The MOU says everything you need to know about the truckers protest

I am sure many of the people who came to Ottawa and left the next day came to peacefully protest and did not have overthrowing the government in mind. But their leaders did, and still do.

Protestors with the Freedom Convoy are pictured on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29. The degree of ignorance shown by the leaders of the demonstration of the legitimate authority of the government, its makeup, the Constitution, federal-provincial jurisdiction, is, as one commentator put it, 'breathtaking,' writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 2, 2022

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I was in Ottawa last week, but I got out ahead of the inappropriately named “Freedom Convoy.” While many regular readers know of my lack of love for the national capital, even I felt enormous sympathy for Ottawa and its residents this week.�...

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