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

Guest Contributor

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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Who pays the bill if a Trucker is “selected for quarantine”? Nicholls asks

Rita Smith

“Now that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has indicated non-exempt essential workers like Truckers must be prepared to be ‘selected for quarantine,’ when the exemption is ended on January 15th, somebody needs to answer questions on how this will work.”

For example, Nicolls says, Truckers have asked for the following information:

  • If I am selected for quarantine, where will my load go?
  • What if I am carrying perishable products, like lettuce? Does the whole load get quarantined, or just the driver?
  • Who pays for the down time for the truck?
  • Who pays for the drivers’ time off in quarantine?
  • Will drivers be allowed to quarantine at home, or could they be sent to a quarantine hotel?

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Opinion/ColumnTrucking

FLIP FLOP: TRUDEAU’S TRUCKING TERRORISM

Rita Smith

One statement, made verbally, could be a mistake. A second statement made in writing could possibly be an error. A third statement, 14 hours later on Day #2 of the message track is not an error: that’s a lie.

We cannot, then, pretend the ensuing chaos is the unfortunate and regrettable result of an error. The ensuring chaos is the intentional result of a plan.

Why? Why would Trudeau intentionally create chaos and confusion at the border? Why would they insist upon eliminating a vaccine exemption that the trucking industry has used successfully to keep supply chains moving and store shelves full for the past two years?

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Feature/ProfileTrucking

“We are asking Ontario to admit there is a problem, and to do something about it” says author of Highway 11/17 petition

Rita Smith

“My father was a trucker, and my uncle, too,” says Richard Deschamps.

“We grew up next to Highway 17; as kids, we would wait by the highway for transport trucks to drive by, so we could wave at them. They always blew their horn for us, of course,” he recalls fondly.

“Growing up, I don’t remember a time when I ever wanted to be anything else but a truck driver…but now, I am ashamed of Ontario, ashamed of the province I grew up in, to let Highway 11/17 become what it is now.”

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Opinion/Column

I call Bullshit

Rita Smith

In the 1970s, there was a popular game called “Bullshit Poker.” It was played with American $1 bills, and it really was fun. I lived in Sarnia, where there were always lots of American $1 bills around; you could always find two or more people to play a hand of Bullshit Poker at the bar.

The serial number printed on the face of your American $1 bill was your poker hand, with zeroes as aces. Every player took turns studying the number on their dollar before calling their hand: “A pair of 3s.” “Ace high.” “Three card straight.”

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