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“The highest authority in this country labeled my brothers as deviants, extremists” Alberta woman explains why her brothers went to Ottawa

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My brothers are well-respected members of this community. They volunteer their time farming the land when their neighbors have health issues and can’t get the crop off themselves. They offer their assistance to strangers in the area whose vehicles go into the ditch in the winter, helping to pull them out. My brothers and the community we come from at large are the kind of people anyone should be so blessed to have in their lives. They will jump in to help anyone, no questions asked, and ask for nothing in return.

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Towing industry was not consulted on Emergencies Act: Graves

Rita Smith

Towing industry spokesman Mark Graves says the Trudeau government did not ask the Towing industry for advice or input before announcing that tow trucks and drivers would be commandeered to remove vehicles under the Emergencies Act invoked on February 15th. Graves is the president of the Provincial Towing Association of Ontario.

“As far as commenting on what Prime Minister Trudeau or Chrystia Freeland has said, we won’t know anything until we’re handed something on paper which we can get a legal opinion on,” Graves told Road Warrior News in an interview.

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Trudeau’s Emergency Measures Act “completely, absolutely unnecessary” says Brian Peckford

Rita Smith

Brian Peckford, the last living signatory of the Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms, poured some cold water on Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergency Measures Act on February 14th.

“This is completely, absolutely unnecessary,” Peckford said shortly before Trudeau announced his intentions to invoke the Act at a press conference with several of his Cabinet Ministers. No legal text of the order was tabled in Parliament, or is yet available at the time of this posting.

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Ontario to remove Vaccine Passport requirement March 1st, mask mandate remains

RWN Staff

Ontario is moving up its timetable to ease COVID measures, with the next phase of measures being eased on February 17, 2022.

“Given how well Ontario has done in the Omicron wave we are able to fast track our reopening plan,” said Premier Doug Ford at a press conference held February 14th. Changes include eliminating the requirement for Ontarians to carry a Vaccine Passport to access specific locations such as restaurants and other businesses, although these businesses will have the option to require passports if they so choose.

Masking requirements remain unchanged.

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