The rain in Ottawa on Feb. 10 didn’t deter protesters who are still in the nation’s capital protesting COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. With trucks and vehicles parked in the city’s downtown core for nearly two weeks, the “Freedom Convoy” continues to demand the federal government end its restrictions. Joe MacDonald, an 81 year old military veteran who joined the protest for the second time since it started on Jan. 29, said he supports the truckers as he is “here in support of freedom.” “I spent 30 years in the Canadian military, and for freedom, we can’t lose that,” MacDonald said in an interview with NTD Television, an Epoch Times affiliate media on Feb. 10. “The vaccines I don’t care [about]. You can take it or not take it. It’s the freedom that we need back, and that’s what’s been taken away from us by our government.” With the federal, provincial, …