After the cross-country “Freedom Convoy” made its way to Ottawa on Jan. 29 and settled there, other convoys are now converging on other Canadian cities this weekend, notably in Quebec City and Toronto, to call for the end of pandemic restrictions. Participants from Quebec’s remote northeastern region of Côte-Nord started arriving in Quebec City on Feb. 3 and staged an initial protest, and convoys from other regions of the province arrived Friday evening. Bernard Gauthier, an organizer of the activity in Quebec, told Théovox Actualités on Feb. 3 the reason for organizing local actions was not to split the movement, but rather to allow people who could not make it to Ottawa to get involved. “Thank you to the families, we’re doing this for you. And you’re getting involved,” he said. “Please come see us tomorrow, come show support.” Quebec’s Premier François Legault told reporters Friday he would not tolerate …
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