A few weeks ago, a convoy of trucks rolled into the capital of Canada, hit the brakes, and haven’t moved. Some even removed their tires. They came in protest of government vaccine mandates and passports. The protest is now in its fourth week. And it wasn’t isolated to Ottawa.
The protest started when the US and Canada began to enforce requirements for truck drivers to either show proof of vaccination or be willing to submit to COVID testing and quarantine regulations. In the fall of 2021, truckers were given an expansion status when it came to COVID restrictions on either side of the border in an effort to mitigate supply chain problems. Those exemptions ran out in Canada on January 15 and in the US a week later. Once border agents began enforcing COVID requirements, the protest began to take form.
The movement, called ‘Freedom Convoy 2022’, was not organized long-haul truckers, but political activists who have been active in Canada’s political scene for several years.
The group began fundraising through GoFundMe but had its assets frozen after the platform claimed it no longer wanted to be associated with the movement. The organizers were, however, able to raise money on other crowdfunding platforms, with Dichter claiming more than $5 million raised on GiveSendGo and another $600,000 in Bitcoin. And now the Canadian government appears to be attempting to intercept that, too.
But before we skip ahead to the Tyranny of Justin Trudeau, let’s not give GoFundMe a pass on their “selective” business practices motivated by woke ideology. Here’s what Comedian JP Sears has to say on the matter:
As for the government’s move toward not just seizing the funds raised but also making it a crime to donate or involve yourself with trying to help the trucker protesters.
Yes, this is happening. And it gets worse. Which is one reason why you should care what I have to say.
Officially, the group is asking for an end to vaccine mandates and, specifically, vaccine passports. In an interview on FOX News, Dichter said "We want to get rid of the vaccine mandates and the (vaccine) passports. And that passport, that's the really concerning one.”
Over this past weekend, police in Ottawa saw a surge in protestors with estimates ranging between 5,000 - 10,000. Protestors also organized rallies in other cities, including Toronto and Quebec. On February 6, Jim Watson, the mayor of Ottawa, declared a state of emergency.
The protests have grown into a whole new Occupy Movement, which critics say is changing the original demands into something much bigger. Its core message has however resonated with people and a similar protest (the Convoy to Canberra) has officially been announced in Australia which aims to travel to the capital city of Canberra to protest vaccine and COVID mandates.
In the U.S the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, one of both nation’s largest trucking routes was blocked for about a week before police were able to clear it from trucks and protestors. Here you can see police beginning to clear the bridge:
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But this was all last week. Fast forward to today and…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now invoked the country’s Emergency Powers act, giving the government the authority to impose even more restrictions combined with harsher penalties. To the point where it is being called tyrannical.
In a vain and desperate attempt to flex his muscle, Trudeau said he intends to suspend truckers’ licenses and insurance if arrested for protesting. But as one trucker pointed out, that doesn’t matter if they can’t drive their trucks because they aren’t vaccinated.
Trudeau also apparently is threatening to seize property, assets, and bank accounts of those indicted.
Here is the response from one Canadian police officer, supposedly.
Fortunately, Ontario announced on Feb 14 that it would remove the vaccine passport system on March 1st, but masking requirements are to remain in place. So we will see how this affects the Prime Minister.
At this stage, not only is the nation of Canada in upheaval, but so are ideological divides across the West, not excluding Australia and New Zealand. But we will save that for another day.
On one side I see people complaining that the protestors, and those that support them, are just whiny crybabies who think their freedom is so important. On the flip side we have those of us who refuse to live in fear and see right through this bullying and tyranny.
It’s no surprise that Trudeau is doing this because half the Western population appears to want this. It’s like a purge where many on the left seem to believe that their ideology is superior and headed somewhere.
Hopefully it is not because anybody with an ounce of God-fearing faith and some common sense knows that if we don’t take a stand now and push back, our children will be living their lives in a braver, newer, more tyrannical world - a world of unquestionable conformity.
This is why I wrote Let’s not get cocky after a few conservatives beat out some Democrats in Virginia and other districts.
Last week when I first sat down to write this, I was feeling spirited, proud of the Canadian truckers and those who came out to support them. But after witnessing Trudeau’s response, I am aghast. The theater directors are out of control. Power and corruption are rampant across the globe in government and in the public and private sectors.
All this is only possible because we the people ourselves have allowed it to become possible. No fault of our own no doubt. We never knew the better. We were none the wiser.
But now we are. Now we know there are existential threats to our sovereign freedom - Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. Capitalism certainly does not guarantee that. And neither does Democracy apparently.
What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments below.
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In the section below with 7 other “opinions” the last one offers some ideas for finding meaning in all of this. Lucien Lacarme the author suggests getting “close with the land,” which really speaks to the Native American Spirit that I have always been fond of.
Before you go there, please enjoy the following passage from the Tao Teh Ching, ancient Chinese literature that I try to incorporate into as many aspects of my life (and thus my work) as possible. This is an excerpt from passage 25, and truly one of my favorite, as well.
Man follows the ways of Earth.
The Earth follows the ways of Heaven,
Heaven follows the ways of Tao,
Tao follows its own ways.
I share this here to serve as a bridge to another world, one of humor and wisdom and mystical virtue. It is a project I am working on alongside this one, and I invite you to join me there - www.taotehching.org - as well as here, if there is interest.
And now…
7 other OPINIONS probably worthy of your time…
READ: Justin Trudeau must be stopped: Canadian PM invokes martial law against peaceful protesters (The Dossier)
WATCH: Justin Trudeau Claims Racism to Attack Protests for Human Rights (Conservative Twins)
WATCH: Extremists Against Mandates! What Really Happened (JP Sears)
WATCH: Message to the Truckers (Jordan B Peterson)
WATCH: Justin Trudeau Declares Tyranny in Canada (Ben Shapiro)
READ: What the Truckers Want (Rupa Subramanya)
READ: Secrets for Living a Meaningful Life in a World that's Going Bananas (Lucien Lacarme)
Take some time with Lacarme’s secrets and if you like his philosophy then let me know. He is pursuing a ‘brave new world” of his own in Europe and I believe he could be onto a way of living that might soon become a necessity. But we will see. Only time will tell.
As for the other links, this is top-rate information. Not in a journalistic sense but from a grassroots level with excellent craftsmanship and worthiness to say the least. They are windows into work that I endorse on this subject matter, if not to save you time then to enlighten, educate, and entertain you.
Cheers and let me know what you think in the comments below…if you dare.
BREAKING: 'Eerie silence' as 'black vans' seen at Canadian truck protest - https://youtu.be/OQmAzgzaWd8