Simple. Just declare it to be so. Governments are inherently freedom limiting power structures. They exist to limit freedom, not to protect or expand it. It's good thing, until the power is abused. They say they are for freedom, because admitting their true foundation could result in a restive population.
What's going on in the world, these days, is the elites flexing their guns. They are all to happy to oblige by crushing opposition to their grand scheme. In their minds, they have the moral high ground.
A lot of the truckers are Indian and maybe immigrants.