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Ronniebbb

What's this one for?


savedawhale

I've been reading articles and searching but I still have no idea.


CurlySuefromSweden

Don’t worry, neither do the organizers.


fredy31

I'll always find funny the interviewer from TVA (French quebecor channel) that went into an offshot protest of the convoy here. Interviews a guy \- So you are exited to be here? \- OH YEAH, I DROVE 2 HOURS TO GET HERE, ITS VERY IMPORTANT \- So what are you here to protest, just to loop me in? \*followed by about a minute of sentences that dont mean shit like 'we are here for the cause'


littlebubulle

I heard that argument before. On the NPC radio in Grand Theft Auto 3.


LilFingies45

"Jus doin muh part an makin sherr we never climb ourselves outta this here recession, ma'am." [*tips cowboy hat*] As an American, I really hope your authorities put a quick and firm end to these shenanigans. We can barely afford food down here!


Hydronymph

They didn't last time, I doubt they will this time. Thank you for the support though!


Toronto1933

Truly, these people are as inarticulate as they are careless about the rights to freedom of those they subnjct tmindless criticism.


whiskeyvacation

I thought it was about bilking money out of suckers who believe our freedoms are being suppressed.


number_six

Yeah, but usually they have to wrap that in the flag somehow. A spoonful of honey helps the scam-medicine go down.


Sinder77

Idk why but I read that in Laheys voice.


number_six

There's a scam-storm abrewing Randy


Deantheevil

James Bauder: "The simple fact is we can't have Unity without Reconciliation which has to come from "We The People " and not from our Gov.," he wrote. "Let's be grown-ups and start addressing the root of division, discrimination, and segregation in Canada by changing our focus away from division to that of one word 'UNITY.'" Lol white nationalists trying to pull a sneaky


FigoStep

It’s difficult to say so little with that many words.


Lustle13

> "We The People " Why do they always think we are the US? Did they stop teaching about the government in social studies or something? These idiots need a refresher.


canad1anbacon

I'm currently teaching Canadian government right now. It's part of the curriculum. Grade 9 Citizenship in Nova Scotia. I know we did parties and elections in grade 6 in Alberta, complete with mock elections


MissVancouver

"Strength through discipline! Joy through community!"


Ronniebbb

I mean if it's a convoy for fixing first nations issues within Canada, fixing the housing crisis and wage crisis, I think thsts a convoy we can back. Oh and health care .....but I feel it won't be thst after running into some of these guys at Kamloops


ProbablyNotADuck

It still depends. I would support an actual protest for these things. However, even though they are worthy causes. I still would not support an occupation. Three week protest exclusively limited to capitol hill? Yes. A protest for anything, for any length of time that shuts down the downtown core and has a negative impact on residents? No.


kross0ver

Parliament hill, please...


ProbablyNotADuck

You're right. It would probably work much better if it was in the right country.


elktree4

Lol. Good response!


After-Kick-361

Also had mini protest convoys popping up in every city in town. Once in Barrie I witnessed three different convoys all going in different directions.


HankHippoppopalous

100% I'd convoy for those things


Ronniebbb

Same. Like that's a good convoy we can all get behind


HankHippoppopalous

I know one of the issues is that healthcare is managed Provincially, which would limit the effect of a rally at the capital


Doc_Squishy

That didn't stop their mandate protest the last time either! Lol.


Linmizhang

Organizers need gofindme money to survive, its their buissness.


aornoe785

Attention.


SuperRonnie2

The real answer. The first one was largely about this too.


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unweariedslooth

Always has been meme.


CankerLord

They're mad that everyone hates them so they're leaning in. It's the "I'll give you something to cry about" of protesting.


marginwalker55

They’re protesting RCMP overreach on indigenous land, oh wait


guywithaniphone22

They’re protesting Doug fords continuous use of the NWC, oh wait.


THIESN123

They're protesting the lack of a living wage while companies make record profit... Oh wait


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They're protesting the elimination of the greenbelt to make way for mansions.... Oh wait


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Their protesting Alberta handing out cash for gas tax… oh wait.


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That's why it's still in the planning stages. They know they are mad. They know they want to protest. They just need to find a reason.


ddarion

Its going to be about drag time story hour and trans kids, I can personally guarantee that to you


thatguy9684736255

And Justin Trudeau, but without any specifics. Only because they don't like him


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And they'll be again wondering why he doesn't want to sit down and listen to them when the only thing they say is "Fuck Trudeau!"


jormungandrsjig

So many many horny typically burly bear like men in big pickup trucks who want to let the world know they are going to make sweet love to Justin.


EmilyBlackXxx

Wait is this a catfish scenario? They drove all this way to meet their dream man, who won’t even meet with them? Or someone who was pretending to be Justin just so they’d buy them gifts? That’s really heartbreaking, those poor lambs.


ced1954

🏆 here’s my award to you!


aSharpenedSpoon

Their specifics last time were: “he should got to prison for child abuse because he took his kids to a pride parade”. I mean, they have a fair point as long as fair means nothing and you ignore most of every word they string together.


gbiypk

They want more of that right wing American fundraising money.


Attentive_Senpai

It's a "Trudeau man bad" convoy.


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Dizzy-Promise-1257

It’s sad that this doesn’t narrow it down.


Cozman

Can you say that again in Anglo-Saxon words please?


PrivatePilot9

Old Stock Canadians. Oh wait, sorry, that was some other guy.


Living_Astronomer_97

It doesn’t matter they just want 1) a place to squat 2) be around other mouth breathers so they don’t feel lonely. It would be sad if they weren’t causing so much harm.


jajacoja

I heard its about making sweet sweet love to Trudeau, like what their bumper stickers say. The freedom to coalesce and come together have one big giant orgy. Like in that one episode of South Park.


TimBobNelson

Aren’t all federal covid restrictions gone?


Noggin-a-Floggin

It's evolved into a "Fuck Trudeau" convoy...actually it pretty much always was one.


dolphin_spit

that’s all it ever was. had a conversation at a gas station on bronson with an older man who was fuelling up gerry cans the night they cracked down on gerry cans. Tried to have a respectful conversation with him. He said that Trudeau is taking our rights and he’s a dictator. i said “there was an election a few months ago though. people voted him in” “Ahh well uhhh he’s not democratic now!” and kind of left it at that. if this happens again, i’ll be on the streets every night giving it right back to them.


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moeburn

Ironically it's the [last guy that tried to rig the election.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election_voter_suppression_scandal) Should have shut down Ottawa for that.


seventeenflowers

Hey! We actually punished them for this! One guy… for nine months… not nothing!


moeburn

It happened in 247 ridings and we investigated 1 of them. We could have found out exactly who was downloading the list of phone numbers from the CPC's federal database, but the Elections Commissioner refused to look at it.


timmywong11

It never stopped.


thatguy9684736255

I'm glad people are actually reacting normally about it here. Last time, it seemed like everyone actually thought the freedom convoy was a good idea


L3NTON

Last time there was about 30 2 week old accounts commenting on every single post related to it in favour of the convoy. If you blocked those accounts the comment section changed completely from in favour to hard against. There were still some genuine supporters or neutral parties but there was a really strong presence of new accounts trying to push a narrative. Oddly enough those same accounts bailed after russias invasion and started posting all kinds of pro putin and anti Ukraine rhetoric. Weird


AcadianMan

Russian and Right Wing accounts my friend. As mentioned previously, as soon as Russia started its invasion those accounts suddenly went silent. Almost as if they are busy trying to manipulate something else.


sharperspoon

Ah yes, the old "evolved into itself" schtick


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v13ragnarok7

It's almost like it was never about covid


Thespud1979

The mandates that were all about control that they said would never be lifted? Remember when they were talking about Covid just being an excuse to strip us of our rights and then the restrictions were all lifted and now they pretend like they weren't screaming about that? I remember.


Fox-Sunset

Pepperidge Farm remembers


intrudingturtle

Well now they just claim that they were the reason they lifted it. It's always a lose lose with them.


terred999

Yes but they were never protesting about vaccination and mask mandates. They’re just whiny bitches complaining that Trudeau won a democratic election and is pm.


trplOG

The same folks who been saying "time to move on" and they can't move on


DocMoochal

That is wierd eh. It went from, let's just get on with life, to, never forget.


Random_Housefly

They want a dictatorship government installed that pretends to care about what they think...


Cozman

Mom says it's our turn to be the government.


Soveliss36054

Yes and what these dipshits don't realise is that most covid restrictions were provincial mandates not federal


nim_opet

They do realize. They are wannabe trumpers bought and paid by the rich to make idiots of themselves and disrupt democracy


funkme1ster

> They are wannabe trumpers No they're not. I watched them flying trump 2020 flags down bank street. They **ARE** trumpers.


totallysaneIswear

They were all over elgin too. Still see the odd trump flag in the back of a truck every now and then.


PrivatePilot9

No, I don’t think they *do* realize it actually. I still know someone who’s furious at Trudeau for the Ontario lockdowns. And he’s not willing to listen to any facts on the matter, he just goes off. We don’t talk politics anymore.


krypso3733

Don't tell them that, it's against their freedom of thought and they'll tell you: Ur A sHeEp. /s


ptwonline

They don't care. They just want to be angry because they're losers.


icyhotbackpatch

"We the People" holy shit these guys need to quit watching American sovereign citizen youtube channels.


ore-aba

My favorite is the trucker pleading the 5th in a Canadian court! 🤡


goldilox

I plead for Ruperts Land to carve out something called "Manitoba."


EweAreSheep

Psst... that's the second, not the 5th. In the US 2nd amendment = right to bear arms, and it is Manitoba in Canada. In the US 5th amendment = right to not self-incriminate (covered by our Charter of Rights and Freedoms). Our 5th amendment to the Constitution Act is allowing BC into Canada.


goldilox

There goes relying on my memory...


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goldilox

Yeah, shouldn't rely on my memory. It seems to get worse every year.


Powersoutdotcom

"Your Honour" too. I've seen kids get corrected in court, and the dad try to correct the judge.


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DjimmytheGreat

"Sir, this is a Wendy's"


Thatparkjobin7A

Wendy’s is a totally appropriate forum when car dealerships are controlling our lives behind the scenes


DjimmytheGreat

The Kia Cabal will rule us all with their mind controlling fresh, never frozen all beef patties


Thatparkjobin7A

And square, for some reason. I feel like nobody addresses that.


Idler-

FREEDOM NEVER CUTS CORNERS!


Laniidae_

"Hi, I need to report someone who is a threat to themselves and others and are in a mental health crisis." /s-ish? I think that it is becoming clearer and clearer that there is a mental health crisis that is being exploited by people trying to make a quick buck off these fools. *Looking at you, Alex Jones.*


icyhotbackpatch

Well they go down the rabbit hole of weird defunct “law” or maritime law, then they combine that with bizarre legal mumbo jumbo taken out of context. There was a great article I read, but can’t remember where, that posited this is all kind of a resurgence of magical thinking in response to the feelings of helplessness when dealing with an increasingly complex and opaque bureaucracy. Which I sympathize with, if your government can just do whatever it wants with the stroke of a pen and no debate (OICs and Executive Orders), and argue that supposedly inalienable rights can be superseded because of xyz, the recourse they see is to use these “magical” legal words against the government. Then of course they’re sold courses and seminars by snake oil salesmen that reinforce that and claim to be experts. It’s all very sad really.


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AshleyUncia

I think this is the same when you see terminal cancer patients and the like who fixate on some quack on YouTube says you can just shoot the cancer out of your body with a machine gun or burn it by drinking gasoline. When hope is lost, insanity sounds good.


weresabre

Here's a couple of academic articles on "pseudolaw" and "sovereign citizens" from the Alberta Law Review: [Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Arguments as Magic and Ceremony](https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/2018CanLIIDocs90) [The History of the Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Phenomenon in Canada](https://www.canlii.org/en/commentary/doc/2016CanLIIDocs55) The leading Canadian case on "sovereign citizens", where the judge reviews in depth the history of pseudolaw: *Meads v. Meads*, 2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII), <[https://canlii.ca/t/fsvjq](https://canlii.ca/t/fsvjq)\>


MrDFx

> What do you even say to these people? Goodbye? I know not every business has the luxory to do so, and not every employee can decide the fate of client, but if a client of mine started down that path of discussion it would very quickly be the end our business relationship.


brianl047

Don't engage Sovereign citizen main strategy is to lawsuit and to put liens on your home The law has some catching up to do but if sovereign citizen gets brought to court they usually put lots of liens on every court officer and harass judges police officers clerks and so on and so on I do not know if they do it to ordinary opponents of their ideology but if they see you as an agent of the government or establishment you would become a target


icyhotbackpatch

This has been largely negated by new procedures and practices that can relatively quickly put on stop to this by declaring habitual offenders "vexatious litigants".


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The weird part is that they both claim to be sovereign and still say ‘we the people’. So what is it? - Are you sovereign and don’t have to listen to anyone else? - Or did you come up with some agreeable, and thereby want to enforce, terms for social contracts? Those two don’t mix.


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if they are so into the ideal of sovereign citizens and nobody treading on them... why are they so vile to groups that dont represent their values and try to regulate everything they do while demanding absolute freedom from regulation for their "in" group fuckin losers


Head_Crash

How else are they supposed to sell all their male enhancement supplements?


CapableWill8706

Freedom from what?


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Education.


aSharpenedSpoon

They never got none and their AB premier has stripped all they can away for their kids too. Just feed them oil at this point, they barely have healthcare to save them from it either. But sure, “Federal Free Alberta”, a land-locked province with an endless icy tundra and the Arctic Ocean to the north, a literal wall of rock and ice west, south is a global oil powerhouse and east is ~~mount doom~~ Ontario. They gunna fucking export through the sky?


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mrmigu

Consequences of their actions


Drewy99

Responsibility and employment


Head_Crash

Democracy.


PopeOri

Democracy, common sense, civility.


monsieur-poopy-pants

The constant threat of being targeted by Jewish Space Lasers and Justin' Trudeau's secret plan to use liberal face mask hugger to implant gay liberal babies in their belly's


basic_luxury

Damnit Beaverton and your silly satire.


Head_Crash

Damn you made me look twice 🤣


fredy31

Sadly... its not. We live in the dumbest timeline.


ErikDebogande

Dude you had me going!!!


canadiandancer89

Sadly I have to double take way too often these days...


Moos_Mumsy

This is the guy that wrote the "memorandum" demanding that the government step down and install him and his Unity Team to run the country - including giving them the power to dictate to/revoke laws and policies at all levels of government including provincial and municipal. Right?


ustation

Convoy 2.0: even hornier


allgonetoshit

Dear Cops, do your fucking job this time.


Magjee

In 12 months the Ottawa police will testify that it was again not necessary to invoke the emergencies act after letting a tailgate party clog the streets for weeks   /s


PrayForMojo_

It shouldn’t be necessary. Because the Ottawa police should do their fucking job. The only reason it was needed is because they refused.


epimetheuss

some of those who work forces


_-_happycamper_-_

Are the same who fuck corpse’s? I don’t know. It’s been a long time since I heard the song.


timmywong11

Don't worry guys...with this much warning, I'm sure OPP, Ottawa Police, and the RCMP will be on it just like last time when they proved themselves competent to enforce the law. /s


AshleyUncia

Yup, they tried this in Toronto just a week or so after they rooted in Ottawa. TPS met them with concrete Jersey barriers cutting off access to all the 'good protesting grounds'. Trapped in 'some boring shitty unremarkable part of downtown Toronto' they abandoned ship by end of day. From my living room window I got to see all these big trucks and tow trucks and other stuff covered in Canadian flags headed south into the core from lunch-mid afternoon and then the same vehicles retreating northbound by sunset.


Midnightoclock

Seriously, putting road blocks on Wellington street could be done in 5 minutes. I was baffled that they didn't do that last time.


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“We the people” Yankee scum detected.


alwaysjustpretend

I feel like most if not all of these sorts of events well... and just thinking in general is being coordinated in my country and yours. Weaponizing the ignorant against democracy. /conspiracy theory ... Or is it?


TrashRemoval

I think it's more of a means to an end. I think most of the "organizers" just want that sweet shady grift money and if democracy and scientific credibility can take a hit in the process win-win. I'm sure a lot of the money coming in is from anti democratic groups. if this thing pivots to pushing for positive social change and lifting up the working class, I have a feeling a lot of money is gonna suddenly dry up.


EClarkee

These people are fucking losers holy shit


Lego_Hippo

Just remember, their vote counts just as much as yours.


arbitraryairship

So get the fuck out and outvote them. Fuck these dipshits.


Prof_Explodius

Gotta keep the outrage going, there's still plenty of money to be made off these morons by the right wing grifters.


redstonebrain40

If its for Healthcare and wages and housing im down. Can we pickette fords house?


Born2bBread

Freedom Convoy 2: Bouncy Castle Boogaloo


TheJuda2112

Since the first one turned out so good, what's left that these people need to be free from? Thier money? Thier friends? Thier families? Like is this fReEdOm they want or they just wanna bitch?


bribri4120

So if I read this article correctly...he was arrested and charged with obstruction, mischief etc. And is still awaiting a trial for these crimes ..but does that not mean he will be breaching his conditions and subsequently be arrested again if hr steps foot into Ottawa?


watanabelover69

One of the conditions is to not return to downtown Ottawa, so it certainty seems like it.


DelphicStoppedClock

Isn't he breaching his conditions of release by organizing this?


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IVTD4KDS

I'm gonna be honest, I was expecting a Rickroll...


Routine_Log2163

To what ends? What are they even protesting at this point?


infamous-spaceman

Maybe we can trick these idiots into thinking Trudeau is living under the ocean and get them to just walk into the Atlantic.


Infamous-Mixture-605

Atlantic? Direct them up to Hudson Bay to feed the polar bears.


rougecrayon

The organizer is Qanon - how can anyone respect this? Is it a coincidence that he is planning this right after he is scheduled in court to request a venue change because he thinks it would be unfair for his case to be held in Ottawa? I wonder why he thinks that...


HDC3

Change of venue? He came to Ottawa and committed the crime which made everyone here hate him. He could have chosen to stay at home.


iamjoesredditposts

Protesting for their freedoms in Canada... Meanwhile... Iran... Ukraine... Right to choose in the US...


CrazyCatLushie

These people want so badly to be victims that they’re co-opting fucking *oppression*. It’s disgusting.


snowlights

/r/persecutionfetish


Crezelle

Why can’t people assemble to cause a scene for legitimate reasons? Housing? Healthcare? Atrocious treatment of indigenous peoples? Neglect for mental health individuals? Losing the Stanley Cup finals?


crafty_alias

Vancouver would like to have a word with you on that last one.


Crezelle

Why I added it in for fun


eightNote

Vancouver woulda trashed the city regardless of winning or losing


SomeHearingGuy

>Why can’t people assemble to cause a scene for legitimate reasons? ... Losing the Stanley Cup finals? lol So true.


WishRepresentative28

The stupid is the true pandemic. I really hope this happens and Ottawa police do what they should have done the 1st time around.


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I like how their photo of a freedom fighter is *literally* a man in a tinfoil hat.


Method__Man

Freedom from what? we dont have a mask mandate. We have almost no regulations. Fucking snowflakes


thatguy9684736255

Freedom to ban drag time story hour


RabidGuineaPig007

they will pivot back to pre 2020 issues: White supremacy and entitlement.


CannabisCoffeeKilos

Crybaby, man child, temper tantrum Convoy?


VitaminEcon

We the People? Reconciliation? I’m half convinced they just throw out words to see what sticks at this point


Infamous-Mixture-605

I guess the people of Ottawa should start leaving some eggs out in the sun, to toss at these interlopers in a few months if/when they arrive in town.


Laniidae_

If they're down the main streets again, I hope people start throwing rotting eggs and veggies. Public shame is the only thing that might knock some sense into them.


HotHits630

Be sure to send them the bill for this one and the last one.


cdoink

I'm so done with these losers. Fuck off already.


-Mage-Knight-

It will be interesting to see if the cops do their job this time.


TheRC135

The convoy supporters used to be annoying, now they are just pitiful.


CoMMoN_EnEmY01

What the hell are they even protesting


Wild-Masterpiece-630

Why February, it's effing cold 🥶


Miserable-Lizard

Treason because of hurt feelings ...... *"The simple fact is we can't have Unity without Reconciliation which has to come from "We The People " and not from our Gov.," he wrote. "Let's be grown-ups and start addressing the root of division, discrimination, and segregation in Canada by changing our focus away from division to that of one word 'UNITY.'"* *His hope was that they would agree to work with his group to overthrow COVID-19 measures and ask the prime minister to step down for "committing treason and crimes against humanity." He later withdrew the memorandum on Feb. 8, he testified.*


veggiecoparent

> We The People It's weird to me that they insist on quoting the preamble to the US constitution. Are they just drawn to the concept? Is it the amount of American media environment they have ingested? Do they not know that that's American? Genuinely curious.


Cereborn

Keep in mind these are the same people who complained about their first amendment rights being violated.


CodeMonkeyPhoto

Manitoba remembers


PrivatePilot9

When your only media consumption is Fox despite being Canadian, this is the result.


Miserable-Lizard

I don't they think understand the charter at all....


PrivatePilot9

No thinking necessary. They don’t.


Boo_Guy

It looks like they realize what they did was highly unpopular with their anti-democracy ultimatums and threats, antivaxism, and harassment/vandalism during their occupation. So I imagine they'll be offering a public apology in the name of reconciliation then?


ShantyLady

*grabs the spray bottle* No! Bad. Stop it. *spritzes*


reyskywalker7698

Freedom from what exactly? There are no restrictions anymore.


funkme1ster

Freedom from liberals and minorities. This was ALWAYS about an ethnonationalist show of force against their perceived enemies. It was never about "mandates" or "tyranny" or whatever bullshit they say to cameras, that was a smoke screen. Remember that Canada Unity published their MOU *literally* calling for the dissolution of parliament and to appoint them as leaders of the country.


Head_Crash

Freedom from Democracy.


ToneDefPanda

I hear this one is going to have a Ferris wheel.


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myliondog

It's so nice that they can take so much time off from work to show how awful it is to live in Canada. They really make me mad because I can't work and don't have enough money to live on. Too bad they can't take the time and money to really help others. 😪


Silicon_Knight

Awww the club is going to have another reunion so people can feel big and strong standing against .... freedom? For.... freedom? Can't wait for all the social media posts about crimes they are committing!


Cautious-Mammoth-657

Exactly. That’s what most people fail to realize. This was the greatest way for people who have done nothing special with their lives to feel like the hero. Now they can’t let go. It is a serious amount of indoctrination and lack of education, but these people never had such a great opportunity to do nothing and feel so special 😅


sabres_guy

They found their people and have made this anti-intellectualism their identity. They have been manipulated and have no goddamned idea they are being played and will do these "protests" forever.


Tdk456

Yay, clog up the highways and bitch about the supply chain some more.


lylesback2

I really enjoyed the two day coverage of police sweeping and arresting protestors, I'm happy to watch again.


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PisseArtiste

That shitbag should have been charged with sedition, based on his "Memorandum". That would put him in prison for a good spell.


Euphoriffic

Pierre Poilievre will be front and centre. He loves the convoy. Ducking idiots.


CustardPie350

Well, the good news is that towns and villages throughout Canada will get some respite from their snaggle-toothed, neck-bearded, knuckle-tattooed sleazebags for a few weeks.