and resources to put an end to this disgraceful protest.
There was limited violence, mostly as a direct result of the protestors defying the orders from the police to leave. Police gave the protestors repeated instructions to disperse and leave or get arrested. Instead, they maintained the line and hurled insults at the police. One set off a gas canister, others tried to grab police weapons. When the police advanced on the protestors, most retreated while some protestors decided that it was time to be arrested rather than retreat. That was their choice. But with dogged resolve the police steadily advanced while always giving the protestors with the choice and avenues to leave.
The Canadian Police forces have shown the world a different and far more effective way to deal with such protests for which our Police Services deserve our thanks and admiration for a job well done.
And the protestors, were non-violent and when push came to shove, which
The protestors managed to garner worldwide attention giving rise to similar protests in other parts of Canada and the world. The Convoy’s purpose was to protest the requirement for truckers that cross border truckers, when returning to Canada, must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Eighty percent of cross-border truckers have been vaccinated. The US requires that truckers must are vaccinated to enter the country. What in the World?
Once in Ottawa, we heard from the organizers and leaders of the protest that they had a manifesto to replace the duly elected Canadian Government and were wiling to work with the Opposition Parties to throw the Liberal out and run the Government (I have not actually seen this manifesto).
This is a radical element in our society that is mimicking similar sputum the world hears from the Trump supporters in the USA. And much of the organizational support came from that US faction. What in the World? You have ruined your own country, stay out of ours.
Freedom. The emotional chant from the protestors. You are free.
Freedom does not mean that you get to dictate your views to the majority. That is what elections are for. Did you vote? Didn’t we just have an election last year?
You have the support of Pierre Poilievre and Candace Bergman and their Reform Party, oops, I meant Canadian Conservative Party (that’s fodder for another article). Run for office. Campaign for your chosen party.
Having said that, our politicians need to address the concerns of this minority, no matter how misguided they are.
Oh, and where are the leaders of the Great Canadian Truck Convoy?
Arrested. Two telling the court “I just want to go home!”
What in the World?
They sure stuck by their convictions, eh?
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The only reason the Police were successful was because the protesters were not violent.
They made it easy for the Police to do their job. A lot of them want to go home, you are right, but mostly due to the extreme over reach of the Gov’t freezing their bank accounts.
Now they are trying to figure out how to feed their families. But did the Gov’t suspend bank accounts or payments to the native groups who held our supply chain hostage with rail block aids. Your tone towards the truckers is disgusting.