Briones: A year after the convoy, Ottawa's small businesses have learned hard lessons

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Both the pandemic and the trucker protest were catalysts for collaboration among entrepreneurs who would normally compete with each other.

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“The convoy caused traffic chaos and fear for the general public, which resulted in people not being able to make appointments for my appointment-based business, and a sea of cancellations for people were not willing to come downtown,” he said. Nault also lives in the downtown core and felt gaslighted by people when he complained about the non-stop honking and noise, which prevented him from getting a good night’s sleep. “Emotionally, it also took a toll,” he said.

“I also learned that white protesters get a lot more leeway than Indigenous protesters.” He remembers how, on a previous occasion, there was a protest for Idle No More. “It was cleared out within hours of starting,” he said. “As a white man, this taught me a lot about privilege too.” One of my businesses is on Wellington Street in Hintonburg, and although it wasn’t at the core of the convoy, it felt the domino effect of the chaos nearby. Some staff lived downtown, our delivery trucks got stuck in closures and business declined because of public uncertainty.Article content

 

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Is this guy playing with nuclear waste

ngl, the emotive language here is wild.

Buddy. Knows nothing about the months long occupations by the indigenous in Quebec and Ontario. Property destruction and violence was ignored by the OPP.

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