Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada (Kitsliano) was ordered by Provincial Health Officers to close after defying COVID-19 rules. Customers in the restaurant chant “get out!” at the health officers inside the restaurant trying to enforce their mandate, and get them to leave.
https://gab.com/kittylists/posts/106005054856987595
ITALY: 50,000 restaurants and businesses open despite strict lockdown laws in place. Police in the video tell patrons to leave, they all start singing ‘freedom’ and refuse.
The people of Italy have acted in unison and have been heard.
https://gab.com/Ciao_Isabella/posts/106003875897154204
that was great....Good for you Canadians!
Priceless they chased the health officers out and than began cheering!!Finally a little bit of protest!
That’s so good to see! I’ve been very worried about the level of militancy my fellow-Canadians have been prepared to express. So far, it’s been disappointing, but maybe the Calgary pastor and Vancouver restaurant patrons videos show it’s changing.
One of my own customers was commenting about Premier Ford cancelling Easter by locking Ontario down again yesterday for 28 days - no visitors from outside your own home, restaurant indoor dining closed completely. The customer stated “This is getting ridiculous.” They know there’s something stinky about the narrative, but have been reluctant to express it because denial of the mandates gets turned on you as “Oh, you don’t care if people die?”
Anecdotally, it appears that people are indeed defying this lockdown. My restaurant has predictable sales patterns well-established through the years. If people weren’t gathering in their homes for Easter celebration, my sales would be up over previous Easter Sundays. So far today, my sales are normal for an Easter Sunday. I’m so proud of my fellow Canadians for their defiance, even if it’s surreptitious. I’m sure there will be many reports in the coming days about fines and intrusions into people’s homes from health officials who received reports from their Chad and Karen neighbours. I fail to understand why people even open the door to these intruders.
If I weren’t under quarantine and expecting a visit from a health official, I’d pick up my son and his girlfriend, drive them into my garage, close the door, exit into the back yard and enter the house through the side door. Breaking quarantine on day 1 didn’t seem like such a hot idea though, plus I didn’t have time to buy all the preparations anyway, having only returned yesterday by taxi from Buffalo. Had I flown to Toronto, I’d have ended up in Covid Hotel Hell there for 3 nights minimum at a cost of $2000. I also have a Chad and Karen next door who would likely report my gathering to the authorities and, as much as I love my son, a $3000 fine for breaking quarantine so soon would be reckless. We need to choose our battles.
Very good news, Melian. Thank you for passing it along.
Thanks for all the good links.
I am trying to catch up!