Trucker protest puts Trudeau’s leadership on the line

The truckers—'love or hate their protest'—have 'managed to put mandates front and centre in the public domain as something up for debate and discussion,' said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research.

What ostensibly began in late January as a protest against the federal government’s vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers has morphed into an unprecedented, widespread anti-government movement, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Feb. 10 on the Hill, in the crosshairs of the anger. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

February 14, 2022

What ostensibly began in late January as a protest against the federal government’s vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers has morphed into an unprecedented, widespread anti-government movement, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) in the crosshairs of the anger. “F*ck Tru...

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