The Canadian Freedom Convoy is doing their best to walk the tightrope of peaceful civil disobedience. Nobody wants to cross the line while at the same time, they aren’t backing down on the demand for a radical shift in government policy. They’re digging in their heels as Justin Trudeau gets drastic.
Canadian protest resistance
The Canadian word of the day on Monday is “resistance.” Trudeau’s panic stricken announcement only inspired more of it from the Truckers.
On February 14 the rainbow-sock-wearing Prime Minister invoked the “Emergencies Act” while everyone scrambles to figure out what that means. All he knows is that he asked the truckers to leave and they said no.
Meanwhile, Canadian truckers aligned with the Freedom Convoy who’ve been camped at the capitol city of Ottawa since late January, clogging streets and keeping residents on edge. Trudeau hid behind alleged Covid quarantine from the truckers but they waited him out.
Since he came back out of hiding, he “has refused to meet with the truckers, instead employing increasingly hard-nosed political and legal tactics to try and break the protest.” His tactics aren’t working. “The more the government tries to stomp this out, the more and more it causes people to rise up and say ‘this is wrong, and I side with these truckers.‘”
David Paisley has been hanging tough with the Canadian protest group since the beginning and “as a street captain, helps organize protesters and direct those who wish to support the cause with funds, goods, or services.”
He observes that Trudeau’s declaration might have made media headlines but “went off barely noticed by the protesters on the ground.”
Nobody cares
According to the patriotic Canadian, “No one really cares about any new announcement. I mean the police have been breaking the law long before any emergency power. They were taking our fuel away. They were arresting people for purely having jerry cans or having empty tanks of fuel.” Before the movement ever started rolling they knew the resistance would be fierce.
The Deep State fights hard to protect its interests. “They’ve already been doing these ‘emergency powers‘ and all it does is make people dig their heels in more. The irony is that these very powers and threats are why we are here.”
Back in the dim and distant past called the 1980’s, the government passed the Emergencies Act, which “strengthens Canadian law enforcements’ ability to fine and imprison violators and ensures the operation of ‘essential services‘ such as towing rigs.” The problem is getting those towing rigs into operation and dragging diesel trucks away from the protest, one-by-one. They’re also going after the money.
“It also empowers banks and financial institutions to freeze the accounts of any person or business suspected of being involved with an ‘illegal blockade.‘” The Ambassador Bridge is back open. The occupation of Ottawa may clog things up but it isn’t a blockade.
Paisley insists the main protest “would continue despite frozen bank accounts or impounded trucks until every protester is cuffed and thrown in prison.” Thereby clogging the jails, courts, and justice system while nobody will be driving around the grocery deliveries.
“These steps from the government have simply hardened the determination of the great men and women down here, so I’m not really concerned at all. We’ll have lots of new friends when we all get tossed in prison together.” Trudeau seriously “underestimated the determination and the intelligence of those here, and so everyone still here on the ground, they’re basically willing to give their lives for this – peacefully of course.” Canadian protesters are doing their best to remain civilized through this whole event. Still, “They’re prepared to drain every last dollar, even from frozen bank accounts.“