Freedom Convoy 2022 - The Trucker Protests in Canada Explained

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The Freedom Convoy (French: le Convoi de la Liberté) is a series of ongoing protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for truckers to re-enter the country by land introduced by the government of Canada on January 15, 2022. Beginning January 22, hundreds of vehicles formed convoys from several points and traversed Canadian provinces before converging on Ottawa on January 29, 2022, with a rally at Parliament Hill. The vehicular convoys were then joined by thousands of pedestrian protesters. Several offshoot protests have blockaded provincial capitals and border crossings with the United States, causing major economic disruption. The protests are ongoing as of February 10, 2022, and protesters have stated that they will not leave until all COVID-19 restrictions and mandates have been repealed. Officials have expressed concern about the economic impact of border blockades. On February 11, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a State of Emergency, introducing new legal sanctions on the impediment of trade routes, highways, airports, ports, bridges and railways. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United States President Joe Biden spoke on February 11 to discuss ending blockades at the border. In the fall of 2021, both Canada and the United States accommodated unvaccinated cross-border truckers exempting them from COVID-19 vaccine requirements, to prevent exacerbating existing supply chain disruptions. The exemptions for Canadian truckers ended on January 15, 2022, and the United States exemption ended on January 22, 2022. Of the 120,000 Canadian licensed truck drivers who regularly serve cross-border routes, approximately 85 per cent were already vaccinated against COVID-19 by January. An estimated 12,000 to 16,000 of these Canadian truckers who are unvaccinated will not be able to work cross-border routes but they can continue to run routes within Canada, as these new mandates do not impact domestic trucking. The convoy has been condemned by trucking industry and labour groups. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) stated that most protesters had no connection to trucking. Protesters were seen defacing the statue of Terry Fox, the National War Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Officials have raised concerns of some protesters' involvement with far-right extremist groups, including those who promote violence; some have called for the federal government of Canada to be overthrown. The protests have been called an occupation and have been considered an attempted insurrection by media, officials and the public, but have attracted praise from conservative politicians and media figures in both Canada and the U.S.

0:00:00 - intro
0:00:15 - Summary
0:01:00 - Background and goals
0:01:56 - Vaccination requirements for US-Canada cross-border travel
0:02:47 - Vaccine mandates and passports
0:03:31 - Protest goals
0:03:55 - Timeline of protests
0:04:24 - Convoy movements
0:05:13 - Ottawa
0:07:24 - Alberta–Montana border crossing
0:07:46 - Ontario–Michigan border crossing
0:08:02 - Security
0:08:44 - Investigations
0:09:03 - Criticism of Ottawa Police
0:09:26 - Dispersing the protests
0:10:58 - Fundraising
0:11:23 - Communications
0:11:33 - By law enforcement
0:11:47 - By media
0:11:57 - By organizers
0:12:34 - Participation of extremist groups
0:12:50 - Links to far-right and separatist groups
0:14:06 - American influence
0:14:26 - Possible spread of COVID-19
0:14:42 - Statements and reactions
0:14:52 - Liberal Party
0:15:04 - Conservative Party
0:15:34 - Other Canadian politicians
0:15:49 - American politicians and media figures
0:16:23 - Organizations
0:17:15 - Others
0:17:47 - Opinion polls
0:18:31 - Noise complaints and lawsuit
0:18:49 - Toronto protest
0:19:17 - Winnipeg protest
0:19:38 - British Columbia–Washington border crossing
0:19:50 - Other Canadian protests
0:20:07 - International protests
0:20:40 - outro

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