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The only state of emergency here is that someone bruised sock boys ego and he looks weak on the world stage. His polls are in the tank.. 16% approval.

Follow the string...you'll see.

If the Courts suck, then what does waving the Charter around accomplish, especially if you disagree with the most important parts of it? I'll answer for you. It's because you goobers are warping your brains into pretzels to make reality fit your fantasy. If you don't like what's being reported in the news, it's FAKE. When you don't like what doctors and scientists and health organizations/authorities are saying, they're all compromised. If you disagree with the government's decisions and legislation, they're communists or fascists or whatever evil you think sounds coolest today. If you disagree with the Courts, they're corrupt. When these are your answers to literally everything, it's clear how far you've descended into your delusions. Every time you repeat one of the above, the rest of Canada rolls their eyes at you and you further confirm what we already know - you're adult children having tantrums.

The majority at one point have opposed human rights for a variety of people. This is no different... you've got alot of whacky people thinking opinion polls should supercede personal Healthcare decisions

Why, you are no longer wanted in the streets. It should be pretty clear by now that a majority of Canadians are tired of a bunch of protesters telling them what’s good for them and holding them hostage. You have made your point and are turning people who sympathized against you. Quit before you dig a bigger hole.

So Ontario/Canada have not been shut down because of the blocked bridge. And only a portion of that total trade volume (both directions) has been impacted because some has been re-routed. The economic hyperbole from protest critics only give the protesters more power.

I am a veteran, I stand with them refusing to wear a mask no veteran has said it is "distasteful" to me, quite the opposite

Your's is loud and proud. It's unfortunate because governments should have to justify their actions. Face it, you fucked up.

Your excesses have made you guys go from potential heroes to zeros in less than three weeks. You've lost the room boys, nothing left for you but the hook.

A proven procedure used by governments/authorities to rid themselves of any group/individual they deem unacceptable: Demonize the group/individual in the press and on the airwaves, inflame the situation with innuendo and falsehoods . . . . . . let simmer, then offer 'the solution'. Elect a clown . . . expect a circus.

indeed, praise the Lord and by the way I am Master Corporal ( retired ) A.R. Smith, CD I served with The Royal Canadian Regiment & The 48th Highlanders of Canada my name is Andrew, but everyone calls me Smitty

You got to wake up. This is 21st century eugenics. Just look at their covid hystaria. These are the same people who have climate hysteria. Many of these left-wing lunatics believe that, if too many people are driving cars, the earth will go instinct. They got their covid science brutally wrong, just like their climate science is brutally wrong. Why is Trudeau risking a civil war over a few unvaccinated truckers? They want us to take vaccines every 3 months now, it seems to me like they want to get rid of the population.

1. That's the first I've heard they were protesting the BUILDING 2. Allow ? Oh right... this is the version of Freedom we'll have when the Convoy Government of Pat King gets in. Some protests are allowed and some not. 3. If the Ottawa Police did their job, if the OPP did something, if the protesters went home after their point had been made...

Police per 100K people Australia 219 Austria 335 Belgium 334 Denmark 196 England and Wales 217 France 422 Greece 507 Ireland 265 Italy 456 Japan 235 Netherlands 295 New Zealand 187 Norway 189 Scotland 318 Spain 534 Sweden 198 Switzerland 211 US 238 Canada 184 Quite the police state we live in.

The country is still in business. One bridge or border crossing does not/should not shut a country down.

You are the one who doesn't care about them and want to subject the children to government tyranny quit throwing stones from your glass house you are on the moral low ground, not the moral high ground

According to Alberta stats, 96% of Covid deaths happened in people with one or more pre-existing conditions. I have not seen any similar stats on vaccine injury but it sure would be terrible to suffer a severe vaccine injury especially if you had no preexisting conditions.

This place is full of a bunch of drama queens who think their rights include breaking any laws they choose.

Wrong. You want to prevent unjabbed people from participating in society. They can't attend social gatherings and they can't even work in a lot of places. That's a lot of restrictions to put on people for not taking a jab that still allows covid to spread, allows people to die in large numbers, and has side effects. Get this through your head: 1,500 fully vaxed Canadians died since mid December. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1257040/number-covid-deaths-canada-by-vaccination-status/ There were 981 fully-vaxed covid deaths in mid-Dec, 2,490 now. If you don't believe me search up your own stats. Pfizer and Moderna said that the vaxes won't provide herd immunity. Obviously, people who are sick enough to die from covid can still spread it. Less than 30 people under 20 have died from covid since the start. It's not serious to warrant force-vaxing them all. The jabs also have serious side effects on the very healthiest of them. Not wanting those kids force-vaxed is not "being an anti-vax zealot". Your comment actually makes you a vax-zealot (aka a vax-Nazi)

I don't have any children but you are coming after other people's children now I can't shield you from that firestorm

What veterans, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that a majority of them refuse to wear masks.

that has begun to turn now the tyrants have been provoked into showing their fangs millions of Canadians are radicalized against them already, and more all the time and behind us comes the Americans, 100 million of them or so glory, glory, hallelujah

We have weeks and pages and pages of explanations for why. The Courts have upheld that reasoning and explained why they don't violate the Charter and the measures are justified. The fact that you can't wrap your heads around that reasoning and choose to follow the path of nonsense is a "you" problem.

So says the queen of tantrum throwers. Too funny.

You mean... other people's conspiracies, not yours, right? I mean of course, you wouldn't want to dismiss yourself. ... Better to engage than dismiss. Read Macchiavelli. That's the problem these days. Not Machiavellian enough.

you opinion is not an argument, but you are of course welcome to it

The 48th Highlanders of Canada raised as 48th Battalion ( Highlanders ), Canadian Volunteer Militia by Leftenant Colonel John Irvine Davidson, on 16 October 1891 the regimental motto is Dileas Gu Brath "Faithful Forever" although actually, in Scots Gaelic, the literal translation is Faithful Till Judgement Day the birthplace of the regiment is Saint Andrew's Church on King Street West

The last hope of a dictator, The Army.

don't be afraid, Christ is with is, we will prevail in the end we will save Canada, or die trying we will all be together, over the river under the shade of the trees The Maple Leaf Forever, our dying pledge, our solemn oath in the face of God himself

Thank you for your service, Andrew — Smitty, I should say. Canada is in a very dangerous place right now, so it means a lot that you’re speaking out.

Such a wide range of programs could cover it too. Political science, obviously, but certainly psychology as well. Philosophy professors would pick apart this dead-carcass reasoning too.

Yes and I’m saying this with the greatest sincerity: Canadians are living under fascist dictates that are a denial of Canadians’ Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, this is perhaps just the start of a concerted attempt to control populations to a degree we’ve never seen before. I believe we’re in a battle for human dignity against totalitarianism. Harari called it digital totalitarianism, humans versus algorithms. Digital vaccine passports and government-mandated behavioural controls, supported by surveillance and the turning of government over to unelected data analysts is our living proof. Each day we watch the statistics and strive for impossible public health purity. Impurity becomes the justification for endless suspension of rights and oppression. The people are exhausted, depressed, mentally and social-emotionally damaged. We’ve forgotten what normal healthy behaviour is. Families and friends are alienated from one another. Education is a shadow of its former self. We have two new castes of people who have replaced Canadian citizens: 1. Those who adhere to the government-mandated health program and have reduced rights. 2. Those who don’t follow the program and have even fewer rights. Note that all current government-mandated behaviours can be adjusted at any time to allow more or fewer freedoms. The Charter protections are gone. The veterans and many active members of our military and police forces know that all of this is happening, even if they can’t articulate it. Only some are willing to risk speaking out, because people have families to feed and bills to pay. I understand that not everyone believes in God or that we are spiritual, not just physical beings. I believe we’re in a very real spiritual battle that does threaten the innate desire and need for freedom in all of us. Don’t buy into the messages of fear from some of the pro-totalitarian voices on here and elsewhere. The media are mostly bought and selling the same mandated behavioural messages we get from government. There is a segment of the population that really thinks that the small unvaccinated minority are the reason we continue to live under restrictions and mandates. They don’t see that even if everyone was vaccinated we’d be in much the same place we are now, except that the means used to make the unvaccinated get vaxxed would be even more totalitarian than our digital passports and mandates. Our current pandemic measures are completely unjustifiable. They don’t meet the burden of proof required to suspend Charter freedoms. You’ve seen the signs of those who want the unvaccinated to be completely alienated or even killed. Significant figures on the US left —yes, liberals— are calling out Justin Trudeau’s vilification and alienation of the unvaccinated. His words and policies are not what Canada stands for. Calling the truckers goons or morons or racists is wrong. These people have been our essential workers throughout the pandemic. Don’t insult them. They’re taking a necessary and important stand. Thank God because no one else has offered an effective challenge. I hope that our constitutional freedoms are restored but nothing is guaranteed. End all mandates immediately.

Yay ! The Ambassador Bridge is now open again (sort of) and Canada is saved from economic doom. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-ambassador-bridge-police-protest-1.6350120

you know a lot of these cops are going to end up alcoholics & drug addicts on way to an early grave crushing your own people under jackboots for Joe Biden & Xi Jinping that's the sort of thing that comes back to haunt you deep down, you know you are a filthy disgusting coward and traitor maybe you can lie to yourself for awhile, but that's how serious addiction issues tend to come about and over time it hollows you out, you become suicidal, self destructive, they will start self medicating

Joint Task Force Two Special Operations Assaulter's joining the protests now even the National Mission Force is with us facta non verba bravo zulu when Canadian Delta Force turns on the politicians, then you know your government is totally illegitimate https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2-special-forces-members-under-230530549.html

although, ultimately, it is Christ who compels me Jesus of Nazareth He calls me to stand with the downtrodden against the tyrants as he stood against Tiberius Caesar Saul becomes Paul on the road to Damascus rise up, yonder Christians

OK, but Canada is not shut down, despite rhetoric to the contrary. Government Covid measures have had a much greater impact than a blockaded bridge. How is that Gordie Howe International Bridge project going ? Is it blockade proof ? Michigan is not shut down either...Detroit traffic map just shows a closed Ambassador bridge. The world is not ending for workers on either side of the border. Its a peaceful protest...is suppose to be a pain in the ass by design.

This is nothing new. Remember the chaos at Simon Fraser in the early 1970's. Students were afraid to be associated with SFU. Do you seriously think a prof has that much impact on the political biases of their students? I was a university student for seven years. The job of a professor is to be there to lecture, answer questions and give guidance, but primarily, it is research. In the Arts, things are a bit different than in the sciences. In the sciences, 2 + 2 = 4. In history, there are more than one answer. A prof will say William Stevenson (Intrepid) established an Intelligence service that won the war. The student will counter that Stephenson was a fantasist and a liar who took credit for other peoples' work and was sent to the USA to mitigate any further damage to the British war effort. The prof say's "Prove it." That is how we learn history. Not from the professor, but from the library. Most students are left wing. It was that way when I was at UVic in the late 60's and 1970's, and when my father was at UBC in the 1920's. It is amazing how many socialists become conservative by the time they are 40. I was an outlier. I was always a conservative and always will be. That doesn't make me smart, just rigid.

1. What is government? An INSTITUTION, doh. You know, like where they put yo mama? 2. Protesting the government should be a human right, protected by law. The individual has a right to speak to power. 3. People protest on the hill all the time. I myself did once, years ago. There’s special interest groups and rallies every day and on weekends. People come out for it, it’s part of the economy. They even have Obama cookies at the By-Ward market Bakery. I asked if they had any Trump cookies, but was told no. Then they gave me funny looks. Whole place is political, I tell you.

I don't disagree. It's just that you can get away with a lot of bad/dumb stuff when your opposition isn't presenting serious competition.

Today in Ottawa, there was also a counter-protest against the truckers, against freedom. Vax fanatics don't don't just want freedom fighters to shut up, they want them DEAD.

Yeah we’ve moved into a new phase of world history where almost the entire spectrum of political parties has become out of touch with the actual workers who do essential work. There’s a supposedly “liberal” orthodoxy of ideas that people are supposed to agree with, but debate is considered radical and triggering. The people on top don’t see the log in their own eye on so many issues, especially free speech, but now it appears that most of our constitutional rights are also too “radical” to be honoured by our government, which knows better than Canadians what is good for them. Of course many members of our “Liberal” government are sanctimonious hypocrites. How many black people do they actually hang out with? When was the last time any of them chatted with farmers, truckers, or blue collar workers? I wonder who’s more exclusive, these politicians at their cottages or the truckers sitting around a fire pit? Who would be more welcoming? I, and I think most people consider themselves liberal in the classic sense of lessez faire, live and let live, “you do you” and “who am I to judge?” Our current Liberal Party in Canada has become more like a closed-minded left-wing Politburo. The NDP is much this way too. They make superficial judgements about the working people they’re supposed to represent and don’t really want to spend time among them. After all, these MPs are doing quite well financially and have had a pretty smooth ride under pandemic restrictions. Why wouldn’t people want to think exactly as they do? Our government has creeped into totalitarianism because our constitutional freedoms have been removed in the name of what they continue to define as an emergency, as other governments drop mandates and restrictions. We’re told to be patient, yet people have lost their livelihoods and continue to suffer under mandates that now clearly appear arbitrary. If there isn’t a clear and powerful reason to suspend our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, don’t suspend them. This entire protest can be ended with the stroke of a pen ending an executive order.

so that they could start on fixing: median income; housing prices; homelessness and child poverty; inflation; growing income gap; fuel prices; permanent healthcare crisis; skyrocketing tuition; drinking water on reserves; shrinking market of stable high-paying jobs other than in inept and incompetent public management; and so on Look how much hasn't been done already. It's only because of you!

The part to the media that bothers me the most is the corrections. The news will issue their story with false data which everyone reads and remembers….then a time after initial print, they realize the error and subtly correct it in the article with the only mention of the correction at the bottom of the page. Here’s a prime example https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/national/coronavirus/2021/12/16/1_5709786.html Correction: A previous version of this article stated that the risk of contracting a serious side-effect after COVID-19 vaccination is less than one in a million. The correct figure, based on data reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada, is roughly one in 10,000. So the initial article left 99% of the readers thinking vaccination causes a serious side effect in one out of 1,000,000 yet the true number is actually 1 out of 10,000. No wonder why people are so misinformed!!

As opposed to what? Government mandating your business close while Scamazon pulls in 7billion profits quarterly?

Unfortunately most people don't appreciate what they have until they lose it. He wants to leave Canada for US where crime is rampant, drug addictions, muggings, homelessness, poverty, slum areas dominating while top 10% own 90% of wealth. Canada is the country where millions of people from all over the world are lining up to come in and live, so if someone wishes to give up the God given privilege of living here then go ahead.

Like I said, you have never made a single constructive suggestion on this forum. You are all about tearing things down with no plan. You are just mad at the world and want to break stuff.

1. no they believe in them whether they agree with their decisions or not. 2. conservatism doesn't mean you get to be right all the time. 'the customer is always right' isn't a maxim for democracy 3. a few hundred trucks with an unknown leader who offers to form a coalition government is not legitimate authority A parrot can also squawk 'western civilization' 'freedom' and so on... but after 5 minutes in the pet store it gets boring

Doesn't matter what Justin does. As long his primary opponent can't disavow the hardline politics of the rabid Alberta base, they'll flop. Trudeau doesn't need to be popular to beat someone like Scheer, O'Toole or Pierre Poli. The first two were wimps who sat on the fence with the far right of the party and that was enough to scare off the middle ground Canadian voter. Pierre is jumping on board with them whole-heartedly, and he'll be even less appealing. Harper was the last Conservative leader that understood there's no path to the PM's office that doesn't properly court the middle vote. He was a pragmatist and everyone who's come since has been a coward or an out-of-touch buffoon.

The reason Free Speech is desirable is that the public is supposed to be able to discern between bad and good ideas, and discuss them honestly and in good faith. We now have a new cult of bad actors who defend each other and sanction absolute lies by posting aboutt mainstream media and accusing them of doing what they actually do. These people live among us - we all know them. Anonymous message boards are fine, but we have to start calling them out in real life. Hopefully the true Conservative party will start to see this toxic fringe for what it is.