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Protests erupted across the country against the federal carbon tax on Monday — the same day it rose by 23 per cent — while Canada's only Liberal provincial leader pressed for an emergency meeting to discuss alternative ways to cut emissions. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey called for an emergency meeting of leaders throughout Canada, arguing the program is too costly for his province and doesn't work as intended. Instead, Furey is urging the federal government to make "bold investments" in infrastructure and incentives akin to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act...

VIDEOThe very ironically named Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland issued a decree that the bank accounts of citizens can be frozen WITHOUT A COURT ORDER. That means the government will be operating outside the law. No Free Land because of Freeland... and her Son of Fidel enabler.

VIDEOIt is an emergency that was completely avoidable yet clueless Justin Trudeau poured gasoline on the fire and cornered himself into invoking the Emergencies Act. It was like the guy who set his car on fire in order to kill a spider played out on a national scale in Canada.

Even some police have lost faith with their own government.This is a 2 minute and 50 second rant. https://youtu.be/_BsgQtETV9A

Former Detroit Police Chief and gubernatorial candidate James Craig on Friday announced his support for the Canadian trucker protest, infuriating Michigan Democrats. “I stand with the truckers. I support all working people who are standing up for personal freedom. What we are seeing is a tremendous lack of leadership from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Joe Biden and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,” Craig said in a statement. “Instead of focusing on the protestors and demonizing the truckers, these career politicians should be focused on how their irresponsible pandemic response is hurting our economies.”

Ottawa is bracing for the upcoming weekend and the possibility of an influx of trucker convoy protesters as the demonstration enters another day in the nation’s capital. Parts of Ottawa’s downtown core remain inaccessible to the public as a scaled-down, core group of protesters continue to occupy the areas surrounding Parliament Hill, with transport trucks and personal vehicles encamped on the streets. Ottawa Police Service estimates the remaining group of protesters includes approximately 250 people. In a statement issued Thursday, police said officers have issued 30 traffic tickets and charged one man criminally in relation to the protest. “Police laid...

Ottawa (Reuters)-Police in Ottawa see signs that guns have been brought into a trucker' protest against vaccine mandates that have paralyzed the Canadian capital, the police chief said on Wednesday adding that calling in the military would pose a major risk. "We have had an indication around firearms coming into this jurisdiction as part of this demonstration as much as a week and a half ago," Chief Peter Sloly told a briefing. He said there was evidence of "a significant element from the United States in the funding and organizing" of the protest.... "We are looking at every single option,...

...As of Saturday evening, police and city officials did not know when the protest would end. Mayor Jim Watson admitted there is a possibility there will be large crowds downtown again today. "My message, again, is clear - You’ve been here, you’ve made your point, you’ve protested, you’ve disrupted a lot of communities - the ByWard Market, Centretown and so on in our city - it’s time for you to go back to your home," said Watson on CTV News Channel. "Because we have to start rebuilding our economy because COVID-19 has been devastating to a lot of small businesses."

As the first vehicles from the trucker convoy started appearing on Ottawa streets, some Twitter users shared a particular photo: a pickup truck with a confederate flag flying from the bed. Now, as the convoy descends on Ottawa with the stated aim of opposing all COVID-19 mandates, anti-hate experts allege those with white nationalist and Islamophobic views don’t just represent the fringes of the movement but are among the organizers of the convoy. “We’re saying that this is a far-right convoy because — from day one — the organizers themselves are part of the far-right movement,” said Evan Balgord, executive...

Washington Post did its usual bang-up job of caterwauling and keening loudly and sanctimoniously into its echo chamber by calling the truckers fascists and invoking the racial element, mainly because the legacy media could not report on a disc golf tournament without racializing it. Race is hot sauce to the MSM — everything tastes better with a little racism sprinkled on it. ... The convoy, which is reported to be some 70 km long (that’s around 43 miles for you and me) is one result of Canadians’ exasperation with the interminable government restrictions imposed on them to prevent the spread...

News media has faced heightened criticism from right-leaning politicians as a trucker convoy rolls into Ottawa, but one former conservative strategist says it’s an example of a long-standing tactic. Tim Powers, the chair of Summa Strategies, told Global News that criticizing the media is “part of normal strategic practice” for conservative politicians, particularly when they feel like they’re in trouble. Powers said the practice in Canada dates back to the Brian Mulroney era and was a successful tool for Stephen Harper.