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Tony Ledsham's avatar

Great article Alexander! I fought for my country, then stood on a bridge in Burlington ON (Liberal stronghold) with about 500 other “fringe elements” while the trucks passed, for hours, on their way to Ottawa. It was a decisive moment for me.

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Alexander Brown's avatar

Thank you kindly, sir, and thank you for your service. I know quite a few Veterans who felt the same, and who were there in support.

Not very "fringe" at all...

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Lucy's avatar

“Even if one takes issue with the use of colourful language — again, with apologies to Erin O’Toole — should we not be examining the conditions under which Canadians of all people would be driven to be profane?” PRECISELY.

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UnvaxxedCanadian's avatar

One year ago my wife was at one of the stops as the truckers assembled, we went the 2nd weekend. We met up with people my wife met on the local TG channel the following Thursday. Soon after we headed to Ottawa, the truck loaded to the gills with donations: a generator, gas cans, bbqs, food, salt, snow shovels etc.

It took 2 hours to shelp it to the front lines but I'll never forget the weekend. It was truly something to behold as Canadians had actually risen up and showed the world that WE can be pushed too far.

Ok it's not like my pop's fighting the soviets in '56, but something I never EVER expected to see or do in my lifetime!

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Alexander Brown's avatar

Thanks for sharing. Never expected to see anything like that, here, in my lifetime either. A remarkable atmosphere and infrastructure. A lot of care and compassion went into that production.

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Tony Ledsham's avatar

Two years later, the Canadian Trucker’s Convoy has inspired Dutch, German, French, Spanish and Polish farmers (and truckers) to protest in a similar fashion. The Canadian National Citizens Inquiry is starting the second round, and is exposing the lies and illegal actions of our govt, and other western govts. We can be proud again, as Canadians (despite the efforts of the Liberal govt…) 🫡👏

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