Trudeau flees as first 1,000 Trucks Arrive in Ottawa

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Seems gofundme has now labeled it as an occupation and pulled the remaining funds. See them about a refund if you donated. I guess Trudeau got tired of being out of the media spotlight.

Genuine question. When BLM was burning down cities and destroying black businesses did you complain?
Regards
Mark.

Police in Canada's national capital have seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end days long protest against the government's health measures, police said on Monday.

Honking has disrupted the normally quiet life of the residents in downtown Ottawa and a judge granted an interim injunction against the noise on Monday.

A "Freedom Convoy" has disrupted life in downtown Ottawa for 11 days now. What started as a movement opposing a Canadian vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers - a requirement mirrored by a U.S. rule - has morphed into a rallying point against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and many Canadian governments' public health measures.

"We are turning up the heat in every way we possibly can," Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly told reporters, days after he said there may not be a "policing solution" to the occupation.

"We are asking for a major push of resources to come in the next 72 hours."

While Ottawa awoke to its second week of what its political and policing leaders now describe as a siege, Sloly said on Monday activity has decreased at the blockades.

This weekend, police counted 1,000 trucks and 5,000 protesters, down from 3,000 trucks and 10,000 to 15,000 protesters last weekend, Sloly added.

Deputy Police Chief Steve Bell told city councillors Monday that police had received "active threats to public figures throughout this occupation," which they continue to investigate.

Ottawa police have received help from hundreds of officers in other police agencies, but they say it is not enough. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson asked for reinforcementsin a letter Monday to Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.

"The occupation has turned into an aggressive and hateful occupation of our neighbourhoods," he wrote. "People are living in fear and are terrified." He called the honking "tantamount to psychological warfare."

The 10-day injunction is part of a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of downtown Ottawa residents, some of whom have said they feel unsafe in their own neighbourhood.

A short stretch of Metcalfe Street in downtown Ottawa, home to Canada's parliament, central bank, and buildings including Trudeau's office, smelled of campfire on Monday. A clustering of trucks, cars and tractors without trailers bore signs deriding everything from vaccines and mandates to Canada's carbon tax.

One sign showed a poster of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees rights including that of life, liberty and security of the person - subject to "reasonable limits."

Packets of water bottles, briquettes and diapers were piled high beside open-sided white tents with tables of food.

There was also evidence of pushback from residents. Small signs in the ground-floor windows of an apartment building a few blocks away said: "GO HOME MORONS" and "VACCINES SAVE LIVES."

Trudeau, who is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, did not attend the press conference and missed question period in the parliament.

On Sunday night, police began removing gas and fuel supplies at a logistics encampment set up by protesters after the city's mayor declared a state of emergency on Sunday.

A well-organized supply chain -- including portable saunas, a community kitchen and bouncy castles for children -- has sustained the protesters. It has relied partly on funding from sympathizers in the United States, police said.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk have praised the truckers.

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It seems their two big campaigns on GiveSendGo are both 404'd at the moment.

1 home made flag ( Canadian flag with painted on slogans - No Pass , f**k Trudeau ) was shown 3 times and 1 actual nazi flag was shown twice. My guess is 2 although video is grainy and difficult to tell as some other Canadian flags appear to have slogans.

It was stated by BLM supporters and other left-wing activists over and over and over that violence and destruction was not acceptable. Full cities were never burned down, although we do know that some protests did get out of hand and turn into riots, and more than one neighborhood was devastated. Was BLM to blame or were other factions that attach to civil unrest for their own reasons? Quite often it was the later; probably most often, based on the research I've done, but attribution will always be cloudy. Most BLM protests occurred without incident or damage, and I can say that with confidence because the images of people I know at those protests often populated my social media feeds. The news was providing a distorted picture because, well, peaceful actions aren't news, and I hold back judging the truck protest for the same reason. As for anyone that went too far and rioted in connection with the BLM movement, it's simple: arrest them. We have a right to protest, we don't have a right to riot. As for the areas that did suffer severe damage, I did my part to help them out with cash to rebuild. Basically, it feels to me like you are playing a straw man game throwing BLM into the mix. Every action has to be looked at for what occurs in that action, not the ideology behind it, and not compared to something from more than a year ago.

Reality is nefarious elements like to use peaceful protests as an excuse to create discord and violence. Those nefarious elements usually having nothing at all to do with the organizers of the protests nor the goals of the protests. It is the need of those elements to attach themselves to what would otherwise be peaceful that creates a stain on humanity, not those who wish to raise their voices in protest and be heard.

Tha main one doesn't seem to have any issues:
https://www.givesendgo.com/FreedomConvoy2022

That's one of the two I was referring to. I wonder if other Canadians are able to reach it or not.

I supported BLM and donated money, even prior to George Floyd's death. I was more active for BLM than most of the people on this site. I appreciate the information but I'll say for the last time that I didn't need a history lesson.

Sure enough, that loads up now.

I don’t believe anybody should be allowed to block roads—no matter their political persuasion.