TORONTO — For five days, a blockade of pickups, cars and a handful of commercial trucks has choked off traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest border crossing between Canada and the United States. There are blockades at two other crossings as well. And for two weeks, downtown streets in Canada’s capital have been snarled by a convoy of semis and other vehicles as protesters rail against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The demonstrators in Ottawa, Ontario and elsewhere are primarily demanding an end to all COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions including mask requirements — though most of those were put in place by provincial governments. Protesters have called, too, for Trudeau’s resignation.The “freedom convoy” was announced in early January by a group called Canada Unity, which was founded by James Bauder, a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theories.
The protests have also been widely condemned by truckers and trucking groups. That includes the Canadian Trucking Alliance, which says the vast majority of drivers are fully vaccinated, in line with the country’s broader population. The bridge is critical to the food sector in both countries as well as the auto industry; with crossings all but shut down, shortages have forced plants on both sides of the border to go offline or operate at reduced capacity.
Dark money.
People...free people are what's behind the protest...
Lack of education thats what it is!
Even more of a reason people can’t wait until the self driving trucks take over! It’s coming people and we aren’t going to stop it.
Lol nice try
Past 2 years of Government tyranny. Full STOP
They don’t want to be forced to take the dumb vaccine in order to drive long distances by themselves. Done
Fakeness that is what is behind it all bull shit
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Ford, Toyota deepen production cuts amid U.S.-Canada vaccine protestAutomakers say the shutdown of the Ambassador Bridge for a fourth day on Thursday is hurting supply chains. Time for the Liberals/Trudeau to do the one thing that politicians hate to do-Say-We were wrong about mandates-and reverse course-
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Another US-Canada border crossing has been shut down by blockade over Covid-19 mandatesThe US-Canada border crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, and Pembina, North Dakota, has been shut down by protesters demonstrating against Covid-19 mandates, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba. Follow live updates. Bravo mi gente liberal!!! No dejen que el gobierno los obligue a vacunarse... La vacuna es voluntaria, no obligatroria. Interesting that they’re protesting in the name of freedom while blocking so many people from doing things Interfering in commerce? Heavy fines and jail! Peaceful demonstrating is one thing, but causing disruption is another.
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Vaccine mandate protesters block U.S.-Canada border crossing in ManitobaPeople protesting vaccine mandates in Canada blocked the main U.S.-Canada border crossing in Manitoba today with a number of vehicles and farm equipment, police said. Three U.S.-Canada ports of entry are now either closed or delayed by several hours. Time for the Canadian government to grow some gonads and kick butt. Awesome! Keep on trucking! Unbelievable. This would never happen in China and most Asian countries..!!
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Bridge blockade in Canada threatens North American auto industryFord, Toyota and General Motors have had to shut down plants or otherwise curtail production on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border due to the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. These Far-Right attacks on the economy of two democracies makes Putin smile. Misinformation is more powerful than cruise missiles. The companies (Ford, GM, Toyota...) that have been damaged by this illegal behavior should sue for damages. Bankrupt every one of those truckers. ;) “More than meets the eye.”
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