For those who may not be aware of it (and many of you won’t be), the border crossing between Couts, Alberta, Canada and Sweet Grass, Montana in the US has been closed for some time. Was it closed by the Canadian government? No. Was it closed by the US government? No. It was closed by truckers supporting the Freedom Convoy currently occupying Ottawa. They formed a blockade and would not allow traffic to flow in either direction.
Authorities in Alberta have tried and failed to get the Canadian truckers to back down from their border blockade. The U.S. truckers are supportive of their Canadian allies, and stand united in the effort. The blockade is a protest against US and Canadian governments mandating that truckers must be “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19, which came into effect on January 15 at Canadian checkpoints.
On Monday some 50-100 trucks were stuck on each side of the border. Since many local law enforcement communities have refused to move against their own citizens, the government of Justin “Rainbow Socks” Trudeau has sent in their federal police, the RCMP, to end the blockade.
However, the people are rising up. This is truly a grassroots effort. Supporters for the truckers have been working through freezing temperatures to keep the truckers supplied with food and fuel to keep the blockade in place. Even farm tractors have joined the effort. A legal defense fund has been established to assist anyone charged in this standoff.
People from around the world have begun to notice. A fellow in Perth, Australia noted that he was in awe of what these truckers were doing. These truckers are the Great White North’s version of the Bundy Ranch protesters. First Nations people, that’s Canada’s equivalent to native Americans, have been showing up to support these rallies and protests. This puts the lie that the protests are from fringe extremists and white supremacist groups.
Hopefully the truckers are a catalyst. But the catalyst will not set off the reaction until all of us stand in absolute defiance of the mask and injection mandates. We now live under entrenched fascist governments. Once someone has seen this, it cannot be unseen. We must withdraw our consent to be governed by such tyrants.