Reaction to vaccine mandates keeps border crossing closed

 NY Post:

Canadian trucker protestors blocking a bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan decided to defy a court order to clear the route on Friday night, despite warning from police that those refusing to comply could face fines or prison.

By early Saturday, the crowd had thinned out but was still standing as a party atmosphere intensified. Police were in the area but did not move in on the demonstrators.

The so-called “Freedom Convoy,” involving hundreds of people and a few dozen trucks, had been blocking traffic from the Ambassador Bridge for five days in protest of COVID-19 mandates, forcing plant closures and work stoppages in Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, because materials can’t get across the border.

Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz issued an injunction following a four-and-a-half hour hearing at which attorneys for the city of Windsor and auto-parts makers argued that the protest was causing undue economic harm. The order went into effect at 7 p.m. Friday.

Windsor police immediately warned that those taking part in the blockade could be arrested or have their vehicles seized.

But the protesters remained headstrong, with one person at the bridge grabbing a mic and asking the crowd if they wanted to stay or go after the deadline.

The group decided to stay, and the man responded to their applause with: “Let’s stand tall.”

The crowd then sang the Canadian national anthem and chanted “freedom.”

In the hours after the order took effect, some trucks voluntarily left the blockade, but many more remained and hundreds of flag-waving protesters continued to mill about on foot, according to the CBC.
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Canadian officials stubbornly cling to their control freak policies on vaccines and have spawned one of the biggest rebellions in the history of Canada. If they continue to not listen to the people there could be a turnover in the government.  I see no indications that the people support the vaccine mandates.

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Can someone give PM Trudeau a pair of glasses?

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