Posted on 12/19/2018 2:36:13 PM PST by simpson96
Canadians, many in yellow vests like those worn by anti-government protesters in France, demonstrate in Ottawa on Dec. 8.
The streets of France have been rocked by the yellow vest protests over the past five weeks, named for the reflective safety vests worn by many protesters. The anti-government demonstrations began over an increased gasoline tax and spread to include other issues.
In recent weeks, the protests extended beyond Paris and other French cities to include Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, among others, where outraged citizens are fed up with high taxes, strict regulations and an increasingly oppressive centralized and globalist European government.
Now the yellow vest protests have crossed the pond, so to speak, to arrive in Canada.
In cities across the country this weekend, residents donned the recognizable safety gear and took to the streets, mostly to protest the immigration and taxation policies supported by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canadas CTV News reported that protests arose Saturday from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the east to Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, out west, with plenty of other cities seeing protesters in between.
In Halifax, a group of protesters arrayed themselves outside City Hall in protest of a new carbon tax, among a long list of other concerning issues.
Protester James Hoskins told CTV, I have never met even one Canadian that understands how a carbon tax is going to reduce carbon emissions, while Barry Ahern described a special government grant program as oppression of Canadians by our own people.
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
Pelosi and her gang of old reps and commies along with the 40 newbie socialists going to the house should find a line of yellow vests barring their entrance. The blm/womens march muzzies were able to do this during the Kavanaugh debacle quite easily.
France needs to make two changes to ban them - first repeal the law that forces car owners to have them, then ban them....from noises over there, they may have to ban blue vests for officers too...
I actually saw a guy down the street wearing a yellow vest, and thought the protests had begun.
But no, he was just working on the sewer.
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