Update Today February 3, 2022
Rex Murphy: A Canadian insurrection? It is to laugh
Is it really that hard for politicians to acknowledge that the majority of people who went all the way to Ottawa are just decent folks?
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-a-canadian-insurrection-it-is-to-laugh
Update Today February 3, 2022 - Jonathan Van Maren Interviews Maxime Bernier
The state of the Canadian Media
Complete Interview below
Update Today February 2 from Pat Maloney - Run with Life
If you are interested in what and why the truckers are doing what they are doing, this is an excellent independent analysis from Andrew Lawton who was there all weekend. He interviewed a lot of people including the organizers, indigenous people, and politicians, and others. About 43 minutes long. Andrew's fist hand observations are NOT what you will hear from the mainstream media (Postmedia, CBC, etc).
[The Andrew Lawton Show] The convoy was heard loud and clear #theAndrewLawtonShow
https://podcastaddict.com/
Andrew Lawton Interviews Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis
Andrew Lawton
What brings you out today why are you on parliament hill?
Leslyn Lewis
Why wouldn't I be? This is democracy. This is what democracy is all about. People believe that the government has overstepped with mandates and they're here to exercise their democratic right. People give the government the power to act in accordance with their values. The government doesn't have any independent power. It is us that confers the power on the government. Where they overstep the people, then the people have a right to voice their opinion. What we've seen in the past year with the demonization of people, turning people against each other, the hatred that has been spewed from the highest levels is completely unacceptable and the people have had enough and they are here to voice their opinions and I support any peaceful active democracy and all I've seen here is law-abiding Canadians express their voice which they're allowed to do so why wouldn't I be here?
Andrew Lawton
Do you think the Conservatives have done an adequate job representing these people throughout the pandemic in the last couple of years or even during the time you've been in office the last few months?
Leslyn Lewis:
Well, I've always spoken out. You've seen that I've always spoken out from the beginning about things that concern my constituents I will always be a voice from my constituents. I will never be silent so I believe that MPs Act in accordance with the voice of their constituents yes?
Andrew Lawton
For a lot of people there is not about whether you're pro or anti-vaccination it's about the fundamental message. it's about government overreach. Is that resonating with what you are hearing from your constituents on the ground?
Leslyn Lewis
Absolutely whether you're vaccinated or non vaccinated it's about the mandate and whether or not their mandates are fair whether they adhere to public health principles because that's what we're concerned about we want everybody to be safe. We want everyone who is able to be vaccinated to be able to exercise informed consent: that's what we're concerned about. So it's not about whether you're vaccinated or not it's about government overreach
Or you can watch this program on youtube
Update Today February 1
One of the organizers of the convoy is an Indigenous woman, and another is a Jewish man. Yet at a press conference, yesterday Trudeau claimed the freedom movement is tarnished by Nazi and racist sympathies. What's he talking about? There is no indication of this whatsoever.
We all know that the organizers specifically wanted to meet with the Prime Minister to express their frustration with the vaccination mandates etc. but he refused to meet with them and seemingly went into hiding instead. He fled Ottawa just before the convoy of trucks arrived, citing exposure to COVID, even though at the time he tested negative. Today he tweeted that he had tested positive despite being triple vaccinated. Really?
From lifesite news https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeau-equates-canadian-truckers-at-freedom-convoy-rally-to-nazis-racists/?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=canada.
"Within the first couple of minutes of the press conference, Trudeau said that “freedom of expression, assembly and association are cornerstones of democracy, but Nazi symbolism, racist imagery … are not.”
He was asked by a reporter if he would meet with the truckers or attend the protest, as he attended, for instance, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations during the height of lockdown in 2020, but he said he would not. “I have attended protests in the past when I agreed with the goals,” referring to BLM, but he is choosing to stay away from the trucker protest because of “hateful rhetoric” and “violence toward citizens.”
Trudeau’s expressed unwillingness to support the trucker convoy movement due to his belief that there is a risk of violence associated with the movement is in contrast to his government’s past actions that saw him hand over a compensation cheque of $10 million to a convicted terrorist who killed an American soldier. "
January 30 2022