Almost apologetic Federal Court ruling revives truckers’ 2022 anti-vaccine rampage

This court decision based on a cherry-picking of the facts and questionable second guessing only serves to supercharge what has turned out to be a still-growing anti-federal government movement.

Freedom Convoy supporters gather along Wellington Street on Feb. 17, 2022, as the occupation of downtown Ottawa entered its third week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

January 29, 2024

OTTAWA—Let’s begin with the fact that the widespread rejection of public health measures to fight COVID-19, as witnessed in the United States and echoed in Canada by the trucker-led protests two years ago, was truly deadly.

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