The Liberals will fête this decision and spin it as a triumph. This is foolish. Justice Rouleau’s verdict is no victory for the Liberals. If Canadians accept the ruling that does not imply agreement nor does it follow that they be required to read it as an exoneration for the government’s handling of the situation in general.
That citizens should have gotten vaccinated and that vaccines are a key reason we no longer are burdened with the intolerable misery of lockdowns should by now be beyond doubt. Canadians supported vaccine mandates in large numbers and were right to do so. But we should remember that at the time the messaging behind what was useful in stopping or slowing COVID was, at best, haphazard. Masks were alternatively unnecessary, then necessary. Meeting outside was ok, then it wasn’t, then it was again.
As such, we should not remember the trucker convoy explosion as an event in isolation. It was the final culmination of COVID lockdown frustrations and — and this is important — a government which despite being initially elected on a promise to unite Canadians has frequently sought every opportunity to divide them. Politics for politics’ sake and at the expense of Canadians was the spark that ignited a powder keg.
Amidst a chaotic last few years, it can be difficult to discern any consistent policy thread or goal within our current government. One element though, has remained intact and strong as ever: that opponents of government policies do not have legitimate objections, but rather are
The government applied pressure, the people responded -- never forget why they were in Ottawa in the first place
reported for violent suggestions. any comment regarding fingers in eyes gets you a 24 hour twitter suspension.
False. The US was the first to make vaccine border rules and the convoy was planning the convoy well before Canada had any such border mandates. Lockdowns we’re provincial orders, Doug Ford, not Trudeau. The convoy were making plans as early as Oct 2021, a full 5 months before…
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Dear Ottawa Citizen need to stop publishing this National Post bullshit. Enough!
Nothing Trudeau did justifies blowing tractor trailer air horns 24-7 in any city downtown.
Watch out here come the Karen's!
Government sponsored media = Pravda
Even if Trudeau literally poked an Antivaxxer in the eye that doesn't justify the convoy.👉👀
Yeah, right. Whatever you say.
Who is Adam Pankratz? Never heard of him.
What a garbage rag.
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A super small portion of Canadians care so little for others they can't be asked to do their part to ensure the survival and thriving of fellow Canadians in a global crisis. That is what caused the freedom convoy and newsflash, this happened with skidmarks everywhere.
I see our media outlets have turned into a joke! No wonder I truly don't give a crap bout reading an article or paying to have trash delivered. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just another anti-Trudeau Ppst-Media garbage article
I mean, sure, you could read through the conclusions of an intensive 1-year commission. Or you can print nonsensical partisan trash.
Lol.. keeping people healthy isn't finger in the eye politics
If you say so, Einstein. Nothing to do with spoiled wankers deciding that their ‘rights” were more important than the rights of their neighbours to live safely with a virus of unknown effects. Remember when the CONservatives were snivelling about vaccines not coming fast enough?
No mentions of the roles of provincial governments, the actions of CPC politicians, nor mis/disinformation, & funding from foreign sources to help sow the seeds of division. Good balanced reporting there, Adam.🙄 Reporting like this is why CdnMediaFailed keeps returning.cdnpoli
Could you point to anywhere the Liberal government has celebrated, feted, or spun the findings of the Commission as a triumph? So far, the response to its findings has not been much more effusive than 'welcome.'
These articles keep missing the point. The Convoy was about gov't over-reach and violations of civil rights, not about anyone's stance on vaccines.
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I really wish I could be a Citizen subscriber again. I really do.
Heroes.
Lol
Ok sure. Wheres your conservative flag flying? This incident has its roots in the u.s gop. The PM could've said anything and these people would've acted like this.
Really Wow.
I am calling it at 1538 EST: bullshit.
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