National Post: "The Freedom Convoy protests that have overtaken the Ottawa core for a week-and-a-half, impeded a southern Alberta border crossing and spread to Toronto, Vancouver and Quebec City, are revealing the true ideology of this country, and it is definitely not peace, order and good government.
"People previously committed to protest, even when it breaks the law, have suddenly become among the loudest critics of the convoy...
"...Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dismissed last week the suggestion he should meet with the convoy protesters. “That is the decision Canadians took in the last election, by voting for parties that were supporting those mandates,” he said. Translation: You had your chance to vote last fall so take a hike. This was after the Ottawa police chief said the situation might not have a “policing solution.”
"And yet, Trudeau called for “constructive dialogue” during the 2020 campaign to “shut down Canada."...
"...Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart released a statement on Friday warning protesters against blocking roads and digging in for the long haul, as has happened in Ottawa: “My message to the convoy is this: Vancouver doesn’t want you here. Make your point and then go home.” This is petulant sneering, but Stewart was, perhaps unsurprisingly, arrested in 2018 for blocking access to a Kinder Morgan job site in Burnaby, as part of an anti-Trans Mountain pipeline protest...
"...One prominent University of Ottawa professor encouraged people to avoid calling those involved with the convoy “protesters.” Instead, he advised, “call them occupiers,” and added that this was necessary in order to “frame coverage.” However, he had a much different position two years ago. “Protests are meant to disrupt. They’re meant to bring reality crashing down on you,” he wrote...."
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