Sunday, May 5, 2024

Author: Guest Contributor

Feature/Profile

Feds falsely accuse Truckers of ransacking building in bulletin to staff

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The Canada Revenue Agency falsely accused Freedom Convoy protesters of ransacking office buildings. The Agency yesterday would not comment after spreading fake news that angry truck drivers had run amok in downtown Ottawa. The report was among several that falsely claimed protests had turned violent.

Revenue Agency management in a bulletin to staff claimed it had “confirmation” truckers opposed to vaccine orders had begun raiding office building near the Agency’s headquarters. Truckers were believed to be looting offices and causing property damage, it said.

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Opinion/ColumnTrucking

An American view of the Truckers’ Convoy to Ottawa

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The convoy is being joined by truckers from all over the United States too, rising up in solidarity. This is easily the most meaningful and impactful protest to emerge in North America. It is being joined by as many as half a million Canadian citizens, who overwhelmingly support this protest, as one can observe from the cheers on the highway along the way. Indeed, it’s likely to break the record for the largest trucker convoy in history, as well as the most loved.

Trudeau, meanwhile, has dismissed the whole thing as a “small fringe” of extremists and says it means nothing to him and will change nothing. This is because, he says, these truckers hold “unacceptable views.”

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Canadians too busy watching re-runs of American television shows like "Judge Wapner" have not noticed that their personal freedoms have been eroded alarmingly quickly since 2019. Photo: WSJ
Laugh a LittleOpinion/ColumnTaxi industry news

Cranky cabbie Hans Wienhold on people “too busy” to notice Canada is in deep trouble

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About thirty years ago, I picked up this young broad. It was a good trip; we had some time to talk, but she did most of the talking.

She started telling me all about the problems she was having with her boyfriend. She was frustrated that he kept bugging her that she didn’t pay enough attention to him.

Then she exclaimed, “He just doesn’t understand. I am just too busy.”

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Feature/ProfileOpinion/ColumnRide Hailing newsTaxi industry newsTrucking

Thought for the Day: the people who brought you this week’s “Border Plan” are the same people that created the COVID plan

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The very same people who managed the January 15th rollout of border vaccine policies for Truckers are the people you are trusting with your physical health and safety in the COVID campaign featuring a product which will not finish clinical trials until July, 2023.

In the event you have questions about your constitutional right to security of the person and bodily autonomy as a Canadian, you may find this set of “Frequently Asked Questions” helpful.

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