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Sunday, May 29, 2022

I saw a mob; it wasn’t truckers, ANNA FARROW, CATHOLIC REGISTER SPECIAL

I am still angry at the way so many Canadians even Catholics ( I kid you not ) were so negative in regard to the Freedom Convoy. I will never understand the mob mentality of so many Ottawans. The hatred and lies from many of our political leaders and the so-called mainstream media still haunt me. Prime Minister Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Mayor Watson were disgraceful. I hope someday they will be held accountable for their liesand scapegoating but I won't hold my breath
Maureen

I saw a mob; it wasn’t truckers

BY  ANNA FARROW, CATHOLIC REGISTER SPECIAL
  • January 31, 2022

 https://www.catholicregister.org/opinion/guest-columnists/item/33985-i-saw-a-mob-it-wasn-t-truckers


A true mob is terrible to witness, much less get stuck in. Something happens when humans are pressed together in fear and anger: a feral scent is emitted, an emboldening and anxious spirit. Once unleashed, it crashes over and draws down all in its wake.

If I told you two things about my weekend — that I was on Parliament Hill, and that I experienced such a mob — what would you conclude? Well, I did witness a mob, but it wasn’t on Parliament Hill.

On Parliament Hill, I saw hundreds of Canadian flags and an incredibly diverse cross-section of Canadians. Imagine guys wearing hunting camo and an odd group of white Boomers trying to drum. Throw in some Sikhs, a lot of little kids all wrapped up in snowsuits and an enormous crowd of Quebecers. Imagine them standing around in delight and bemusement, looking at each other and saying, “Hello? Do I know you? Is that you, Canada?”

For the record, I did not see one Confederate flag or swastika. Middle-aged ladies were draped in Trump 2024 regalia, but they were one fewer than the three counter-protestors holding #FLUTRUCKKLAN signs. Both groups seemed to be looking for friends but hadn’t found them.

There were lots of trucks. And honking that went late into Saturday night, which, if you know Ottawa, you will understand meant it tapered off about 9:30 p.m.

We overheard conversations. One Quebecer, behind us in a vast stream waiting to join the Wellington Street crowds, said, “I never imagined I would ever feel so united to ‘les Anglos’; it is a symbiosis.”

We saw lots of signs. One teenage girl’s said: “I lost my graduation; I lost my prom; Trudeau, you lost nothing.”  The police, while we wandered around, did not seem concerned or on guard. I read this morning not one arrest was made.

When I returned to the house, and my fingers had thawed, I turned to Twitter on my phone. I learned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were whisked away for safety; that the CBC was speculating the Freedom Convoy was directed by Russian operatives; that a former press officer for Stephen Harper deleted her account after being hounded for tweeting that the day’s events felt like a happy Canada Day; that NDP leader Jagmeet Singh tweeted, “today Conservative MPs have endorsed a convoy led by those that claim the superiority of the white bloodline and equate Islam to a disease.”

Say, what? I felt like a cartoon character giving its head a shake. The friend I went to Ottawa with is the daughter of a Trinidadian-Canadian. She stared as I read out Singh’s words. I felt a little sick. There, on my phone, was the mob.

Sunday morning, we joined a group reciting the Rosary on the Hill. The sky above Parliament was  brilliant blue. The air horn noise nearly deafening. When I closed my eyes for the first decade, just a few of us were gathered. When I opened my eyes, at least 25 stood in a circle. Some joined all the prayers, some only the Our Father. Others stood quietly with us, observing and serious.

I thought of, and prayed for, two Indigenous women interviewed for a video clip earlier in the week. They were beside the road awaiting the convoy. When a reporter asked why they were in the cold with their drums, cheering for the truckers, they spoke of the divisions in their community over vaccine mandates. They spoke of inability to access the health clinic because of vaccine status, of limits placed on travel to visit family and friends. One put her hand to her chest to steady herself and said, “We are unable to attend Round Dances in our community.” The pain in her face and voice is hard to witness.

Whatever you read about the Freedom Convoy, whatever your stance on vaccine mandates and passports, know this: the narrative being spun that the convoy is a fascist, white supremacist movement is a bald-faced political lie.

Seeing those crowds, hearing those voices equally frustrated and hopeful, the words from the Prophet Hosea came to mind, “For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.” Our political leaders are currently “sowing the wind.” I worry about the whirlwind.

Catholics across the country, from Salmon Arm, B.C., to Montreal, have spent the last frigid weeks standing outside to attend Mass. Those sweet women, wrapped in blankets, waited beside the road to show support for the convoy. On Sunday morning, we stood beside the Centennial Flame, the fountain that does not freeze in winter, to ask for the intercession of Our Lady of Canada. We may be outside, in the cold, but we refuse to be divided.

Notre Dame Du Cap, pray for us!

(Farrow is a Montreal writer who helped organize the first outdoor prayer services following the closure of Quebec churches in December.)

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Freedom Rally Parliament Hill Sunday January 30 2022 - and daily updates

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. 


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!!!






No kidding eh!




Mr. Trudeau, did you listen to the Second Reading at Church today? Didn't think so!



Yes!






Amen!















You're telling me!




I'm in!

I'm with you there!














Amen to that!