Watching the trucker protests in Canada it has become quite apparent to anyone paying attention that it is more than just a protest about Covid vaccination mandates. It’s also about basic human rights the government has been eroding away over the past decade. The trucker protest is just one symptom of Canadians disdain for that erosion.
The freedom of speech has been diminished one step at a time, using the ‘hate speech’ excuse to whittle away the ability to express dissent, disdain, or dislike. One grievance group after another has appealed to the Leftists in the government, demanding the government limit free speech and the government has done just that.
The trucker protest has been vilified as racist, a tool of the extreme right, and worse, the action of terrorists wanting to overthrow the government. But what it is is a signal to the government that they have gone too far and the folks have had enough.
The ability to defend themselves has also been greatly diminished, with a defacto ban on the ownership of many types of guns. Canadians are now dependent upon the police to defend them, an impossible task. The government knows this but doesn’t care because the Leftist narrative must be maintained at all costs. (We’ve seen the same thing in Australia, only it’s worse there.)
The trucker protest appears to be crossing the border with a number of protest convoys supposedly planned for the US. One is reportedly targeting LA during the SuperBowl tomorrow. Others are supposedly going to head for Washington DC.
It will be interesting to see if those protests will actually materialize.
