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At a time when Canadians needed vision and capability, they got bullying and gaslighting, Beaudry told the NCI. Image: NCI
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NCI is “The best thing since the Convoy”

Canada’s COVID response was not based on any kind of science, Risk Assessment professional Dean Beaudry told the National Citizens’ Inquiry on April 26.
“I cannot imagine how we could have done a worse job,” Beaudry noted in astonishment at one point.

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Trucking industry sounds alarm after Biden’s latest “green” move, warns of supply chain breakdown

It’s all fun and games with these goofy electric vehicles until the next thing you know there’s no more toilet paper. Or medicine. Or food.

In its ongoing effort to destroy just about everything, the Biden administration is now cracking down on the trucking industry.
Let that sink in for a moment.

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Former Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford is the last living signatory to Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Peckford files argument in case deemed “moot’

CALGARY, ALBERTA: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is pleased to announce that on Thursday, April 13, 2023, lawyers for the Honourable Brian Peckford, the Honourable Maxime Bernier, and others, filed their written arguments in support of their appeal of the October 20, 2022 decision of the Federal Court that found their case was “moot”.

The Federal Court notified the parties that the constitutional challenges against the federal government’s travel mandate during the Covid-19 pandemic were struck for being “moot,” just eleven days prior to the start of the constitutional hearing, which had been scheduled for October 31, 2022.

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Ret. Police Officer Vincent Gircy's Testimony at the National Citizens Inquiry
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NCI hearings in Red Deer April 26 to 28

The next hearings of the National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) will be in Red Deer, Alberta, from April 26 – 28, 2023.

NCI is a Canada-wide citizen-led and citizen-funded initiative to investigate governments’ COVID-19 policies in a fair and impartial manner that is completely independent from government. Through questioning led by lawyers, individual Canadians and experts will present evidence under oath to Independent Commissioners.

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TTSAO president Phil Fletcher; Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney; and TTSAO Board Chair Ken Adams met to discuss training challenges and opportunities on April 19, 2023.
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MELT, fake trucking credentials, simulator training covered in TTSAO meeting with Minister Mulroney

Upgrades to the MELT curriculum, a mentorship program for new graduates, and counterfeit Trucking credentials were all on the agenda TTSAO’s April meeting with Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney.

Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) President Phil Fletcher says the agenda was packed but the discussions went well at the April 19th meeting.

“Most importantly, we discussed the concept of adding a ‘post-graduation’ mentorship program for new drivers,” Fletcher says. “We would need to co-ordinate it with the carriers hiring new graduates, and it can be designed specifically to target some of the real problems we are seeing with new drivers in Northern Ontario in winter.”

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Tax deadline May 1st; filing required despite CRA strike

The deadline for individuals to file their tax returns with Revenue Canada is Monday, May 1st, because since April 30 is a Sunday. A tax return is considered on time if the CRA receives it, or if it is postmarked, on or before the next business day after April 30 which in 2023 is May 1st.

The current labour action by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) does not change the deadline for filing tax returns. All paper returns and mail sent to the CRA will be stockpiled for future processing.

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The back of ‘Ted’s’ truck, parked for the night near Thunder Bay, Ontario. 26 January 2022. Screen capture from a video shot by ‘Sally’
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Who are Ted & Sally? The reason for the fake names

Last month, I told you about a Saskatoon couple I called Ted and Sally. He’s been a trucker for 40 years, and she’s been a trucker’s wife for nearly as long. They joined the Freedom Convoy in late January 2022 and, from day one, she streamed Facebook Live videos from the cab of their truck.

These videos allowed friends and family to ride along, to witness in real time the incredible enthusiasm with which ordinary Canadians responded to the Convoy. Today, they are an important, permanent record of what took place.

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