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Nevilledog

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5. We need to clarify what constitutes "trucker"

Reply to applegrove (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 10, 2022, 11:05 PM

Feb 2022

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David Frum
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Semantic note. It's certainly a "truck" protest. Trucks are being used as a weapon of economic warfare against the Canadian state. But it's not a "trucker" protest. 90% of Canadian truckers are vaccinated, and comparatively few of the truck blockaders drive a truck for a living.
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The population of Ottawa is about 1 million. [View all] brooklynite Feb 2022 OP

Excellent point and puts things in perspective. badhair77 Feb 2022 #1

It's the nation's capital. A million people have had their lives turned upside down for two weeks Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #2

There are children in the crowd on Parliament Hill. The truckers applegrove Feb 2022 #3

We need to clarify what constitutes "trucker" Nevilledog Feb 2022 #5

Sounds like children as hostages. roamer65 Feb 2022 #6

Sounds like an ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #8

The disruption is more symbolic than having any economic effect Klaralven Feb 2022 #4

It's not as if the whole city or more than a fraction is blocked. Have perspective. Laws different.n Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #7