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Solidarity Trucker Convoy Protests Planned for Provincial Capitals this Weekend

After the cross-country “Freedom Convoy” made its way to Ottawa on Jan. 29 for its ongoing protest, other convoys are converging on other cities this weekend, notably Quebec City and Toronto, to call for the end of pandemic restrictions. Participants from Quebec’s remote northeastern region of Côte-Nord started arriving in Quebec City on Thursday and…


Bergen Urges Liberals to Come up With Plan to Resolve Trucker Protest

The newly elected interim leader of the Conservative Party, Candice Bergen, used her first opportunity at the helm during question period to raise the issue of the convoy protest and ask how the government is planning to help resolve it. “The protesters and, to be more accurate, the trucks have been parked outside in Ottawa for…


House Committee Wants GoFundMe to Testify on Trucker Convoy Funds

A House of Commons committee wants to hear from the fundraiser platform GoFundMe about the millions of dollars collected so far by the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy,” as trucks continue blocking streets in downtown Ottawa. On Feb. 3, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security voted unanimously on a motion put forward by…


Canadian Parliamentary Committee Wants GoFundMe to Testify on Trucker Convoy Funds

A House of Commons committee wants to hear from the fundraiser platform GoFundMe about the millions of dollars collected so far by the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy,” as trucks continue blocking streets in downtown Ottawa. On Feb. 3, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security voted unanimously on a motion put forward by…


Trucker Protest: Organizers Say Governments Have Yet to Reach Out

With the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa soon completing its first week, organizers said today no level of government has yet spoken to them directly, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t confirm if he was considering opening such negotiations but says he remains “steadfast” in his vaccination mandate approach. “So far, no one from the…


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Saskatchewan Parliamentarians Show Support for Protesting Truckers in Ottawa

A group of parliamentarians from Saskatchewan made their way to the “Freedom Convoy” protest in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 2, to show support for the truckers who’ve been occupying the nation’s capital to demand the repeal of restrictive pandemic measures. “A few of our SK Caucus members went to show our appreciation for the hardworking,…


We Are All Canadian Truckers Now!

Commentary We all remember where we were when the Berlin Wall came down. While it may have seemed that communist rule would go on forever, when the people decided that they had enough suddenly the wall fell. Just like that. Thus it is after two years of covid authoritarianism that in Canada the largest truck…


Ottawa Police Make First Convoy Protest-Related Arrests

The Ottawa Police Service announced on Feb. 1 it made its first arrests related to the “Freedom Convoy” protest that has taken place in Ottawa since Jan. 29. For the two arrests related to separate incidents, Ottawa Police revealed the names of the individuals charged and the type of infractions but released few other details…


Tories Say Trudeau Dividing Country With His Comments Against Trucker Convoy

Conservative and Liberal MPs battled over the “Freedom Convoy” protests of recent days in Ottawa as the House of Commons resumed sitting Monday, with some Tories backing the movement and the Liberals accusing it of hate and vandalism. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalling earlier in the day he would not meet with the protesters…