WARMINGTON: 'Freedom' truckers may form world's longest convoy

[Woody]

 

Supporters of the "Freedom Convoy" of truckers recently gathered on the edge of the Trans-Canada Hwy., east of Calgary. Gavin Young/Postmedia ORG XMIT: POS2201241210050849 PHOTO BY GAVIN YOUNG /Postmedia

 

According to Guinness World Records, the longest truck convoy ever recorded was 7.5 km long, in Egypt in 2020.

 

The Freedom Convoy heading from British Columbia to Ottawa is said to be considerably longer.

“It’s 70 km long,” said Benjamin Dichter, spokesman for the Freedom Convoy 2022. “I have seen footage from an airplane. It’s impressive.”

By Wednesday, truckers hope to have taken their protest through to Manitoba and will make it to southern Ontario on Friday.

Plans call for the convoy to arrive in Ottawa on Saturday for a protest.

If it gets there on time — and if the convoy holds together as it has in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan — it could be 10 times larger than the world record.

“The largest parade of trucks consisted of 480 trucks and is achieved by Tahya Misr Fund (Egypt), in Cairo, Egypt, on 20 November 2020,” Guinness says on its website. “With a length of 7.5 km, Tahya Misr Fund was able to organize a parade of 480 trucks, amid the harsh weather and heavy rain, breaking the Guinness World Records title for the largest parade of trucks, which was achieved 16 years ago in the Netherlands with a parade size of 416 trucks.”

 

There are estimates the Canadian convoy could comprise 50,000 trucks from the West, East, and even from the United States. It’s difficult to speculate what will transpire in the days ahead.

It looks like Ottawa could be swamped with long-haul trucks on Jan. 29. But with winter weather and potential issues, including possible roadblocks or traffic snarls, time will tell.

Whatever happens, it won’t be for lack of support.

Thousands of Canadians have lined the route, cheered from overpasses and offered to feed drivers in their homes and restaurants.

It’s a grassroots demonstration that has become far bigger than anything organizers had envisioned.

With that comes problems. Media reports said a GoFundMe campaign for the convoy, which had surpassed $5 million by Wednesday morning, had been frozen by GoFundMe.

 

“Fake news,” said Dichter, whose name — along with Tamara Lich — is listed as an organizer. “It’s not true.”

GoFundMe spokesman Rachel Hollis told the Toronto Sun “we are continuing to work directly with the organizer to gather information about how funds are being distributed. This is part of our standard process to ensure the protection of all donors” and “once a withdrawal plan is provided by the organizer, our team is on standby to safely and quickly deliver the funds.”

 

Organizers have said the raised money, far more than they ever anticipated, is to help truckers with fuel, lodging and food costs.

“But this has never been about that money,” said Dichter, who added with or without it, the convoy will roll forward.

 

Dichter said he and Lich are the only two speaking on behalf of the Freedom Convoy. So when social media posts talk of insurrection or violence, he added, it will be clear such agitators or saboteurs are not involved in organizing their “peaceful” and “law-abiding” demonstration.

The protest, Dichter said, is about lifting vaccine mandates for truckers at the Canada-U.S. border and other issues relating to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including forcing drivers to wear masks in trucks.

 

However, the Liberal government is standing firm.

“The government of Canada and the Canadian Trucking Alliance both agree that vaccination, used in combination with preventative public health measures, is the most effective tool to reduce the risk of COVID-19 for Canadians, and to protect public health,” said a joint statement from federal cabinet ministers Omar Alghabra, Seamus O’Regan and Carla Qualtrough, and Canadian Trucking Alliance president Stephen Laskowski.

This is shaping up to be a potential game of chicken, and the world convoy record may fall, too.

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[Philly'sFinest]

The fact that this and other mass protests and displays of civil disobedience are largely not being broadcast on our "news" and "media" outlets says quite a bit about the current state of our country.

Silencing everything they don't want you to know makes them the enemy of the people 

[SackMan518]

And just before they get to the capital pussy ass Justin Trudeau announced that he's tested positive for COVID-19 and will be in self quarantine.

 

 

[SackMan518]

6 hours ago, Philly'sFinest said:

The fact that this and other mass protests and displays of civil disobedience are largely not being broadcast on our "news" and "media" outlets says quite a bit about the current state of our country.

Silencing everything they don't want you to know makes them the enemy of the people 

The revolution will NOT be televised!

[Woody]

3 hours ago, SackMan518 said:

And just before they get to the capital pussy ass Justin Trudeau announced that he's tested positive for COVID-19 and will be in self quarantine.

 

What punk.  Stand up for your globohomo beliefs! 

[SackMan518]

Isolating at Home, a Cowardly Canadian Prime Minister Attempts to Avoid Ottawa Protest

 

As the Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ of truckers pushing back against COVID mandates, forced vaccinations and government regulations gets closer to Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces he will be isolating at home after exposure to the COVID ‘Protest Avoidance‘ variant.

Trudeau admits he has not tested positive, but thinks it is prudent to stay home just in case.

The fundraiser for the Freedom Convoy now exceeds $6.3 million dollars and still climbing.  It is estimated that somewhere north of 50,000 vehicles are participating in the convoy.  The Canadian government is very concerned about the political ramifications.

(Via Global News) – […] Truckers and supportive protesters are heading to Ottawa from east and west parts of the country, as well as from southern Ontario where routes were scheduled to depart from several locations Thursday including Windsor, Sarnia, Niagara and Toronto, according to the organizers’ website.

[…]  Among the topics at-issue for demonstrators is the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers to avoid quarantine.

Mike Fabinski, a truck driver from Barrie, Ont., said the vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers means he won’t be able to work cross-border routes anymore.  “You want to be vaccinated, go ahead, your choice. I don’t want to be vaccinated, that’s my choice,” he said.

[…]  The protest also now seems to be targeting COVID-related mandates generally, beyond the one for cross-border truckers.

“What I’m calling for is basically lockdowns and restrictions to be lifted like the rest of the world is starting to do,” protester Mark Smith told Global News in Drumbo, Ont.

“There’s a freedom movement actually across the world right now and we’re all getting together just trying to get our lives back. And we’re hoping with all this rally and freedom convoy going on, we’ll accomplish this.” (read more)

 

 

 

These are the results of a grassroots demonstration that has evolved into something far bigger than any of the organizers originally envisioned.  I am reminded of Pope John Paul’s visit to Poland in the ’80s, when the solidarity movement first glimpsed the size of their unity.  They took to the streets, looked around at the crowds, and realized for the first time there are more of us than them… and then things changed quickly.  Hopefully for the Canadian people this convoy protest is a similar inflection point in history.

[Toofast80]

It’s not “InSuRrectIOn” if it’s battling tyranny!!! 👍 Go Canadia....

[Woody]

 

[LIBills]

Bravo Canada.

Stand up for your rights and shove the mandate up Trudeau’s ass and all the people’s asses who DEMAND you get the jab.

The mandate needs to end across North America.

It should be if you want the jab, FINE, but if you don’t want the jab, that’s FINE too.

No one should EVER be forced to take the jab. EVER

[SpikedLemonade]

13 hours ago, SackMan518 said:

And just before they get to the capital pussy ass Justin Trudeau announced that he's tested positive for COVID-19 and will be in self quarantine.

 

 

This is the kind of ignorant crap that initially got you on my Ignored List.

[SpikedLemonade]

20 hours ago, Philly'sFinest said:

The fact that this and other mass protests and displays of civil disobedience are largely not being broadcast on our "news" and "media" outlets says quite a bit about the current state of our country.

Silencing everything they don't want you to know makes them the enemy of the people 

Being displayed aplenty up here on CBC, CTV, Global, City, etc.

Maybe it is not a “left wing/Marxist/Communist/liberal” conspiracy like your retarded echo chamber at FOX News, Newsmax, OAN, Q discharge, etc. tells you but rather American broadcast doesn’t give a shit about Canadian news.

American Arrogance has been greater than American Exceptionalism for the past 50 years.

[Philly'sFinest]

8 minutes ago, SpikedLemonade said:

Being displayed aplenty up here on CBC, CTV, Global, City, etc.

Maybe it is not a “left wing/Marxist/Communist/liberal” conspiracy like your retarded echo chamber at FOX News, Newsmax, OAN, Q discharge, etc. tells you but rather American broadcast doesn’t give a shit about Canadian news.

American Arrogance has been greater than American Exceptionalism for the past 50 years.

It should be global news.

And, yeah...I'm talking about the coverage here in America, dipshit.

You may be right with your last comment...as sad as that may be. There is a reason for it, though. 

You may yet see "we the people" rise up once again and reclaim our country and bring us back to glory...GOD willing, of course.

[SackMan518]

1 hour ago, SpikedLemonade said:

This is the kind of ignorant crap that initially got you on my Ignored List.

I cared so much that I didn't even know I was on it. 😂

[SackMan518]

 

🇨🇦🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🇨🇦 *TRUCK-A-PALOOZA* 🇨🇦🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🇨🇦
Go Canada! After nearly two years of just laying there like a passed-out drunk in front of a Covid testing clinic, Canada is finally showing signs of life. I first heard about the trucker convoy story about midweek, when someone sent me a link to the GoFundMe page. After doing a little research, I checked the fundraiser page to see if it might be something to multiply or maybe just give to personally. That’s when I noticed they were raising FIVE MILLION DOLLARS for fuel and were almost already there. Then GoFundMe put a hold on the fundraiser, and two days later, released the money.

And I thought, well isn’t that interesting.

Earlier in the pandemic I’d reported on an Australian trucker protest that fizzled out. The Truckies. They had a lot of good talk but ultimately whatever actually happened was small enough for the media to bury, if anything did happen at all. I’d reported it too early; I should’ve waited for it to pan out. So I waited a few days to see what would develop.

Unlike the summer’s Ozzie truck protest, the Great 2022 Canadian Trucker Freedom Convoy HAS panned out. Meaning, it is a remarkable, if not historic, development. The garbage Corporate Media has largely avoided the story, but almost EVERYONE ELSE is paying attention. Can you imagine the Corporate Media coverage if this were a protest for trans rights or something? Anyway.

Reliable estimates suggest there are up to 50,000 trucks stretching over 93 kilometers, or 45 miles, driving across Canada in a giant chain, streaming into the capital of Ontario today. For comparison, the “giant” convoy in the eponymous 1978 movie was only a mile long. The Canadian Convoy could be the largest trucker convoy in history. Sadly, even though he really really wanted to meet the truckers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was conveniently “exposed” to an asymptomatic case of Covid, so he swiftly declared he has to hide out, I mean shelter, at home. He tested negative.

When questioned, the PM was dismissive about the convoy. One reporter asked Trudeau if the convoy suggested that Canada’s injection mandate might disrupt the country’s supply chain (duh). The feckless Prime Minister doubled down, claiming INJECTIONS are the best way to fix the supply chain, not trucks: “I regret that the Conservative Party and conservative politicians are fear-mongering to Canadians about the supply chain, but the reality is that vaccination is how we’re going to get through this,” he said.

Maybe hypodermic needles can drive trucks now? It IS the 21st century, after all.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance and the American Trucking Associations estimated up to 26,000 of the 160,000 drivers who usually cross the Canada-U.S. border are likely to be sidelined by the vaccine mandates imposed this month on both sides of the border.

The Canadian truckers’ motto is, “We are taking our fight to the doorsteps of our federal government and demanding that they cease all mandates against its people.” They said they aren’t leaving the capital until all mandates have been lifted. Quite a promise.

U.S. influencers expressing support for the Canadian Convoy include Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Mark Steyn, Tucker Carlson, Franklin Graham, Sean Hannity, Kirstie Alley, Glenn Beck, and Robert F. Kennedy. Thousands have donated to the fund-raiser for fuel. Thousands more have gathered along Canadian highways and overpasses in support in up to minus-30-degree weather, causing the local Nova Scotia government to ban gatherings along highways, for safety. The government of Quebec shut off traffic cameras in the province to stop people from watching the convoy online.

Can’t have people watching citizens protesting the government. It’s not good for business.

The Corporate Media has been hostile and resentful whenever it has reported on the story. A political cartoon in The Washington Post showed a convoy of cartoon trucks, each identical, each with the word “Fascist” printed on the side. Brilliant, how creative. Earlier this week, the Toronto Sun reported the story in an article headlined, “Angry and Misguided, They Roll On.” The Canadian Globe and Mail headlined its story, “Trucker Convoy Has Evolved Into Something Far More Dangerous.” FAR more dangerous.

The Globe and Mail also criticized the Convoy for its lack of diversity, complaining there were an insufficient number of SOUTH ASIANS represented in the protest. I am not making that up. Why are truckers so prejudiced against South Asians and won’t let them join the protest??

AlJazeera’s story included a subhead warning darkly that, “Experts raise concerns about far-right, racist views arising from protest against vaccine mandate for truck drivers.” Experts! What would we do without them?

Parliament Today won the award for the worst hot take on the Convoy. Here’s what it printed on January 26:

National security expert Jessica Davis warns that those who have donated to groups in support of ongoing truck rallies could be found guilty under the Criminal Code, as the ‘directly or indirectly’ could provide financial services intended to carry out any terrorist ‘activity’ or benefit such a ‘group.’

In recent days, various outlets have noted far-right sentiments among supporters bragging about the protests online, with some users calling for ‘our own January 6 event’ in reference to the riots at the Capitol in Washington last year.

The Globe National ran a story headlined, “Far-Right Groups Hope Trucker Protest will be Canada’s January 6th.” There’s a picture alongside the article showing a truck sign that reads, “Masks don’t save — Only Jesus Saves! Freedom over Fear!” I struggle to see how that picture matches the headline, but it’s pretty neat how they wrapped Christianity, masks, and vaccines around their new January 6 meme.

And, I suspect the truth is that it's FAR-LEFT groups — not far-right groups — who hope the Convoy will be Canada's January 6.

Reports say that, for some reason, Freedom Convoy organizers sent a memo to participating drivers telling them not to enter any federal building for any reason. Weird, huh? I wonder why they would say that?

Not all big media was negative. The UK Daily Mail’s story was headlined, “HUNDREDS of Canadians cheer on ‘Freedom Convoy’ of 50,000 truckers driving toward the capital to protest vaccine mandate: Lawmakers are told to ‘lock your doors’ and avoid the protest.” Reports say AOC is sheltering in her panic room.

Finally, the PEOPLE don’t seem to be aligned with the Corporate Media’s narrative about the Convoy, not at all. A Canadian TV online poll asking “Do you support the truckers convoy coming to Ottawa?” was overwhelmingly “Yes” (76%). An iHeartRadio poll similarly found 71% in support. Twitter videos of the convoy passing through Medicine Hat, Alberta, show snowbound supporters cheering passing trucks and clearly chanting “Let’s Go Brandon!”

Reports suggest other convoys are forming up, all around the world, to join the Canadian truckers. A brand-new Australian truckie protest has arisen in response to the Canadian Freedom Convoy, and is said to be headed toward Canberra in solidarity. Brazil media is reporting a trucker convoy forming in South America protesting mandates. And there are rumblings of European convoys forming around that continent. We’ll see.

The Freedom Convoy is not the largest post-pandemic protest. It’s not the most well-advertised protest. It’s not the most well-organized protest. But for some reason, the Canadian Convoy has captured worldwide imagination in a way that other protests have not. Maybe it’s the timing. Maybe it’s the excitement of quiet Canada taking a stand. Maybe it’s the confluence of issues related to truck drivers, mandates, and supply chains.

But for whatever reason, the Freedom Convoy has electrified the free world. It’s now the Canadian government’s move. Trudeau has to do SOMETHING, unless the truck drivers just drive away from Ottawa, which seems unlikely. Will he meet with them? Will he use force to clear the streets? We they arrest truckers for domestic terrorism? Will Trudeau modify the mandates? It really is impossible to say.

I’ll keep an eye on the exciting story and continue reporting developments. We’re praying for the truckers and for a sane resolution to their concerns. Support a trucker today!

 

[Toofast80]

Globohomos run and hide when adversity comes their way, ahemmm Poodeau and Bidumb are perfect examples (Biden hiding in his basement since thy were going to cheat anyway)!

[SpikedLemonade]

 

BREAKING NEWS -- American led anti-vax rally in Ottawa Canada fails miserably

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truck-convoy-protest-some-key-players-1.6332312

 

Does anyone know what happened to the missing 490,000 truckers and supporters? Posters on Facebook said there would be 500,000 on Parliament Hill today however -- "Police estimate as many as 10,000 people will be on hand by day's end" (from CBC article below) -- only 1/50th of that anti-vax liars total of 500,000 showed up. So I will say this one more time to the anti-vaxer idiots...90% of Canadians have received the vax already. Of the remaining 10%, a good percentage are under 5 years old and cannot be vaxed. Another good percentage are 5 - 17 year olds who have idiotic parents that will NOT allow them to be vaxed. So that probably leaves less than 5% of Canadians who have or will not get vaxed. You are a small percentage of irrelevant cowards with big mouths and nothing more you mouth breathers.

[Woody]

[Woody]

 

[SpikedLemonade]

7 minutes ago, Woody said:

 

He is an idiot and is laughed at by 90% of Canadians.  Had a show in Sun-TV years back that was their main show.  The show was so bad that the whole of Sun-TV went tits up.  Google it you fuckin' tool.

[Woody]

1 hour ago, SpikedLemonade said:

He is an idiot and is laughed at by 90% of Canadians.  Had a show in Sun-TV years back that was their main show.  The show was so bad that the whole of Sun-TV went tits up.  Google it you fuckin' tool.

Nobody asked you.  Maybe you should review your prestigious ignore list and make sure I'm still on there. 

 

[SpikedLemonade]

7 hours ago, Woody said:

Nobody asked you.  Maybe you should review your prestigious ignore list and make sure I'm still on there. 

 

You are and I expect it is permanent in your case.

Another playing the victim card eh Woody?

[SackMan518]

Remember when the Leftards laughed and called Trump "Bunker Boy" after they tried to perform an insurrection at the White House?

Trudeau, Family Moved to Secret Location Over Anti-Vax Convoy

 

Canadian officials have moved Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family from their home in Ottawa to a secret location over safety concerns after thousands of people protesting vaccine mandates flooded the Canadian capital Saturday. 

Trudeau's office would not comment on the family's location, reports the CBC. The prime minister was moved after the Canadian Parliament's Sergeant-at-Arms warned demonstrators could show up at officials' homes. 

The Trudeaus live at Rideau Cottage, located on the property at the Governor General's residence, which is about 2.5 miles away from the center of the massive protests. 

Trudeau's itinerary simply says that he is in the "national capital region." The prime minister, however, is in isolation after one of his children recently tested positive for COVID-19. 

The prime minister's home came under attack in 2020 when a Canadian Armed Forces member with a gun rammed a vehicle into the property's gates. 

So far, the protests have not turned violent, according to local law enforcement officials. 

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly commented that organizers have said the protests will be a weekend event, but it could stretch through the week. He added that decisions to stop the protests will depend on public safety concerns or if there is a break in communications with the protests' organizers. 

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Friday that there were some signs of "flagrant extremism" in some of the protesters, with some comparing vaccine mandates to actions that happened in Nazi Germany and calling for violence to be used to overthrow the government.

"That is not about freedom and it's certainly not about truckers," Mendocino told the CBC. 

The trucker convoy arrived on Parliament Hill to demand the government end COVID-19 mandates and other health restrictions. It was accompanied by hundreds of protesters on foot, despite a warning for extreme cold weather. 

Police estimated that up to 10,000 people could be in Ottawa by the end of the day Saturday. 

"I've never done anything like this in my life. I'm 53 years old and this is the hill I'm going to die on. Do not tell me I have to put something in my body," one of the protesters, who said she had been fired from her job as a dental hygienist because she refused to be vaccinated, told CBC News. 

 

[Woody]

5 hours ago, SpikedLemonade said:

You are and I expect it is permanent in your case.

Another playing the victim card eh Woody?

[SackMan518]

[SpikedLemonade]

On 1/28/2022 at 5:08 AM, Philly'sFinest said:

It should be global news.

And, yeah...I'm talking about the coverage here in America, dipshit.

You may be right with your last comment...as sad as that may be. There is a reason for it, though. 

You may yet see "we the people" rise up once again and reclaim our country and bring us back to glory...GOD willing, of course.

Next time that happens unlike 1/6, I hope "your people" are met with bullets from government snippers the second you break through a barrier or any other act of violence or destruction of government property.