Friday, March 29, 2024

Author: Rita Smith

Opinion/ColumnTrucking

Canadian soldiers facing Canadian citizens? “Amazing capabilities, incredible risks” Chief Sloly warns Council

Chief Peter Sloly replied: “Thank you councillor. I spent a large chunk of my day out in Kanata yesterday talking with our public order commanders, and in fact at that meeting as we have over the last week we discussed the option of military aid to civil power. I’ve said it again we’re looking at every single option including military aid to civil power.

I’ve had those discussions with mayor, council members, the board, there is a process it’s extremely well established extremely well governed and extremely rare. The only two occasions that i’m aware of in the last hundred years was in the oka crisis and in the FLQ crisis one in the 1970s and one in the 1990s.

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Truckers survey numbers should be a “wake up call” says Greg Lyle, Innovative Reseach Group

31% of Canadians surveyed in a recent poll support the idea of the Truckers’ protest, and 38% support bringing back the exemption for unvaccinated truck drivers. 

These are the findings from the first half of the current wave of Innovative Research’s “Canada This Month” survey, in field from January 27th to 31st, 2022 with a sample size of 635 Canadian residents.

Greg Lyle of Innovative Research told Road Warrior News he believes the results of the January 31st poll should serve as a “wake up call” to many Canadian decision makers.

“It occurred to me when I looked at the numbers that this was going to surprise a lot of the people I deal with; these results may really shake the worldview of the typical Twitter user, or Trudeau supporter.”

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Trudeau’s problem is not the Truckers; it’s the Canadians making sandwiches for the Truckers

Truckers have definitely been in the spotlight for the past week. However, politicians and media who make the mistake of believing Truckers are the most important part of the story are completely missing the point.

Truckers have done a magnificent job of giving voice to the frustration Canadians feel as we watch the things we love most about our nation get annihilated during the COVID-19 panic. Rights and freedoms have been systematically stripped away; even claiming the right to bodily autonomy has been deemed selfish.

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Convoy supporters on Cobbledick Bridge – real time video

It was cold, windy, and snowing on the crowd of Canadians gathered to support the Convoy. Video: RWN

A large cross-section of patriotic Canadians took to the bridge at Cobbledick Road over the eastbound 401 this afternoon.

Parents, kids, grandparents and at least one Holocaust survivor waved, cheered, and flew flags to greet Truckers driving in Freedom Convoy 2022. Some were vaccinated, some were not. Some were immigrants and some were born in Canada. Everyone was very warmly dressed.

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Solicitor General not anticipating border problems as American Truckers arrive to support Convoy

On a video teleconference held January 25th with Mayor Sarnia Bob Bailey, MPP for Sarnia-Lambton, and Pamela Mizuno, Windsor Police Chief, Solicitor Sylvia Jones said she did not anticipate any traffic slowdowns in the areas where American Truckers are crossing the borders.

Ontario is not expecting American Truckers crossing the border to support Canadian Truckers involved in the Freedom Convoy 2022 are not expected to present any problem, Ontario’s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says.

“In ongoing conversations with Minister Mulroney, it is my understanding that MTO does not anticipate at this time, any slow ups in the provincial highways where the transport trucks are traveling.

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