As the media focuses its attention on the massive Freedom Convoy protest against medical tyranny in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, a second demonstration, which began on Saturday morning, has been gaining steam at the Coutts, Alberta, border crossing into Montana. Truck drivers have completely shut down the border and have vowed to keep it closed despite the presence of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
According to conservative Canadian media outlet Rebel News, police have cut off all roads into Coutts at the request of Alberta’s premier, Jason Kenney, “denying supporters access to food and water.”
Rebel reported that on Monday, the protestors opened one lane of Highway 4 “to allow locals, school buses and emergency vehicles access to the border.”
An update from Rebel’s Kion Simone said “this decision was made in hopes the police would allow food and water past the checkpoints.”
It’s a modern-day siege.
The report said the truckers are engaged in “ongoing negotiations” with the RCMP.
The protest has remained peaceful.
Current scene at the Coutts / Sweet Grass border crossing, closed both ways. Truckers are demanding an end to government mandates, and say they won’t budge until that happens.
Full Report soon @ https://t.co/69LmwLemGF pic.twitter.com/KbvPHH4RQc
— Syd Fizzard 🇨🇦 (@SydFizzard) January 31, 2022
UPDATE: This was sent to me earlier
RCMP and tactical units headed to Coutts, Alberta.
The hundreds of truckers aren’t budging, as they demonstrate by parking at the border of Montana.
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— K2🍁🚛 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022
On Monday, Simone reported that the group, which is “surrounded” by police and currently engulfed by a serious blizzard, voted on a motion to stay.
Surrounded and forced to make a difficult decision. Motion has passed, they are staying.
Stay tuned.
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— K2🍁🚛 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022
Following the vote, the group turned to the ultimate authority. In the video below, the truckers join for a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer.
The truckers turn to God, surrounded and cornered in by Kenneys government.
The truckers turn to God, surrounded and cornered in by Kenneys government.
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— K2🍁🚛 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022
The truckers explained their position to Simone afterward.
UPDATE: truckers speak after decision to stand their ground.
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— K2🍁🚛 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022
Their demands are simple. They want medical freedom and some respect from their government.
The stand-off at the border and the larger Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa are sending the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a powerful message. The Canadian people will no longer accept their authoritarian measures.
As the Freedom Convoy descended upon Parliament Hill on Friday night, the cowardly leader and his family were whisked away to an undisclosed location. Where he remains.
In a video recorded from his secret lair on Monday, Trudeau went into spin mode. He accused the truckers of “hate, abuse and racism,” according to The Independent.
Sound familiar? He’s learned a lesson from his American counterparts. When in doubt, label your opponents as racists.
This is just a little bit hypocritical coming from a man who once famously posed in black face.
Better yet, blame it on Russia. Tell the people that Putin is trying to sow chaos.
On Saturday, a Canadian journalist offered a far-fetched theory about why thousands of truck drivers are protesting the government’s vaccine measures. During an interview with Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino, CBC News’ Nil Koksal suggested that Putin might be behind the Freedom for Truckers protest.
With zero evidence, Koksal told Mendicino there “is concern” that Russia has orchestrated the protest in retaliation for Canadian support for Ukraine.
“I do ask that because given Canada’s support of Ukraine, in this current crisis with Russia, I don’t know if it’s far-fetched to ask, but there is concern that Russian actors could be continuing to fuel things, as this protest grows, but perhaps even instigating it from the outset,” Koksal said.
It appears that the Canadian media is happy to carry water for its government, just as the legacy media in America is for ours.
The CBC suggests “Russian actors” are behind the #TruckersForFreedom convoy. Seriously. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/a6sQyWtKkx
— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) January 29, 2022
Truck drivers are taking their power back. And that scares the heck out of the Prime Minister who has, little by little, chipped away at the freedoms those of us who’ve lived in free societies have come to expect.
The truckers at the Alberta/Montana border crossing, as well as those in the nation’s capital, have vowed to stay until the draconian and unnecessary COVID measures are removed.
And Trudeau is about to find out just how essential truckers are.
A version of this article was previously published by The Western Journal.
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