Moving past the convoy occupation requires transformational human rights change

Have lessons been learned? That is far from evident. There has been little effort by any order of government to even reach out and hear community-member views firsthand.

Freedom Convoy supporters gather along Wellington Street on Jan. 29, 2022. We overwhelmingly heard from people who felt harmed and abused by the convoy, write commissioners with the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LEILANI FARHA, MONIA MAZIGH, ALEX NEVE, DEBBIE OWUSU-AKYEEAH

January 30, 2023

It’s hard to believe that is has been a year since trucks rolled into Ottawa and took over the city’s downtown core. It begs the question: one year on, do we understand the impact of that convoy, and what needs to change going forward?

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