Canada

there has been discussion of when, not if, to lift some of the restrictions well before the 'truckers' took to the road.

How do you explain some northern blue States also lifting some of their restrictions, there are not trucker convoys in their States yet they, too, are transitioning from the pandemic stage to the endemic stage.

As to using Alberta and Saskatchewan as your examples, well, they are hard core Con provinces and not reflective of the rest of Canada and even they have made the point that if hospitalizations increase the restrictions will be put back in place.