VANCOUVER—After raising $1.3 million in a week, a massive group of truckers are rolling across the country to camp in Canada’s capital until a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate on truck drivers is lifted. The Freedom Convoy 2022 is slated to start from the west coast on Jan. 23, heading from British Columbia to Ottawa. Truckers from every province plan to join under a group called Canada Unity and form a large demonstration against the mandate in the nation’s capital on Jan. 29. “Thousands of us will be parking our trucks on Parliament Hill for as long as it takes until these vaccine mandates are lifted,” Tamara Lich, a lead organizer, told The Epoch Times. Lich, who works in Alberta’s oil and gas industry, said when she and a few of her trucker friends launched a GoFundMe campaign on Jan. 14, she never expected the support that they’ve received. “It’s been overwhelming,” Lich said. …
Massive Trucker Convoy Raises $1.3M to Fuel Vaccine Mandate Protest Heading to Ottawa
January 22, 2022
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