Trucker Blockade Caused Lasting Psychological Damage to Canadians
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Speaking of pieces of pieces of work, I’ve been busy-busy the last handful of days, but they where talking about the woman locked up for helping organize that Convoy this who’s been in custody for several weeks now.
They where saying on the radio she’s got no prior criminal record, but is still held in custody, and for her most recent court appearance (Friday?), they shuffled her into court in handcuffs & leg-irons ‘cuz she’s such a physical threat to her escort guards? It just sounded weird.
Yup hard working honest Canadians are a threat to the bubble you live in . It must be a wonderful life carrying so much anger every where you go . Do you have any friends ?
It was a failed Liberal candidate who was given a seat on the bench for her service . This is her giving back to the Canada she wanted to help shape .
This is from Brian Giesbrecht, who is a retired judge and senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. I’m assuming this one will be paywalled soon so I’ll post it in its entirety:
Asked why he supported some protests but was determined to crush the trucker convoy, Justin Trudeau answered without hesitation: He supported — and even participated in — protests he agreed with, but he did not support — and vowed to crush — those with “unacceptable views,” that is, views he disagrees with.
We are now seeing how far his NDP-backed Liberal government is prepared to go to economically disenfranchise those who hold “unacceptable views.” A convoy organizer was jailed and led into court in shackles. Bank accounts were frozen, businesses were destroyed, and many working Canadians will find it impossible to earn a living in their own country.
For Canadians who don’t want to find themselves subject to frozen bank accounts, having their property seized and auctioned off, or cancelled for holding “unacceptable views,” let’s spell out what views are “acceptable” and which are “unacceptable.”
GIESBRECHT: Trudeau has irreparably damaged our country — Toronto Sun
The truckers are not our enemies. Authoritarianism is
Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland gave some hints about what made the views of the working truckers so unacceptable when they used first the Emergencies Act, then every dirty trick in the book to ruin them. They referred to both the economic damage and the disruption to the daily life of Ottawa residents that the truckers were causing.
And there is no doubt that both the economic damage and the disruption were real.
But both of those things have happened many times before as a result of legitimate protests, and the federal government has never taken Trudeau’s draconian steps before.
The Wet’suwet’en protests and railway blockade in February 2020, for example, caused more economic damage and severe disruption for many thousands of Canadians than the Freedom Convoy. But the federal government didn’t implement the draconian measures they did with the truckers. In fact, Trudeau was quite sympathetic.
And the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the spring and summer of 2020 were far worse than that. They resulted in the deaths of between 35 and 38 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage across North America. They also lasted for months and caused disruptions that dwarfed that caused by the truckers in Ottawa.
And yet, Trudeau did not invoke any emergency legislation or take any steps to stop those protests, riots, arson and looting. In fact, while exhorting all Canadians to stay in their homes to prevent virus spread, he actually participated in those protests. He and his Liberal Party even donated money to a BLM organization that believes in Marxism and violence and advocates the destruction of the nuclear family.
So, the “unacceptable” part does not relate to economic damage or disruption alone. Otherwise, the Wet’suwet’en protesters and BLM rioters would have been subjected to the same economic warfare that the Trudeau government inflicted on the truckers.
So, what can you do to protect yourself from being attacked by your own government?
The answer is obvious: Never disagree with the government because, by doing so, you will be expressing “unacceptable views.”
This is precisely how things work in Communist China, fascist Russia, and other authoritarian states. People with views acceptable to the government can live their lives without interference from their political masters. But cross that line, and say something they don’t want you to say, and they will make life unlivable for you.
If it sounds excessive to compare Canada under the Trudeau Liberals to such extremism, remember the truckers who set out to Ottawa a few short weeks ago. They were ordinary working Canadians who thought they had the same right to protest as enjoyed by the Indigenous and BLM protesters. None of them would have considered themselves to be radicals or revolutionaries. Although they all had their own particular grievance with the federal government, their main message was that the vaccine mandate for truckers was unnecessary, unscientific, unneeded, and had to go, which is exactly the view that most of the world is taking. Why the Trudeau government is one of the last in the world to recognize this obvious fact is anyone’s guess.
But that message was an “unacceptable view” the Trudeau government would not tolerate. But surely, when aggrieved Canadians come to Ottawa, they at least deserve to be heard by their government. Rather than going into hiding, all Trudeau needed to do was talk with the truckers to find common ground.
But Trudeau refused this simple, common-sense courtesy. Instead, he proceeded to irreparably damage our country, our reputation, our banking system, and our rapidly unravelling social fabric.
But more seriously, the rule of law has been shattered. Your political beliefs now determine where you stand with the law. “Acceptable views” are shielded from prosecution, “unacceptable views” are prosecuted without mercy.
The truckers are not our enemies. Our enemy is authoritarianism and those who want to inflict it upon us.
I like your subtle style.This is from Brian Giesbrecht, who is a retired judge and senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. I’m assuming this one will be paywalled soon so I’ll post it in its entirety:
Asked why he supported some protests but was determined to crush the trucker convoy, Justin Trudeau answered without hesitation: He supported — and even participated in — protests he agreed with, but he did not support — and vowed to crush — those with “unacceptable views,” that is, views he disagrees with.
We are now seeing how far his NDP-backed Liberal government is prepared to go to economically disenfranchise those who hold “unacceptable views.” A convoy organizer was jailed and led into court in shackles. Bank accounts were frozen, businesses were destroyed, and many working Canadians will find it impossible to earn a living in their own country.
For Canadians who don’t want to find themselves subject to frozen bank accounts, having their property seized and auctioned off, or cancelled for holding “unacceptable views,” let’s spell out what views are “acceptable” and which are “unacceptable.”
GIESBRECHT: Trudeau has irreparably damaged our country — Toronto Sun
The truckers are not our enemies. Authoritarianism isapple.news
Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland gave some hints about what made the views of the working truckers so unacceptable when they used first the Emergencies Act, then every dirty trick in the book to ruin them. They referred to both the economic damage and the disruption to the daily life of Ottawa residents that the truckers were causing.
And there is no doubt that both the economic damage and the disruption were real.
But both of those things have happened many times before as a result of legitimate protests, and the federal government has never taken Trudeau’s draconian steps before.
The Wet’suwet’en protests and railway blockade in February 2020, for example, caused more economic damage and severe disruption for many thousands of Canadians than the Freedom Convoy. But the federal government didn’t implement the draconian measures they did with the truckers. In fact, Trudeau was quite sympathetic.
And the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the spring and summer of 2020 were far worse than that. They resulted in the deaths of between 35 and 38 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage across North America. They also lasted for months and caused disruptions that dwarfed that caused by the truckers in Ottawa.
And yet, Trudeau did not invoke any emergency legislation or take any steps to stop those protests, riots, arson and looting. In fact, while exhorting all Canadians to stay in their homes to prevent virus spread, he actually participated in those protests. He and his Liberal Party even donated money to a BLM organization that believes in Marxism and violence and advocates the destruction of the nuclear family.
So, the “unacceptable” part does not relate to economic damage or disruption alone. Otherwise, the Wet’suwet’en protesters and BLM rioters would have been subjected to the same economic warfare that the Trudeau government inflicted on the truckers.
So, what can you do to protect yourself from being attacked by your own government?
The answer is obvious: Never disagree with the government because, by doing so, you will be expressing “unacceptable views.”
This is precisely how things work in Communist China, fascist Russia, and other authoritarian states. People with views acceptable to the government can live their lives without interference from their political masters. But cross that line, and say something they don’t want you to say, and they will make life unlivable for you.
If it sounds excessive to compare Canada under the Trudeau Liberals to such extremism, remember the truckers who set out to Ottawa a few short weeks ago. They were ordinary working Canadians who thought they had the same right to protest as enjoyed by the Indigenous and BLM protesters. None of them would have considered themselves to be radicals or revolutionaries. Although they all had their own particular grievance with the federal government, their main message was that the vaccine mandate for truckers was unnecessary, unscientific, unneeded, and had to go, which is exactly the view that most of the world is taking. Why the Trudeau government is one of the last in the world to recognize this obvious fact is anyone’s guess.
But that message was an “unacceptable view” the Trudeau government would not tolerate. But surely, when aggrieved Canadians come to Ottawa, they at least deserve to be heard by their government. Rather than going into hiding, all Trudeau needed to do was talk with the truckers to find common ground.
But Trudeau refused this simple, common-sense courtesy. Instead, he proceeded to irreparably damage our country, our reputation, our banking system, and our rapidly unravelling social fabric.
But more seriously, the rule of law has been shattered. Your political beliefs now determine where you stand with the law. “Acceptable views” are shielded from prosecution, “unacceptable views” are prosecuted without mercy.
The truckers are not our enemies. Our enemy is authoritarianism and those who want to inflict it upon us.
This one is a dilly of a pickle.
To me Patriotism is loving your Country.
It most certainly is not loving your Government.
I see far too much Government loving being pushed by media as Patriotism than I do Country loving.
Rebranding.
Meta Liberals
That's what cults and terrorism does to people.
'I don't know him anymore': Canadians losing family and friends over trucker protests
The trucker protest that paralyzed the nation’s capital for weeks not only destroyed Taryn Earle’s home, but a childhood friendship she had for nearly 40 years.
A resident of Ottawa, Earle saw her apartment building broken into by some of the demonstrators who formed part of the trucker convoy, many of whom came in to throw out their trash or use laundry machines to wash their clothes. Travelling anywhere in the city alone felt unsafe, Earle said, as she recalled protesters circling her neighbourhood on their trucks, blaring their horns, revving their engines and taunting people as they walked by.
Conditions became so unbearable that Earle ended up relocating just one week into the protest.
But what made matters worse was knowing a life-long friend supported a cause that was bringing harm to her and her community.
“It was happening in real-time and I was telling him about it,” she told CTVNews.ca during a phone interview on Wednesday. “I could not believe that he was planting roots in a movement that was terrorizing me.
'I don't know him anymore': Canadians losing family and friends over trucker protests
While trucker convoy demonstrations across several Canadian cities are being cleared out, tensions between family and friends remain. Several Canadians wrote to CTVNews.ca about differences of opinion that have left family members divided and friendships strained, with some ultimately deciding...beta.ctvnews.ca
The only and real scum to blame for all of this covid madness and sadness that has been going on for over the past two years now was those bastards that gave us the covid hoax in the first place and who forced all of those covid mandated restrictions that has virtually impacted so many innocent people lives around the world. They all need to be brought to justice by being arrested and charged for crimes against humanity and put in the gulag where they truly do belong.
I wish I could be so eloquent , he states my thoughts to a tee .This is from Brian Giesbrecht, who is a retired judge and senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. I’m assuming this one will be paywalled soon so I’ll post it in its entirety:
Asked why he supported some protests but was determined to crush the trucker convoy, Justin Trudeau answered without hesitation: He supported — and even participated in — protests he agreed with, but he did not support — and vowed to crush — those with “unacceptable views,” that is, views he disagrees with.
We are now seeing how far his NDP-backed Liberal government is prepared to go to economically disenfranchise those who hold “unacceptable views.” A convoy organizer was jailed and led into court in shackles. Bank accounts were frozen, businesses were destroyed, and many working Canadians will find it impossible to earn a living in their own country.
For Canadians who don’t want to find themselves subject to frozen bank accounts, having their property seized and auctioned off, or cancelled for holding “unacceptable views,” let’s spell out what views are “acceptable” and which are “unacceptable.”
GIESBRECHT: Trudeau has irreparably damaged our country — Toronto Sun
The truckers are not our enemies. Authoritarianism is
Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland gave some hints about what made the views of the working truckers so unacceptable when they used first the Emergencies Act, then every dirty trick in the book to ruin them. They referred to both the economic damage and the disruption to the daily life of Ottawa residents that the truckers were causing.
And there is no doubt that both the economic damage and the disruption were real.
But both of those things have happened many times before as a result of legitimate protests, and the federal government has never taken Trudeau’s draconian steps before.
The Wet’suwet’en protests and railway blockade in February 2020, for example, caused more economic damage and severe disruption for many thousands of Canadians than the Freedom Convoy. But the federal government didn’t implement the draconian measures they did with the truckers. In fact, Trudeau was quite sympathetic.
And the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the spring and summer of 2020 were far worse than that. They resulted in the deaths of between 35 and 38 people and caused billions of dollars worth of damage across North America. They also lasted for months and caused disruptions that dwarfed that caused by the truckers in Ottawa.
And yet, Trudeau did not invoke any emergency legislation or take any steps to stop those protests, riots, arson and looting. In fact, while exhorting all Canadians to stay in their homes to prevent virus spread, he actually participated in those protests. He and his Liberal Party even donated money to a BLM organization that believes in Marxism and violence and advocates the destruction of the nuclear family.
So, the “unacceptable” part does not relate to economic damage or disruption alone. Otherwise, the Wet’suwet’en protesters and BLM rioters would have been subjected to the same economic warfare that the Trudeau government inflicted on the truckers.
So, what can you do to protect yourself from being attacked by your own government?
The answer is obvious: Never disagree with the government because, by doing so, you will be expressing “unacceptable views.”
This is precisely how things work in Communist China, fascist Russia, and other authoritarian states. People with views acceptable to the government can live their lives without interference from their political masters. But cross that line, and say something they don’t want you to say, and they will make life unlivable for you.
If it sounds excessive to compare Canada under the Trudeau Liberals to such extremism, remember the truckers who set out to Ottawa a few short weeks ago. They were ordinary working Canadians who thought they had the same right to protest as enjoyed by the Indigenous and BLM protesters. None of them would have considered themselves to be radicals or revolutionaries. Although they all had their own particular grievance with the federal government, their main message was that the vaccine mandate for truckers was unnecessary, unscientific, unneeded, and had to go, which is exactly the view that most of the world is taking. Why the Trudeau government is one of the last in the world to recognize this obvious fact is anyone’s guess.
But that message was an “unacceptable view” the Trudeau government would not tolerate. But surely, when aggrieved Canadians come to Ottawa, they at least deserve to be heard by their government. Rather than going into hiding, all Trudeau needed to do was talk with the truckers to find common ground.
But Trudeau refused this simple, common-sense courtesy. Instead, he proceeded to irreparably damage our country, our reputation, our banking system, and our rapidly unravelling social fabric.
But more seriously, the rule of law has been shattered. Your political beliefs now determine where you stand with the law. “Acceptable views” are shielded from prosecution, “unacceptable views” are prosecuted without mercy.
The truckers are not our enemies. Our enemy is authoritarianism and those who want to inflict it upon us.
The one time we can legitimately have an omnibutt thread and you throw this into something that is tangentially related lol
Trumptards man..
Jody Thomas, former deputy minster at National Defence who became Mr. Trudeau’s top national security adviser in January, said the Emergencies Act was meant for an extreme situation like the truck convoy protests.
She said the protests that clogged Canada’s capital were sufficient to justify the Emergencies Act, even leaving aside separate blockades of vital border crossings. “The occupation of Ottawa in and of itself was enough,” she told the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence.
“The occupation of Ottawa was dug in. They had supply chains. They had organization. They had funding coming in from across Canada but also other countries,” Ms. Thomas said. “The people who organized that protest - and there were several factions ... there is no doubt - came to overthrow the government.”
Whether organizers had the ability to overthrow the federal government is irrelevant, she said. The fact they sought to mount a coup justified Ottawa giving police unprecedented powers including the freezing of bank accounts.
CSE has also been confronted with Russia cyber crime organizations, working on behalf of Vladimir Putin’s regime, to attack Canadian cyber networks, she said.
In her opening statement, Ms. Thomas said Canada and the United States are determined to beef up Arctic defences through the North American Aerospace Defence Command. [NORAD].
Leaders of truck convoy protests sought to overthrow government, Canada’s national security adviser says - The Globe and Mail
Trumptards man..
Leaders of truck convoy protests sought to overthrow government, Canada’s national security adviser says
Jody Thomas, former deputy minster at National Defence who became Mr. Trudeau’s top national security adviser in January, said the Emergencies Act was meant for an extreme situation like the truck convoy protests.
She said the protests that clogged Canada’s capital were sufficient to justify the Emergencies Act, even leaving aside separate blockades of vital border crossings. “The occupation of Ottawa in and of itself was enough,” she told the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence.
“The occupation of Ottawa was dug in. They had supply chains. They had organization. They had funding coming in from across Canada but also other countries,” Ms. Thomas said. “The people who organized that protest - and there were several factions ... there is no doubt - came to overthrow the government.”
Whether organizers had the ability to overthrow the federal government is irrelevant, she said. The fact they sought to mount a coup justified Ottawa giving police unprecedented powers including the freezing of bank accounts.
CSE has also been confronted with Russia cyber crime organizations, working on behalf of Vladimir Putin’s regime, to attack Canadian cyber networks, she said.
In her opening statement, Ms. Thomas said Canada and the United States are determined to beef up Arctic defences through the North American Aerospace Defence Command. [NORAD].
Leaders of truck convoy protests sought to overthrow government, Canada’s national security adviser says - The Globe and Mail
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Well, the facts are correct, I just don't think it justified the emergencies act. The police just needed to do their job to begin with.
This is Trudeau’s top national security advisor . It is now understandable how he was advised to flee Canada to an undisclosed location for his safety . Where do they find these people and why would anyone take them seriously ?
They did , for the three weeks the protesters were in Ottawa the police were on hand watching a peaceful protest .
They were in and among the protesters daily and had no cause to make arrests . Crime in downtown Ottawa was almost non existent during the so called siege , sadly that is no longer the case .
Ah yes, and still on the subject of the
Psychologically Damaged:
The CBC has retracted a second story it reported about the Freedom Convoy that turned out to be fake.The first was the absurd allegation that somehow Russians were behind the scenes pulling the convoy’s strings in an effort to destabilize the Canadian government.
GUNTER: More falsehoods about the convoy are now being retracted — Toronto Sun
The CBC has retracted a second story it reported about the Freedom Convoy that turned out to be fake. The first was the absurd allegation that somehow Russians were behind the scenes pulling the convoy’s strings in an effort to destabilize the Canadian government. On the Jan. 28 edition of CBC’s...
A second CBC news story, that was corrected this week, involved allegations made by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, that the convoy could only have raised all the money it did (nearly $10 million, twice, on two different crowdfunding platforms), as quickly as it did, if powerful international interests were funnelling in large sums.
These allegations have been thoroughly debunked by GoFundMe and by GiveSendGo, the second online fundraising platform the convoy organizers had to turn to when false allegations about unscrupulous donations and violence among protestors caused GoFundMe to freeze the first avalanche of contributions the convoy received.
Even the government’s own terror-financing investigators could find no sign of illegal money going to the convoy.
The CBC fell for this narrative from PMO and the Liberal caucus because, like the Trudeauites, the government-funded broadcaster wanted to believe it.
Despite the CBC’s repeated claims that it is a vital, tax-funded service because it is how Canadians tell one another their stories all across the country, it is, in truth, how woke, “progressives” in one part of the country reassure woke, “progressives” in other parts that they and they alone hold a monopoly, on intelligence, truth and compassion.
More about the Liberal Party corruption and disinformation, as well as the CBC’s disconnect from reality and the Canadian citizenry at the above link.