Commentary On Feb. 14, Canadian deputy prime minister and minister of finance Chrystia Freeland announced a government crackdown on the now-infamous “Freedom Convoy 2022.” Freeland stated, “If your truck is being used in these illegal blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen, the insurance on your vehicle will be suspended.” The announcement follows Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s declaration of the Emergencies Act. These emergency measures were instituted following weeks of economic and quality-of-life disruptions in Canada, specifically in Ottawa. In Ottawa, a large convoy of truckers gathered with pedestrian protesters to signal their disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other associated COVID-19 measures. These protests have spread throughout Canada, with many of the individual protesters expressing their concerns about the government’s COVID-19 policies. Bari Weiss’s Substack channel posted an excellent article about “What the Truckers Want.” The “Freedom Convoy’s” message is clear: end the COVID-19 emergency measures. A number of Canadian provincial governments have lifted COVID restrictions, …
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