Canada’s Truckers are Fighting for the Liberty of All People

Photo by Grant Ritchie on Unsplash

Published in Townhall, February 2022 

Yesterday in Ottawa, a police officer stepped into a bar to deliver a message from the Canadian government to the truckers protesting Canada’s vaccine mandates. In the course of his video taped delivery, among other things, he said: 

"Remove your trucks yourselves now ... or ... you will be forfeiting the trucks to the Crown and those associated with those trucks will be arrested."

To which, one trucker responded to the officer, "Just remove the MANDATES, and we'll leave."

Apparently, that was an option the police were not yet willing to consider.

This morning, Ottawa Police Service Chief Peter Sloly raised the stakes. At a press conference he said:

“All plans are on the table to end the protest in Ottawa … from negotiated to enforced removal … officers have been working with city and police legal services teams to pursue an injunction against the protesters and have considered military involvement.” (emphasis added)

Thus, for Canadians -- and those around the world who are watching this drama play out -- the question presently seems to be: Will one side blink … or, will there be a civil war?