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Photo by Ian Cumming. Originally posted to the Ontario Farmer Facebook page, the accompanying text read: “Trucks parked on Wellington Street in Ottawa on January 29, 2022.”
Guest ContributionsOpinion/Column

How big was the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy?

Agricultural journalist says it was wildly larger than reported by Donna Laframboise “I come from a long line of farmers,” says Ian Cumming, who covered the Freedom Convoy for the Ontario Farmer newspaper. Which means, he says, he grew up with truckers. On

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Young Trucker Tyler was so demoralized by Canada's COVID mandates, he decided to quit trucking and become a mechanic instead. Photo: Donna Laframboise
Guest ContributionsOpinion/ColumnTrucking

Not a Trucker Anymore

“The convoy and life after the convoy has really changed my way of thinking and what I want out of life. I no longer enjoy living in a truck and living out of truck stops for days on end away from family and friends. After losing my job due to the vaccine bullshit and having some time off to sit around and think…I realized that I actually want a home life and a family of my own…

…I also realized that I enjoy fixing trucks more than I enjoy driving them. So I have decided to sell the truck…and chase after another dream. Tomorrow I start a new job where I will be fixing heavy equipment and trucks as an apprentice! I’ll be home every night with weekends off which is something I’ve never had as an owner operator! I’m very excited to start this new life.”

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Protest at Coutts, Alberta February 2022. Image: Twitter
Guest ContributionsOpinion/ColumnTrucking

Coutts protesters still sitting in jail while violent criminals walk free in Canada

In present day Canada, career criminals get arrested, are swiftly granted bail, and are back on the streets within hours or days. These men are not career criminals. Margaret says three of them have never received so much as a speeding ticket before. One, she says, “might have a juvenile record” of some kind.

After she tells us they’ve been charged with “conspiracy to murder RCMP officers – a very serious federal charge,” Gord says you’d think “the government would be in a humongous hurry” to make the evidence public in order to reinforce its narrative that the protesters were terrorists.

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The Connaught building is the headquarters of the Canada Revenue Agency - equivalent to the Internal Revenue Service in the US. Photo by Simon P, via Wikipedia.
Guest ContributionsOpinion/ColumnTrucking

Fake security bulletin slandered convoy

The day before most of the truckers had even arrived, the feds falsely accused them of invading office buildings by Donna Laframboise Blacklock’s Reporter is a gem amongst Canadian news outlets. Its focus is on holding our federal government to account. Yesterday

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Right to repair has become an important issue in automotive and technology industries. Photo: RWN
Guest Contributions

Massachusetts to Enforce Expanded Right to Repair Law Following Denial of Restraining Order by Court

Duane Morris LLP On June 1, 2023, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell may commence enforcing Massachusetts’ expanded “right to repair” law following the denial of a temporary restraining order from the bench by U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. Judge

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