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

[TexasTowelie]

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

[RKP5637]

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

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Freedom my ass- who ARE these people?

[Walleye]

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

[Hiawatha Pete]

7. More like the superspreader convoy. nt

[Hiawatha Pete]

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

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

Yellow Vests & other extremist connections mentioned

[TreasonousBastard]

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

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

[Hiawatha Pete]

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

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