Beneath all the vague talk, the causes of populist chaos are clear enough

It’s pretty clear by now that the underlying purpose of these events lies with organizers embracing a populist reaction to Canada in all its progressive manifestations.

Inflamed by reams of conspiratorial misinformation, the thinking behind events like the weekend Rolling Thunder protest in Ottawa plays out as a rejection of today’s cosmopolitan, tolerant, and multicultural Canada, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

May 4, 2022

OTTAWA—The idea of motorcyclists rolling into town and sort of taking over is a unique North American postwar cultural phenomenon. The whole outlaw biker concept, which took shape after a raucous “invasion” by an unexpectedly large crowd of bikers during the July 4 weekend in Hollister, Calif...

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