Maureen's thoughts: Benjamin Dichter

Jordan Peterson

Hello everyone, I'm here today with Mr. Benjamin Dichter who's the owner-operator of his own rig and integrally involved with the Organization and ongoing activities of the Truckers Convoy in Ottawa so Mr. Dichter has something to read to us today which outlines what the truckers have accomplished and wanted to accomplish and hope to still accomplish.

Benjamin Dichter

We just prepared a statement that can really solidify some of the basics so nobody is confused.

The Freedom Convoy is a peaceful and loving demonstration based on the principles of unity and respect for all Canadians. We have come to Ottawa with two very simple demands.

1. The government end all COVID mandates and

2. The federal government removed its digital COVID tracking app, called arrivecan, as a requirement to re-enter Canada.

We had not anticipated the thirst for freedom in all Canadians after two long years of restrictions and harsh lockdowns, which in the minds of sensible Canadians, are not in the spirit of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and our esteemed Constitution.

The supporters of our convoy have come from all walks of life, and have been a source of unification for Canadians from across all provinces and cultures. We are not a group interested in identity politics or racial divisions. We are in fact open to all people who want to share their love and help with the revival of the Canadian identity.

The Freedom Convoy leadership spans the country and comes from various indigenous, rural and urban communities, all who have an ambition for unification and freedom. Our demands have not changed from day one: end the mandates and end the passports and we will all go back home to our communities and our businesses and help Canada heal from the COVID years.

There have been many demands attributed to us that are not our demands, primarily from the legacy media. We do not want to overthrow the government. We do not want to remove any of our elected officials from power. That's what elections are for. We do not want confrontation with the good people of law enforcement. Within our organization and within our crowds, we have countless first responders and military veterans who are all proud of the Ottawa police. We do not wish for military action.

Nothing other than for our peaceful and loving demonstrations as well as our community outreach to help inspire our fellow Canadians to have a voice and to appreciate the freedoms which we are fortunate enough to have and which many others in the world struggle to achieve.

We also would ask that our political class and the legacy media tone down their rhetoric. The era of slander and indiscriminately labeling fellow citizens with pejoratives or as racist needs to come to an end.

We need to talk openly and respect one another. But we cannot achieve this if our political class continues to behave in such an unparliamentary manner, while the legacy media attacks the very people they're supposed to reach.

The unifying goal that all Canadians have is: we want to a return to a normal life, a free life. No matter where one lies on the political spectrum. Now is the time and the first courageous step would be for the federal government to remove these divisive policies of mandates and data tracking of our citizens.

Allow us all to heal together. Peace, Love and Unity is the future of the Canadian identity. Let's inspire, the world to follow us on this journey of enlightenment.

Jordan Peterson

Well, we can all pray for peace and stability and sanity to prevail and with any luck we'll get the country on its feet again and get moving forward as we all should.

Benjamin Dichter

Indeed. Indeed

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/episode/134864369 via @PodcastAddict

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

(By the way. Postmedia receives a lot of government funding, and probably owns the media you consume https://www.postmedia.com/brands/ MSM receives a LOT of government funding. Canada Grants and contributions database registers 258 such grants for the last number of years for Postmedia alone. https://search.open.canada.ca/en/gc/?sort=agreement_value_fs%20desc&page=1&search_text=postmedia The CBC received 1.2 billion last year from the government. https://tnc.news/2021/04/19/liberal-budget-promises-new-funding-for-the-cbc/ Andrew Lawton's True North independent media, receives no government funding.))

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.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ConvoyForFreedom2022?src=hashtag_click

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.”

Anyways there you have it from the mouth of our Prime Minister. According to him, the freedom Convoy protestors are a bunch of racists and Nazis with hateful rhetoric and violence towards citizens. Nothing could be further from the truth. Like I said I was on the Hill on Sunday. The grounds were awash in Canadian Flags. The speeches were heartfelt, compassionate and humble. There was nothing with even a touch of violent rhetoric. This is the Prime Minister who clearly supports anarchists such as the BLM movement but he won't even meet with sincere Canadians who drove thousands of miles for a meeting with the man who is supposedly their prime minister? At the very least it is mean and childish but it seems to be more than that. I don't get our Prime Minister and I don't get the Canadians that are on board with the hatred he is inciting for the Freedom Convoy because that is clearly what is happening. And I am fed up once again with our reporters from the mainstream because they just echo what Trudeau says without any regard for the truth it seems. I am sure none of them were on Parliament Hill on Sunday. CFRA used to be better than that. God bless Canada! God bless those who promote love and not hatred, truth and not lies! God bless all who work for freedom justice and peace! And God bless Canada!

January 30 2022

After 9:30 mass at Saint Patrick Basilica, I walked to Parliament Hill hoping to get there before Maxime Bernier arrived because I wanted to tape his speech. Pat told me he was leaving Nicholas Street at 11 so I presumed that I had missed his speech because I got to the Hill after 12 and I didn't see him anywhere near the speech area which was on Wellington Street outside the front gates.

There were thousands upon thousands of peaceful souls at Parliament Hill. I never saw so many people on or near Parliament Hill except maybe on Canada Day or the annual March for Life. There were a lot of really good passionate and loving speeches going on. I couldn't really concentrate on them though because I was freezing. I asked a young lad who was holding numerous Maxime Bernier signs if Mr. Bernier had spoken yet and he told me, no but he should be around shortly so I stayed and waited a while for him ( I really like Maxime Bernier: I wish he was our Prime Minister) but my hands were so cold I wasn't able to stay much longer. I listened to a few of the speeches that came right from the hearts. Because I was so cold I decided to leave and walked back to the train. Honestly, I don't know how the crowds were able to withstand the frigid cold, only by the Grace of God I think. When you're fighting for a great cause such as this is, I think God gives you the strength to endure

As I passed the crowd I felt like I was at a Canada Day Celebration. There was spontaneous singing of O Canada, lots of friendly smiles, countless trucks, and the truckers who are the men and women Canada depends on 24/7; young parents pushing bundled up tots in their strollers, older folks in wheelchairs, some with walkers, some with canes, teens laughing and smiling at each other, Canadian flags and smiles were everywhere. There was an old lady who kept dropping her mittens ( oh wait a minute, that was me). At least twice a kind soul approached me with one of my mittens and a smile!

There were signs all over the place (some pretty funny ) most were very serious. I honestly felt so proud of everybody involved in the Rally. I couldn't even begin to imagine all the tireless hours of preparation and dedication it took to prepare all of it; the thousands of miles of travel, the frigid weather the love they have for their beloved country and for all of us? And to think that Our Prime Minister wouldn't even meet them and that he calls them a fringe group? The way our Prime Minister treats Canadians is unbelievable. It seems anyone the Prime Minister doesn't agree with is a fringe person. I know what that's like: I am a Pro-Life Christian so I'm accustomed to fringe too.

Anyways as I walked back along Wellington Street to Bank Street to go home I took a few short videos

( which I put together below)

Thank you Freedom Convoy! Thank you and God bless you all!!!