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Convoy 2022
Thu, 2022-01-27 00:00
#1
Convoy 2022
Thu, 2022-01-27 00:03
#2
100 miles long at this point.
the organizers.
THE LINE CANADA @thelinecanada
Our movement is a peaceful. We do not condone any form of violence. Please, upon arrival to Ottawa, keep your distance from the parliament building and do not be encourage by government saboteurs to cause damage or approach the parliament. Remain peaceful at all times. TheLine
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Thu, 2022-01-27 00:06
#3
https://ourgreaterdestiny.org/?doing_wp_cron=1630782526.6309609413146972...
Convoy 2022 live stream audio/video, funding, poll, and East Coast
Posted on 26 January 2022 by ourgreaterdestiny
Thanks Judy
Tune in, listen live
Live stream video “Raise your vibe to attract your tribe!”
Pat King
https://www.facebook.com/therealpatking/videos/631233774783647/
GoFundMe funds were not frozen
> Organizer Tamara Lich, head of the GoFundMe page, spoke to Western Standard Tues. Jan 25th morning, claiming reports it was shut down are not true.
> Right now I am working with the finance committee, organizing logistics for our drivers re: fuel, stops, hotel rooms; collecting registrations and working with our Ground Zero team prepping in Ottawa,” said Tamara Lich.
> Tamara Lich is in direct contact with GoFundMe making sure everything is done correctly.
> Tamara Lich is driving in the lead of the Freedom Convoy 2022 across Canada.
Update from Tamara Lich
Tamara Lich is a native Mate and Albertan from the oil and gas sector who helped start the Freedom Convoy against covid passports and vaccine mandates for all Canadians. https://www.facebook.com/100286905896085/videos/397538718792789
Do you support the trucker’s convoy coming to Ottawa?
Turns out, the Canadian government is strongly influenced by poll results these days so let them know what you think.
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/community/polls
Police on Guard message
Thanks Vic
Over 600 American truckers coming to support Canadian truckers!
What a historical event! Support from around the world, support from law enforcement, and media is paying attention!
Reach me on my site contact form at http://www.justincredible.tv if you’d like me to show footage in a future video. Much love!
Facts not shared by media
Trucker post on FB Jan 25.22
The trucking convoy is NOT anti-vaccination. It is anti-government mandates.
– Many of us are vaccinated. We believe every Canadian should be free to choose and face no discrimination or restrictions on their freedom due to their choice.
– The Canadian Trucking Alliance is a spineless private organization that does not speak for us.
– No more lockdowns. No forced vaccination (and yes, it IS force when you choose between a shot you don’t want and your ability to feed yourself.)
– Truckers will NOT block emergency vehicles at any point, ever, and will even assist any person in need at any point in the convoy or protest. Safety plans are in place. Drivers have been briefed and signed documents at their respective checkpoints.
– The money raised (over $4,000,000) will be distributed following a strict procedure. Drivers must register, check in with their respective road captains and submit receipts in order to be reimbursed. All remaining funds will be donated to a Veterans Association in Canada. There is a lawyer and accountant overseeing this. – This could be the single largest protest in Canadian history. People who oppose government mandates are not the tiny group media tried to make us believe. We are significant in numbers, growing by the day and we will not back down.
See you all on the flip side.
God bless everyone fighting for our freedom and futures. https://www.facebook.com/Freedom-Convoy-2022-100286905896085
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Thu, 2022-01-27 00:30
#4
Thanks for this. Very interested and hope you'll keep us updated. In his press conference Jan 26 on Canada's commitment to Ukraine, Trudeau took time to attack the convoy in the most vituperative terms. The complete presser can be viewed here...
PM Trudeau on military support to Ukraine, truck convoy protesting vaccine mandates - Jan 26, 2022:
Thu, 2022-01-27 05:31
#5
Freedumb comes to Canada! It's a vaccine or test mandate. But don't tread on me!
Thu, 2022-01-27 10:54
#6
A BC Ex-MP, Western Separatists and that Truck Protest
The Medicine Hat woman who is the public face of the GoFundMe campaign that has theoretically raised more than $5 million to support the “Freedom Convoy 2022” protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates remains a senior officer of the separatist-leaning Maverick Party.
The Maverick Party website identifies Tamara Lich as secretary of the party’s Western Canadian Governing Council. It even quoted her in a news release Monday defending her fundraising efforts.
“When asked to comment on the intent of the Convoy, Tamara Lich, one of the organizers said, ‘This (convoy) is not about vax or anti-vax or COVID,’” said the press release from the party previously known as Wexit Canada. “It is about restoring Canada’s rights and freedoms.’”
The news release didn’t mention she’s an official with the party, which pledges to win constitutional changes to get “greater fairness and self-determination for Western Canadians” or make the region a separate nation.
It does state that the Maverick Party “is not directly involved in the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ although some Maverick members and supporters have chosen to support the convoy.”
quote:
Despite the party’s portrayal of the convoy protests as moderate and compatible with its policies, past social media statements by supporters are coming to light that suggest the protest harbours people with troubling associations with extreme identity politics. For example, Global News reported Tuesday that some right-wing activists hope to use the truck protest to duplicate the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C.
Others involved in the convoy appear to think they can overthrow the government of Canada by talking to the Governor General — a notion that will sound familiar to Albertans who experienced some of the opposition to premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government in 2016
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The Canadian Press reported Tuesday that while GoFundMe continues to allow donations to be made to Lich’s fundraiser, it has frozen access to the funds.
“We require that fundraisers be transparent about the flow of funds and have a clear plan for how those funds will be spent,” a spokeswoman for the crowdfunding platform told CP’s reporter. “In this case, we are in touch with the organizer to verify that information.”
“Funds will be safely held until the organizer is able to provide the documentation to our team about how funds will be properly distributed,” Rachel Hollis said.
Thu, 2022-01-27 17:37
#7
Thu, 2022-01-27 20:13
#8
O'Toole's press conference on the Convoy was a disaster for him and the Cons. The reporters drilled him again and again on the convoy leadership's connections to white supremacy, expressions of violence, statements that Canada needs a January 6th, and verbal threats of violence against journalists travelling with the protest, the latter leading even moderate conservative journalists to not be disposed toward O'Toole and the protest. O'Toole was also questioned on why he was now saying he would meet with "legitimate protesters" but not "haters", when he was saying he would not do so only a couple of days ago. He was asked was he doing this because he is being undermined by Pollievre and Scheer meeting or proposing to meet with them and feeling he had to respond by doing the same. He was also asked was his constant changing positions on this and other issues part of the Conservative problem. There were also questions about how could the Conservatives attempt to attract "new Canadians" if they are seen as supporting these radical, violence spouting groups attached to the protest. In addition there were questions about the 2021 election review and what it said about his failure to win the election and not even do match the 2019 election in seats or popular vote. However, the focus was on the radicals attached to the convoy. Not exactly a performance likely to expand the Conservative party set of potential voters.
How long can he survive trying to stitch together a quite right-wing Conservative base with an appeal to moderate rightists and new Canadians?
Fri, 2022-01-28 00:15
#9
Charlie Angus posted this:
https://twitter.com/CharlieAngusNDP/status/1486856580503121923
Fri, 2022-01-28 01:28
#10
Fri, 2022-01-28 01:32
#11
Fri, 2022-01-28 01:33
#12
Fri, 2022-01-28 01:37
#13
The Conservatives are so screwed. Sooner or later Trudeau will lose but I think it is the NDP that will benefit. The NDP came within a hair of defeating Trudeau in 2015. I'm not happy about the NDPs move to the centre but it does put them in position to take a lot of liberal votes. If they win I think it will be as sudden as Trudeau's win was. Voters will move in a chunk.
At least 70% of Canadians support vaccination requirements as a necessary public health measure. Most support face masks and business closures. They don't like it, but they can see the hospitals getting overloaded. The trucker thing is just stupid because they would be stopped at the US border. This has been broadly reported making them look silly. I think that is why they are trying to broaden it to be about masks and lockdowns too.
Fri, 2022-01-28 07:34
#14
Freedumb!
Fri, 2022-01-28 23:25
#15
this!
Feeling kinda glum for good-hearted leftists who don't even think to support working class movements because the instinct has been bred out of them.
Fri, 2022-01-28 23:56
#16
listening to cbc trip over themselves to discredit the convoy. truckers are headed to ottawa but there are far right blabla others blabla only a minority blabla. you can always tell their real slant with the qualifier after the lead, and the extro. no interviews with, say, a random cross section of participants. like, journalism.
worldwide attention.
i'd say, the most signifigant development in canadian grassroots politics, other than indigeonous rising, in how long?
godspeed and safe journeys to all. millions and millions of decisions and judgement calls that all have to go right.
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Silenced at Applebees @77_steeze
Note that not one single Canadian media criticism of the Convoy actually deals with whether or not vaccine mandates are necessary, or scientific or working as they’re supposed to. It’s literally 100% just “wow, these people are really rude and crude!”
https://twitter.com/KrisEriksen77/status/1486838216762134528
Kris Eriksen @KrisEriksen77
Jan 27
It is nice to see Canada's mainstream media bumbling around, exposing themselves like a Liberal zoom meeting. Two completely different narratives playing out in real time and their propaganda on full display for the world. I can't wait to see the day they are held accountable.
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“I’m actually fully vaccinated. I have a passport with me right now, this allows me to do the things that the government says I can do. And that’s exactly what we’re fed up with. We shouldn’t have to have a vaccine passport.” - Chris Barber, trucker
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:02
#17
Supply chain indeed.
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:04
#18
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:08
#19
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:09
#20
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:12
#21
/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/opinion/editorial_cartoon/2022/01/27/theo-moudakis-freedom-convoy/theo_moudakis_freedom_convoy.jpg)
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:15
#22
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:17
#23
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:21
#24
Sat, 2022-01-29 01:27
#25
Not rude and crude, deluded. The US is also requiring proof of vaccination so even if Canada reversed the decision truckers would still have to be vaccinated to cross the border.
The Freedom Convoy comes across as the Canadian version of the US far right right down to comparisons to Jan 6. The potential for lone wolf and other forms of violence is high. Probably nothing will happen because police presence is going to be huge but it needs to be.
Police are going to be there from London, Durham, and even Toronto. There will be Ottawa police, RCMP, plain clothes. I'm sure there will be more than one SWAT team.
I would not be surprised if law enforcement outnumbers protesters.
Sat, 2022-01-29 03:21
#26
Feeling kinda glum for good-hearted leftists who don't even think to support working class movements because the instinct has been bred out of them.
I am sure that there are many legitimate truckers who feel strongly aggrieved that they have not been treated fairly by the Trudeau government. I can see their side of the story, but there are many more truckers (90% are vaccinated) and other "essential workers", including my son, who feel strongly that they need the protection provided by vaccines for themselves and others. Unfortunately there are others in this convoy using it to spread the most vile forms of hatred.
White supremacists are supporting the convoy
the demonstration has support from problematic figures such as Paul Fromm, a known white supremacist and neo-Nazi". https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/01/flutruxklan-trends-twitter-trucker-c...
One of the main groups behind the protest is Canada Unity which has opposed what it says are “unconstitutional” Covid rules. ... The group claims that the leader of the senate and the governor general will sign the document to create a governing committee, which they claim would work to revoke the vaccine mandate.the group have received endorsements from Donald Trump Jr and Elon Musk (thereby drawing compairsons to January 6th)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/canada-truckers-covid-vacc...
it has become a magnet for every sort of extremist — not just sincere anti-vaxxers, but a jumble of conspiracy nuts, Western separatists, far right-wingers, and worse.Apparently the deep thinkers behind the convoy think the answer to their complaints is a coup of sorts with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon leading the charge.
Likewise, ponder the hallucinatory art work featuring truckers parting the seas, Moses-style, with a burning cross, no less, in the background.
Or the tweets threatening violence against politicians, or even a Canadian version of the invasion of the Capitol building in Washington once the trucks reach Ottawa. ...
MPs like Andrew Scheer, Candice Bergen and Pierre Poilievre will look awfully bad if the ugly side of the anti-vax movement is on full display once the truckers get to Ottawa.
Even if isn’t, those MPs are firmly on the wrong side of this issue. The vast majority of Canadians are fully vaccinated (including, by some estimates, as many as 90 per cent of truckers themselves) and long ago lost patience with the recalcitrant minority that refuses to get their shots.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2022/01/26/truckers-are-flirt...
Sat, 2022-01-29 10:14
#27
Not rude and crude, deluded. The US is also requiring proof of vaccination so even if Canada reversed the decision truckers would still have to be vaccinated to cross the border.
The Freedom Convoy comes across as the Canadian version of the US far right right down to comparisons to Jan 6. The potential for lone wolf and other forms of violence is high. Probably nothing will happen because police presence is going to be huge but it needs to be.
Police are going to be there from London, Durham, and even Toronto. There will be Ottawa police, RCMP, plain clothes. I'm sure there will be more than one SWAT team.
I would not be surprised if law enforcement outnumbers protesters.
Great series of cartoons JKR.
Sat, 2022-01-29 14:14
#28
[quote=eastnoireast]
Feeling kinda glum for good-hearted leftists who don't even think to support working class movements because the instinct has been bred out of them.
[quote=NDPP]
Well put on the well trained.
Sat, 2022-01-29 14:35
#29
This group of a couple of hundred truckers do not actually speak for anyone but themselves. The problem as one of the cartoons above points out is that we are all tired of the COVID responses. The sudden awareness that we live in a country where we had limited health resources prior to the pandemic is driving a deep unrest. I am fed up with the Liberal response to everything and they are indeed not friends of working people, however the idea that O'Toole and his band of MP"s speaks for working people is even more absurd.
The "parking lot" in front of the parliament buildings is one place that has the least effect on the cities traffic. I fully expect that all the people who are front and center in their hate speech and threats against Trudeau have been duly noted by various of our police state agencies. It will be interesting to see what they do with some of the people who are in fact breaching Canadian criminal law by calling for Trudeau to be hung. I am sure that if they received credible threats against MP's and their families that those people are also likely to be charged, as well they should.
Peaceful protest obviously never includes violence but it also does not include hate speech or threats of violence.
This is good video with clips of the organizers and some of the rabid supporters.
Sat, 2022-01-29 15:58
#30
Let's not forget that an interfaith group, Canadians United Against Hate, that planned to commenorate in Ottawa the anniversary of the Quebec City Mosque shooting cancelled this today because of the potential for violence with the small but exteme elements of the convoy. One demonstration should not lead to the cancellation of another because of fear of violence.
A planned vigil in Ottawa to mark the fifth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting that left six men dead and five others wounded has been moved online due to the large trucker convoy protest on Parliament Hill, organizers say.
The group Canadians United Against Hate had planned to hold an interfaith candlelight vigil at the human rights monument on Elgin Street Saturday evening, but organizers now say they've moved the event online.
"The in-person vigil, organized by Canadians United Against Hate, was cancelled with only 24 hours notice out of concern for the safety of participants and attendees who might face violent demonstrations related to the truckers protest," a media release from the group said. "A virtual event is being organized on very short notice to mark the anniversary, along with the first official National Day of Remembrance for the victims, and the first National Day of Action Against Islamophobia." ...
The planned vigil in Ottawa will now be hold on Zoom. A link has been shared on the group's Facebook page, organizers said.
On Jan. 29, 2017, a lone gunman shot and killed six worshippers shortly after the end of evening prayers at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Ste. Foy, a suburb of the provincial capital. The gunman, Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty in March 2018 to six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder. His murder victims were Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42; Abdelkrim Hassane, 41; Khaled Belkacemi, 60; Aboubaker Thabti, 44; Azzeddine Soufiane, 57; and Ibrahima Barry, 39. ...
A ceremony will also be held in Quebec City. Quebec Premier Francois Legault and Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand are expected to attend.
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-trucker-protest-forces-vigil-for-quebec...
Sat, 2022-01-29 15:08
#31
..i'm thinking on a political level this convoy plays into the hands of the liberals. trudeau comes out of it looking like a hero as he defends the country against the extreme right. when in fact the liberal climate policies and military expenditures are the real extremes.
..the liberals also gain with the polarisation of the vaxxed vs unvaxxed debate as the totally inadequate mandates and covid responses are viewed as the better option in this false debate.
Sat, 2022-01-29 16:04
#32
Politically I am sure Trudeau is happy with this as he can portray himself as standing up for the vaccinated and perhaps even more effectively portray himself as the champion of minorities who feel threatened, against the extreme minority of racists and haters while he can also portray the Cons as supporting these extremist groups. This is very useful propaganda for Mr. Blackface.
Sat, 2022-01-29 16:13
#33
Maybe Gerald Butts orchestrated this whole thing!
… or maybe the ghost of the rainmaker Keith Davey?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Davey
Sat, 2022-01-29 16:20
#34
Or maybe Trudeau has seanced the powers of MacKenzie King?
Sat, 2022-01-29 16:23
#35
Sat, 2022-01-29 16:48
#36
Did his dog die?
Sat, 2022-01-29 17:15
#37
You want a friend in Ottawa? Get a dog.
(They're friendlier than those right-wing truckers)
Sat, 2022-01-29 17:17
#38
I always thought the seances with his Mom were funny and the ones with his dog were insane.
Sat, 2022-01-29 17:47
#39
He was crazy but many historians rank him as Canada's greatest prime minister. He was a great strategist and manager.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_prime_ministers_of_Canada
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:18
#40
Supply chain indeed.
What an idiotic political cartoon! Fascism is a form of government, with aspects similar to whats going on right now across Canada. Washington post right? Classic ICM (imperialist corporate media) beacon.
I know several truckers. Many truckers are south Asian from Brampton and are in Ottawa right now! But according to the ICM they're invisible and do not exist. If you're ignorant of the trucking community, you probably think all truckers right now are all selfish radical white racists going to Ottawa to kill anyone that disagrees with them. Sound about right?
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:27
#41
90% of truckers are vaccinated and do not support this convoy. Do you think all south Asians from Brampton have the same political views? If not what does some of them being there have to do with anything?
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:27
#42
Here's another funny political cartoon. I remember back in 2012, I had back spasms and went to the Brampton hospital. Had to wait 14 hrs to see a doctor. When I was there I seen elderly patients laying in beds in the hallway because there was no rooms available. But now, according to the ICM's implications, suttle suggestions, lack of comparative historical data (as commonly used in the scientific community), among many other failures and departures from responsible journalism , the problems that created those conditions never existed. This is called gaslighting.
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:35
#43
People are well aware that our system was breaking before Covid and there was no surge capacity. We have been reading about it for years.
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:37
#44
90% of truckers are vaccinated and do not support this convoy. Do you think all south Asians from Brampton have the same political views? If not what does some of them being there have to do with anything?
Did you read my comment? Why should I bother responding to you if you're not taking the time to read?
Actually on Friday afternoon, a truck driver delivered an acrylic tub to my house I'm building in Trent Lakes. We had a short conversation and another trucker at his firm volunteered to drive down to ottawa to represent them at this protest.
I prefer to extrapolate my opinion on real life interactions. If you want to listen read watch the ICM, that's not my problem.
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:44
#45
Let's not forget that an interfaith group, Canadians United Against Hate, that planned to commenorate in Ottawa the anniversary of the Quebec City Mosque shooting cancelled this today because of the potential for violence with the small but exteme elements of the convoy. One demonstration should not lead to the cancellation of another because of fear of violence.
A planned vigil in Ottawa to mark the fifth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting that left six men dead and five others wounded has been moved online due to the large trucker convoy protest on Parliament Hill, organizers say.
The group Canadians United Against Hate had planned to hold an interfaith candlelight vigil at the human rights monument on Elgin Street Saturday evening, but organizers now say they've moved the event online.
"The in-person vigil, organized by Canadians United Against Hate, was cancelled with only 24 hours notice out of concern for the safety of participants and attendees who might face violent demonstrations related to the truckers protest," a media release from the group said. "A virtual event is being organized on very short notice to mark the anniversary, along with the first official National Day of Remembrance for the victims, and the first National Day of Action Against Islamophobia." ...
The planned vigil in Ottawa will now be hold on Zoom. A link has been shared on the group's Facebook page, organizers said.
On Jan. 29, 2017, a lone gunman shot and killed six worshippers shortly after the end of evening prayers at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in Ste. Foy, a suburb of the provincial capital. The gunman, Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded guilty in March 2018 to six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder. His murder victims were Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42; Abdelkrim Hassane, 41; Khaled Belkacemi, 60; Aboubaker Thabti, 44; Azzeddine Soufiane, 57; and Ibrahima Barry, 39. ...
A ceremony will also be held in Quebec City. Quebec Premier Francois Legault and Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand are expected to attend.
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-trucker-protest-forces-vigil-for-quebec...
So what are you implying? No one else can protest? This is called divisional politics. You are trying to imply that some people are more important than others. You know who was really good at that? The British empire. Don't believe me? See India Pakistan relations.
Sat, 2022-01-29 19:48
#46
Our hospitals are overloaded with unvaccinated Covid patients. That the system was fragile before this doesn't change the present.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-almost-one-in-five-canadi...
“I don’t believe in the issues they are raising,” Mr. Kang said. “I know there are some South Asian people who support this convoy, but I couldn’t see any of my people in the videos of the convoy.”
According to the 2016 census, South Asians comprise 18 per cent of all Canadian truckers. In major cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, they make up more than half the industry’s work force.
And yet many drivers such as Mr. Kang have no stake in the protest in Ottawa, even though its supporters have dubbed it a “truckers’ movement.”
Jagroop Singh, the president of the Ontario Aggregate Trucking Association, said, “Nobody invited me or any South Asian truckers I know. In fact, we don’t even know who the organizers of this protest are. Nobody asked us if we agree with their demands.”
Sat, 2022-01-29 20:00
#47
This group of a couple of hundred truckers do not actually speak for anyone but themselves. The problem as one of the cartoons above points out is that we are all tired of the COVID responses. The sudden awareness that we live in a country where we had limited health resources prior to the pandemic is driving a deep unrest. I am fed up with the Liberal response to everything and they are indeed not friends of working people, however the idea that O'Toole and his band of MP"s speaks for working people is even more absurd.
The "parking lot" in front of the parliament buildings is one place that has the least effect on the cities traffic. I fully expect that all the people who are front and center in their hate speech and threats against Trudeau have been duly noted by various of our police state agencies. It will be interesting to see what they do with some of the people who are in fact breaching Canadian criminal law by calling for Trudeau to be hung. I am sure that if they received credible threats against MP's and their families that those people are also likely to be charged, as well they should.
Peaceful protest obviously never includes violence but it also does not include hate speech or threats of violence.
This is good video with clips of the organizers and some of the rabid supporters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE0LoziXN1I&t=67s[/quote]
Actually its many thousands strong participating. But you're free to believe the ICM 2.0 all you want. Not my problem.
You know this was a "convoy" right? I guess you forgot that part ey? Where the truckers travelled across Canada, showing fellow Canadians that they/we are not alone, despite the ICM Justins claims that its just a few.
Oh that reminds me, how are those old growth protests out on the island going? The way you're talking there shouldn't be any more "lonesome Dougs" ey ;)
Sat, 2022-01-29 20:10
#48
Our hospitals are overloaded with unvaccinated Covid patients. That the system was fragile before this doesn't change the present.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-almost-one-in-five-canadi...
“I don’t believe in the issues they are raising,” Mr. Kang said. “I know there are some South Asian people who support this convoy, but I couldn’t see any of my people in the videos of the convoy.”
According to the 2016 census, South Asians comprise 18 per cent of all Canadian truckers. In major cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, they make up more than half the industry’s work force.
And yet many drivers such as Mr. Kang have no stake in the protest in Ottawa, even though its supporters have dubbed it a “truckers’ movement.”
Jagroop Singh, the president of the Ontario Aggregate Trucking Association, said, “Nobody invited me or any South Asian truckers I know. In fact, we don’t even know who the organizers of this protest are. Nobody asked us if we agree with their demands.”
Thanks for proving my point! Anytime you want to start reading my comments instead of inserting what the narrative should be, please feel free thanks!
Sat, 2022-01-29 20:21
#49
Hey look at that I finally found one that we agree on! Looks like this guys brainwashed by the ICM propaganda. Wonder what the new generation of the ICM desciples believe in?
Sat, 2022-01-29 20:32
#50
Let's not forget that an interfaith group, Canadians United Against Hate, that planned to commenorate in Ottawa the anniversary of the Quebec City Mosque shooting cancelled this today because of the potential for violence with the small but exteme elements of the convoy. One demonstration should not lead to the cancellation of another because of fear of violence.
So what are you implying? No one else can protest? This is called divisional politics. You are trying to imply that some people are more important than others. You know who was really good at that? The British empire. Don't believe me? See India Pakistan relations.
You either misread what I wrote or deliberately distorted it. "One demonstration should not lead to the cancellation of another because of fear of violence" means that both should be able to occur on the same day at Parliament with one demonstration having to decide to not hold their demonstration because a small minority from the other demonstration have been issuing threats of right-wing violence.
Sat, 2022-01-29 20:53
#51
this!
Feeling kinda glum for good-hearted leftists who don't even think to support working class movements because the instinct has been bred out of them.
Not a left winger here. Don't believe in the politics of division created by the elite desperate to hold power that everyone here falls for. I'm a Maoist communist!
Wife lost her job when covid restrictions started. She had the opportunity to work with fellow Chinese commrades. Flexible hours around our family and the opportunity to be productive serving food meeting new people. All gone. She finally got some of her independence back after our twins started junior kindergarten, making her own money and making more friends. Going out 3-5 times a week to work. Shopping with her own money. Saving her own money. She was really happy!
Our three kids stayed home and we had to drop our lives because of covid restrictions. Two weeks to flatten the curve. Remember? Those two weeks for my children turned into the rest of the school year, lost. We kept saying September they'll be back to school. Everything will open up and you'll get your job back at that restaurant with those ladies from GuangXi. Teacher for my eldest son said he's behind in his reading. ALL children are behind due to covid school closures. We considered moving out to BC for the sake of keeping our family sane. After all, I can't afford private school like Justin Trudeau (apparently we're all in this together) Went out to Victoria even. After the kids went back to school, teachers told me all the kids are falling way behind in their academics. In case youre wondering, on line learning creates more problems than what its worth. Still have to put off our lives and remain isolated from friends and real interaction. But apparently, according to the people that never grew up this way, we have to do this.
Here's the kicker, communist China flattened the curve as promised and opened up! Kids back in school, restaurants open, people going on with their lives. Ya communist China! Know what? Communist China isn't left wing. That title of honor rests on the shoulders of the divided.