LUPTON, Arizona—A convoy numbering about 100 vehicles made its first stop in Arizona, receiving free food from a pizza restaurant and the Navajo Nation. The group, dubbed The People’s Convoy, is en route to Washington to protest against COVID-19 mandates and other actions drivers and supporters call government overreach. The convoy spent their first night…
‘God-Given Rights’: What Canada’s Convoy Protesters Were Asking For
The recent nationwide protests against COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions, especially the weekslong one in downtown Ottawa, have largely been characterized by the Liberals and NDP as being racist and hateful, with several politicians implying, without having met with the protesters, that the main premise of the movement was to bring down the government. “What…
Ottawa Counter-Protesters Trap Pro-Trucker Protest Vehicles on Way to Demonstration
OTTAWA—Some Ottawa residents held a counter protest against the Freedom Convoy on Feb. 13, trapping 20 target vehicles belonging to pro-trucker convoy protesters on a road, saying they want the protesters, who have gridlocked the city’s downtown are for more than two weeks, to leave. The trucker protests are part of a larger movement against…
Feds Ramp Up Super Bowl Security Over Possible Truck Convoy Protests
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is beefing up Super Bowl security over a possible trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions, according to Biden administration officials. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a Feb. 11 briefing that DHS had already deployed 500 employees to provide air and maritime security…
Inside the Coutts Freedom Convoy Blocking the US Border in Southern Alberta
COUTTS, Alta.—In windy southern Alberta, reaching the site of the protesting truckers by Coutts near the Canada-U.S. border is nearly impossible via motor vehicle. Only local residents, those on official business, or media with credentials are allowed past lines of RCMP and Sheriff’s officers blockading the roads. The truckers have been blocking the major border…
The Only Rational Response to Truckers’ Freedom Convoy
Commentary Anyone who serves the public learns how to manage upset customers. When someone says you hurt them, do not argue. Listen. Apologize. When people are angry, upset, or heartbroken, you must stay silent. Offer support. There is no other rational response. Of course, listening has limits. Threats, yelling, or swearing must end the conversation,…
Freedom Convoy Organizer Says Removal of GoFundMe Donations Result of Government Interference
OTTAWA—An organizer with the Freedom Convoy protest says the seizure of C$10 million (US$8 million) in donations for the truckers by GoFundMe was due to government interference. “It was clearly direct interference from the government to cancel this campaign,” Benjamin Dichter said at a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 6. On Feb. 4, GoFundMe said…
Winnipeg Vehicle Attack on Trucker Protesters a Warning for Politicians, Legacy Media to Calm the Situation
Commentary Canadians were horrified when video footage of a car careening through pedestrians at a Winnipeg protest began making the rounds through the internet. We couldn’t help but be reminded of the scene from Charlottesville Virginia in 2017 when James Alex Fields killed one and injured dozens of people as he plowed his car into…
Trudeau Is Creating Societal Rifts That May Take Decades to Resolve
Commentary In all my years I have never seen a Canadian Prime Minister identify and vilify a large, identifiable group in the way Justin Trudeau did on Jan. 31. While I didn’t expect the prime minister to be supportive of the thousands of protesters gathered on Parliament Hill, I was flabbergasted listening to him inflaming…
‘We’re in This for the Long Haul’: Trucker Convoy to Stay in Ottawa Until Mandates Lifted, Organizers Say
OTTAWA—As masses of truck drivers and other protesters demonstrate in Canada’s capital this weekend, rally organizers say they will stay until their demands are met. “Now it’s a waiting game, and patience is a virtue,” said Freedom Convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 30. “We’re in this for the…
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