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Unfortunately Canada isn’t as free as the United States, but the states also vary in their levels of freedom. California and New York states are marginally freer than most Canadian provinces right now, but Americans are fleeing California and New York for states like Florida and Texas. Even Democrats are making the move. When even members of the radical Democratic wing are vacationing in Florida to feel free again (AOC), well, actions speak louder than words. The point is that freedom has tremendous inherent value. The importance of the truck convoy is preventing government from being able to violate our rights and freedoms at will. In Canada, individuals don’t have discretion over their own healthcare. Don’t obey the mandates and your basic citizens’ rights are removed. It’s totalitarian.

now you pretend to care about small businesses yet when the government shuts them down entirely, you support it nice try, Boges no moral high ground for you

He’s strong. Solid, compelling, and won’t waffle on conservative principles. We need someone brave who laughs off the expected accusations of racism, misogyny, and extremism. Leslyn would make a great key cabinet member who could be PM later on. Right now Polievre is too strong to bypass.

Pierre Poilievre should be the next Prime Minister of Canada.

We had railway blockades in BC as well. They were treated with much more respect and patience by the leaders and politicians than the freedom convoy is. That illustrates how unevenly freedom is applied in our nation.

It should be up to each individual as to the risk they’re willing to accept. It’s not up to the government to decide for me.

No but he will bend a knee for BLM.

The main purpose of lockdowns is to spread out hospitalizations and deaths over a wider period of time. It’s not to save lives. You’re still under that false impression. Regardless, Johns Hopkins Study: Lockdowns Had ‘Little To No Effect On COVID-19 Mortality’ But Had ‘Devastating’ Effects On Society. https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf

Now there's a trucker convoy in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phub0CZlFV8 It will keep spreading.

It is becoming increasingly clear the current Government does not represent the hinterland. Between carbon taxes which are crippling western industry, border mandates which are taking food off the table of the average Canadian, insults from elected leaders, few seats for the Liberals west of Ontario, and just a big disconnect with the "leadership" in Ottawa, leaders not honoring the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, etc. should the west consider demanding the same level of independence as Quebec and look at separating?

Great Britain ends all vaccine mandates. Canadians, oppose your government’s totalitarian policies. Defend the Charter of Rights and Freedoms! https://apple.news/ARXBSHRF9SFiLyITAYziCQA

The thing is that people overestimate the influence of 'detractors'. And something people from the West don't get: Ontario isn't enthused about the Liberals, I firmly believe that. An interviewer asking Stephen Harper had the gall to ask "Would you love your child if they were gay ?" and he properly said something like the question was ridiculous and of course he would. He was pragmatic, but - like Trudeau - not anyone to get excited over. He was thanked for taking Canada through the recession with a majority government and then after 9 years it was time to move on. I will say that perhaps people were excited about Trudeau for the first election (especially young people with no political knowledge) but that faded fast.

The climate issue is sketchy as a real issue to spend tax dollars on. Certainly if it’s a real thing, and it probably is, carbon taxes won’t do anything about it except squeeze Canadians further financially. Happening now. Simple green tax incentives and building code changes would do more without adding to our already high cost of living, but we need a CPC leader who can articulate that and who doesn’t care when the tree hugger meth addicts on pogey start their dumpster fires. Basically we need a PM who cares about bread and butter issues like jobs and cost of living and keeps the surly ignorant kids out of the press scrums. No identity politics either.

I hope you are wrong, i hope this gives some my hopefuls the nudge they need, as the conservatives need someone to bring the party back into play. Like Ambrose, well respected, might even steal some of Justins women support, she's is smart, charismatic, and is right of center enough to hold blue Tories and not far enough right to scare the red Tories.. but very doubtful. Peter MacKay, maybe... Rempel is a bulldog and passionate about her job, not as noisy as Poilievre but just as tenacious, not afraid to get into a scape. i could live with Pierre, but i'm not sure if he has the support.

These anarchists blockading and honking their horns continuously are the same kind of people who harassed and intimidated health care workers trying to get into hospitals.

Why not ? I keep hearing that Peter P. is unelectable (I don't know about Lewis) but it seems to be mostly due to personal attributes. Let's have a look at the list of Canadian politicians who didn't have the touchy-feelies since I have been looking at politics: Robert Stanfield John Turner Audrey McLaughlin Stephane Dion Michael Ignatief Stephen Harper just off the top of my head and just federally too... Actually ... now that I think of it only the last guy got elected ? But anyway - is that it ??? What if they put a sweater on him and bought him a damn dog ?

You are making a mockery out of yourself on a public forum. Protect our constitution by breaking the law!!!!!!!!! Really.

How can blocking a few roads be a means of overthrowing a government ? they may be a pain in the ass, but really have they been violent, have they made a move towards occupying the parliament...OKA did not work out well for the military, it's diminished reputation meant hardships like budget cuts, man power cuts and most Canadians developed a dislike for DND...to the point we were not allow to wear our uniforms out in public... and for a people who already don't like the military how do you see this working out... This is not like OKA they have not killed a police officer, that and i don't think your ready for a OKA event in down town Ottawa lots of Helo's flying at tree top level dropping smoke and bangers while armed soldiers with live rounds assaulting dug in positions with armoured vehs including LAVS , and TANKS, lets not forget the massive M109 arty guns parked in the back ground ready to be used if nessicary as a show of force...had one shot been fired that day, , it would have turned out to be one of Canada's darkest days...it would have been a a disaster, with mass causalities, that included men, women and small children.. Sorry the last thing our soldiers want to do is harm or kill Canadians, If your police can not do it, they will eventual have to get tougher or wait it out... force is not the only option here.

He could have went out to address the people protesting...what a novel idea. Instead, Ezra Levant made better political hay than every Conservative with the possible exception of Pierre Poilievre who seems less chickenshit than most.

It'll just be another punching bag that has the support of Social Conservatives. No realistic chance to win a Federal election if he/she sticks to a Social Conservative platform, but will be removed if he/she doesn't pay fealty to those who handed him/her the leadership. Time is a Flat Circle.

I now see why you are misguided. Its really amazing to see people like you that don't actually read what was said. Why are you talking about hospitalizations and ICU when your initial point and the recent discussion point is about SPREAD. Here is what I said: There are four main categories when it comes to vaccine efficacy: 1. Prevention of Infection (Transmission) 2. Prevention of Hospitalization 3. Prevention of Serious Hospitalization (ICU) 4. Death My original comment on my first rebuttal to you PLUS my comment above are about the vaccine's inability to stop transmission. Fully vaxxed people are still getting the virus and spreading it at statistically similar rates to unvaxxed. Even the triple vaxxed people like your hero JT are contracting the virus. Does this suggest to you that the vaccine is stopping spread??? Instead of arguing this point, you in turn argue on Points 2 and 3. I will gladly have a conversation on those too if you want but its kind of pointless if you're not going to argue this properly. Well...let's take a look at the Ontario cases per 100k. If you look at start of this data set on Nov 5, the cases for unvaccinated were 4X the amount of the vaccinated. That ratio kept lowering as we approached December and then on Christmas day, the cases per 100k for the vaccinated actually overtook the unvaccinated (You see that Green line spiking up). This was Omicron. As you can see by Jan 5, the fully vaccinated were 1.3X the amount of cases compared to the unvaxxed. Does this mean the vaccine was causing you to catch the virus....NO. The reason the fully vaxxed were catching it is because they were the ones allow out in these critical spaces that the mandates were supposed to protect. In other words...the mandates weren't just useless but were actually harmful as they provided a false sense of security allowing fully vaxxed to spread this. As you can see now that things are calming down, both rates are very close to each other which again suggests the vaccine is doing nothing to stop the spread. Remember....there are hundreds of experts and some of them have different views. You saying the experts agree is clearly not the case as countries around the world have already removed their mandates and provinces are taking the next steps to do the same. Mandates are not useful with Omicron....plain and simple.

I want out of Canada right now. I have British citizenship but I can’t roll the dice with employment for my kids’ sake. I keep hoping most Canadians will wake up to the fact that their basic freedoms are suspended indefinitely without reasonable justification, but I think many people here have given up. No one wants to be fired or canceled for questioning government policies. Look how average people supporting the convoy are treated by government and media. The PM won’t even meet with the leaders.

I thought Trump was bad but this is much worse. No tyranny like benevolent left/liberal "for your own good" tyranny. Sure. Let's see it play out again like it never happened before. Bring it on.

Farmers break through police barricades trying to prevent them from joining the convoy and new blockade of the boarder crossing.

This appears to be the case, as governments have severely underestimated the scale of direct and indirect protest support, being far more diverse than just truckers irritated by mandates. Participation also appears to be larger than sizable logging protests/arrests, First Nations barricades, or the 2010 G20 acts of civil disobedience. It appears that a significant number of Canadians are just fed up with all of the COVID-19 jerk arounds and impacts on daily routines, livelihoods, and freedoms. As an outsider, it is an amazing thing to watch happening in real time from Canada. I just saw some video of farmers successfully defeating a police/sheriff highway blockade....using their huge John Deere tractors. Cops had no chance of stopping them.

It’s interesting. I had a few conversations with well-respected people in my organization’s community the past couple of days. The impression overall is that Trudeau’s communications and PR people have made an unconvincing attempt to paint the protests as radical. Ottawa’s own police force said that there haven’t been any riots or violence. The so-called vandalism of national monuments consisted of a flag and sign on Terry Fox saying, “Mandate Freedom” and some urine at the foot of the war memorial which might have come from a dog. The protest has been a mostly folksy grassroots movement supported by families who are desperate to get back to having normal lives They are protesting government overreach Thank God! Protests will soon take place in Quebec where Premier Legault has realized that the public is against further alienating unvaccinated essential workers and restrictions in general. I think most provincial governments and the federal government are placing a losing bet associating themselves with continued restrictions, which are absolutely a violation of Charter rights. The opposition is strong but needs unification and a confident clear message that laughs off the inevitable attempt to use identity politics to discredit valid concerns. Our mainstream media is still largely supporting the government, but the cracks are growing. The Conservative leader’s attempt to mimic Liberal messaging to win support is a clear failure. People are crying out for a real opposition, a real choice that’s against government overreach, high taxes (including carbon taxes), and brutal regulations on resource development. The Wall Street Journal has it pegged: https://apple.news/A7oaj5j5dRe6b0iZdrMH48g

Indeed....from the CBC: Maybe Trudeau can find some tanks to use as well. Edited to add: Looks like heavy equipment tow truck operators are not so willing to cooperate with government requests for removal services.

Alberta and Saskatchewan are not anymore hardworking than the rest of Canada. We are sitting on a vast fortune in uranium and abundant oil. We are born rich. So are Ontario and Quebec blessed with geography, Bc with multiple resources etc.

The country owns the pipeline, not the West and the only reason we bought it was because we drove the company that was going to build it completely out of the country.

And fiscal conservatism had pretty much been abandoned by all parties. Yes, Canada's future is to become the little China. I have no doubt political dissidents will one day be harvested for their organs here.

Blocking the roads. Forcing businesses to close. Making noises even late at nights. Harassing residents. Parking illegally.

Protesters so angry they are out playing a game of street hockey ?

Police cars are not able to move heavy trucks. Armored vehicles only owned by army can. Basically what you are suggesting is that if a group of strong angry mob takes over a place (a bank, a town, a city, government), then they should be allowed to get away with it and let them win or do what they want including breaking the law in order to avoid possible bloodshed? So guys if you wish to rob the central bank then do it in huge numbers with large trucks and law enforcement will not intervene fearing bloodshed, right? Not a good analogy but basically that is what you are saying. But at least you agree these people are endangering the public.

CRA lied about truckers looting Ottawa office - The Western Standard (westernstandardonline.com) Their reply to being caught lying: "No Comment."

The Last Straw: This morning I woke up eager to return to the gym. When I got there, I had to show a Qcode (or whatever the hell those boxes are called) to prove I'd taken 2 vaccine jabs. That was the straw that broke the camel's back, for me. Insignificant, I know. But I'm at the point where I can't do this anymore. I'm actually afraid I'm going to bury the first snot who makes some stupid comment about my mask or something to me. So, since I have a couple days free right now, I'm gonna partake in all of the canadian-allowed vices, in order to try to bring myself back to the ground. @DougFord - I had hoped you be more like your brother. I had hoped you'd have the same resolve. You do not. I can no longer cast any ballots in your favour. @Pixie-DustTrudeau - You are a disgrace.! @ MaxBernier - For as long as I remain in Canada, I will cast ballots for your new political party. Please show the 2 men mentioned above, and the millions in Canada who have lost their selves in a fear-soaked panic, what a real Canadian is, and how a real Canadian leads.

Congrats to the Convoy on assuring another term of Trudeau...

Amazing howvthey are hating on Russia right now when our politicians have turned the country into a third world dictatorship in the name of "safety". People arrested for going to church. You'd think this was North Korea

Hey Army Guy, I think we need the army to deal with the occupiers in Ottawa and Alberta. The police and Mayor of Ottawa have lost control and can't seem to do the job.

Back to the subject of the so-called "freedom convoy". It is clear in the news that the Ottawa police and the Mayor have totally failed to remove the thugs and illegal occupiers from the streets of Ottawa. They adopted a strategy of non-confrontation in order to avoid possible violence. This is a complete farse. The occupiers are walking all over the authorities and can insult and block whoever they want and prevent the people of Ottawa from returning to normal life and the police will do nothing. They have been given assurance that the police will not forcefully remove them. This is a very tragic direction for Canada. This is the kind of thing that leads to totalitarian systems. If the regular police can't do the job, maybe they should ask China or Russia how to handle it. I'm sure they would have a pretty good idea.

all of the strains were so contagious that lockdown was a lost cause Omicron especially so the pro-lockdown crowd don't consider any of the downsides and engage in wishful thinking to manufacture upsides they don't want to hear that the government can't protect them, they would rather engage in obvious delusions than admit the truth

then people would have less representation in parliament as the party would choose their representatives instead of first past the post the voice of even more ridings would be ignored under that system PR is garbage

I'd rather move to Tennessee, Nevada, Florida or Texas moving to Washington would be like never leaving Canada what would be the point in that?

Meh...like I care.

No that’s enough of mandates and restrictions after two years of lockdowns, masks, and vaccines up the wazoo. Let people protect themselves as they see fit.

If the virus had a high fatality rate, everyone would have been on board for staying home, masking, restrictions. They would have been clamoring for a vaccine. But early on, thinking people could see that what was being blasted to us on the news every 15 minutes was not the case. Thinking people could see through the steady diet of fear being force-fed to us all, and that the numbers and facts were not matching what we were being fed. The forced vaccinations I think did it for a lot of people. Almost everybody I know who got the jabs did it for other reasons than for health - they did it to travel, they did it to keep their jobs, they did it to make the government happy so this would end. Some have said they don't even know why they did it. I'm sorry but the jig is up. Lots of us have known it for a long time. And we're tired of playing this warped version of Fear Factor.

bottom line governement stepped up to help when it was gonna fail. but the west always crys it's what they do best.

disgusting.. if people are gay so what there is nothing wrong with being straight or gay or bi they are still people. there banning conversation therapy vote was best thing he supported as leader.

Nope I live in one of the most liberal fantasy world parts of the country - Vancouver Island. Harper was OK. Better than I gave him credit for.

I had a kayaker pull that on me once when parked at a fuel dock. The only way out was in reverse and I asked if he could please move so I could leave but he didn't and wouldn't and made an issue out of it. Fortunately I have engine driven fire hoses.

Right. So the previous government runs the provinces finances into the ground over a period of 15 years, leading to a previous credit downgrade, but somehow the current government of a year is to blame. Lol. Too high of taxes hamper economic growth. Unstrangling the economy needs to be done to help dig out of the massive hole left by the Liberals, who’ve literally maxed out the credit cards.