By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--February 3, 2022
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Truckers in Freedom Convoy 2022 are gaining world attention with some countries beginning to abandon Covid Mandates like a dreaded Plague.
With their leader in hiding and the truckers still occupying the nation’s capital, the Canadian
Government and key provincial leaders are becoming more desperate by day to find a way out of their own manufactured mess and return the masses to the fear mongering of a bought-and-paid-for mainstream media.
Now that their hole-ridden tugboat is sinking, they’re calling on Ottawa police to save them from drowning:"This is a national issue, not an Ottawa issue," Sloly said. "I am increasingly concerned there is no policing solution to this.” “Sloly said options being considered include requesting military aid, negotiation, a political response, a court injunction or the forced removal of protesters. But all approaches come with significant concerns, he said, including rioting, injury and death.”Why even consider bringing on “significant concerns”, including Tiananmen Square-like rioting, injury and death”?!
“Residents downtown have been abandoned during a national crisis and an occupation of our city. -- Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenneyIt wasn’t the truckers and their supporters who abandoned downtown Ottawa residents, Coun. McKenney!
Sloly:”This demonstration has been intolerable, unprecedented. The range of illegal, dangerous and unacceptable activities is beyond the ability to list," he said. “Bringing in the military would come with its own "massive risks," Sloly said. He said he was aware of only two such military interventions in the past hundred years: the Oka Crisis in 1990 and the October Crisis in 1970 that involved attacks by the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). "I don't have a singular mandate in this city, this province or this country, to negotiate the end to any demonstration," Sloly said. "There always needs to be an element outside of the police for any truly successful end to any demonstration, particularly one of this size.” “Daniel Minden, a spokesperson for the Minister of National Defence, told CBC the Canadian Armed Forces are not currently involved in law enforcement and have no plans to be.The buck stops with the police and not the Canadian Armed Forces. Suggesting that they would be called in is nothing short of out and out fear mongering.
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“The protest has involved people across the country, as well as from other countries, who are frustrated with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic from all levels of government. (CBC)So CBC has FINALLY noticed that Freedom Convoy 2022 is so much more than the Justin Trudeau-described “FRINGE”!
“The longer the demonstration persists, the more the risks will increase, said Sloly. (CBC) “But clearing protesters out comes with its own dangers, he added, and police have neither the "lawful authority" nor the "practical capability" to block access to a city the size of Ottawa. “The chief also referenced similar protests against COVID-19 mandates, including attempts to contain a trucker blockade in southern Alberta. "What happens here affects there and what happens there affects here," Sloly said. "They were not effective and they created additional ... potentially life-threatening safety issues.”Are Ottawa Police now taking conspiracy shots at the protesting truckers? “Ottawa police say they're now aware of a significant contingent from the U.S. funding and participating in the protests, while police work to thwart those efforts.” (CBC) Will they next be smearing protesters as “racists”, “misogynist”, and as Viva Frei pointed out in yesterday’s Tweet, ‘kitchen-sinkists’?
Today in the House, Members of Parliament unanimously condemned the antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, homophobia, and transphobia that we’ve seen on display in Ottawa over the past number of days. Together, let’s keep working to make Canada more inclusive.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 1, 2022
“Now it’s time to let the people in Ottawa get back to their lives. These businesses that have been closed for a while now — the restaurants want to reopen.”
“Crowds have thinned out considerably on Parliament Hill and the surrounding area, where anti-COVID restrictions demonstrators have been protesting for days. (Global) “But those that remain say they are staying put until all the restrictions are lifted, with the president of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association saying some protesters have been extending their stays at hotels, or are asking to rebook for the coming weekend."
“The disruption caused by the protest has caused some businesses in Ottawa to close indefinitely, just as the provincial government eased COVID restrictions Monday allowing various facilities to reopen, including gyms and indoor dining at restaurants and bars.(Global)At only 50% capacity for gyms, restaurants and bars who’ve had to struggle against bankruptcy for more than two years.
“The premier again condemned the presence of Nazi and confederate symbols at the protest over the weekend, and the desecration of the National War Memorial.” (Global) “Both Canada and the United States now have a vaccine mandate in place for cross-border truckers. “A reporter also asked the premier whether he supports that mandate. “People may disagree one side or the other, but I’m going to support getting vaccinated and that’s no shot against the truckers,” Ford said.Like hell!
“I think the world of the truckers. I’ve supported them from day one and appreciate and am very grateful of everything they’ve done and continue to do throughout this pandemic.”(Global) “He noted that the vast majority of truck drivers are vaccinated.”Just like his pal PM Trudeau, Ford, escalating rather than deescalating the fight against the overreach of government, remains defiant and spiteful to the end. Up for election in June, he should remember that truckers and their supporters will be going to voting booths, too. “The Last Refuge reminds us: “When the Chinese communists decided it was time to rid themselves of the dissident protests in Tiananmen Square, the local military encircled the student and academic activists in an effort to protect them.. However, the ruling Chinese officials were not happy, and sent for the Mongolian army divisions, those without familial connections in the movement, to do the dirty work. The rest of history you likely know.(Conservative Tree House, Feb. 2, 2022)
"In Ottawa, Canada, again another exhibition of confronting hardline totalitarian leftists, the voices of those within the Freedom Convoy movement are similarly not going to be deterred. The protestors want the government COVID dictates removed, they want vaccine passport rules dropped, they want mandated vaccinations and forced medical procedures stopped, and they want their freedom back. "Into this equation and confrontation, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and local law enforcement are also unlikely to want to bring blood and violence upon the streets. However, the hardline leftists will not allow dissent to challenge their power. As history repeats, the local police are now opening the possibility of bringing in the military. “Whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggers the use of the Canadian military to attack peaceful protestors within the city of Ottawa under the auspices of his authority and the national state of emergency, is yet to be determined. It’s hopefully unlikely that Justin Trudeau will order the military to open fire on truck drivers and their supporters.”But if Trudeau does order the military onto the protest scene, he will do so from the safety of a hidden bunker.
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