He kind of is the foreign ambassador of Canada.

He is

He literally is lmao

He is

I mean basically

Makes ya think

Coincidence?

And the Queen got covid.

@Hello there Yes, I know about Crimea and Donbas

"But when the world needed him most, he vanished."

Its beyond terrifying that in a democracy a government can do that to its own citizens

Pretty sure thats been legal in the US for a very long time just that nobody in the US cares

A lot of people on the left don't realize this, if there was a government that opposes and are hellbent on shutting down the Climate or Indigenous protests, they very much will now look for an excuse to do the same. To an extent, Law Enforcement already does that. I disagree with the trucker protest, but we all have our rights to protest and have a different opinion in this country. This is very dangerous for everyone and I feel not enough people are seeing past their partisanship.

Would you think differently if that bank account was feeding funds to drug traffickers?

@@thetruthhurts6652 no government should not have any power over any bank account period.

This should have been highlighted in the video. Also, frozen bank accounts, retroactive punishment for something legal at the time it occurred.

"Fair and objective analysis"

Have you any evidence for that? Anything I've read stated they were seized directly from protestors.

Law enforcement lying about a seizure? Who would've thought?

@Seaghán Ó Laodhcha do you have any evidence for your baseless claims? Burden of proof is on the accuser.

...but the pizza was plague-flavored and most of the people at the party were gatecrashers from the local asylum.

legit happened to me

Pizza parties are vastly overrated.

More like the school caught fire the day you were home sick.

When I was 11 I had an educational psychologist appointment in the city and my entire class took an unplanned trip to botanical gardens. Devastated.

Polls are terrible.

The "I luv big guv" mindset is pretty prevalent in Europe too, which is unsurprising considering they're the ones who invented communism and fascism, and probably have suffered the most from them both.

polls are meant to influence public opinion, not reflect it.

"Majority (71%) would vote for a strong-willed person to enforce law and order Seven-in-ten (71%) Canadians say that regardless of their politics, they would vote for a strong-willed person to have enforceable law and order. Those most likely to feel this way reside in the province of Québec (86%), followed by those living in British Columbia (74%), both in Ontario (66%) and Alberta (66%), Atlantic Canada (63%), and Manitoba/Saskatchewan (62%). Those least likely to hold this view (29%) can be found primarily in both Manitoba/Saskatchewan (38%) and Atlantic Canada (37%), followed by those living in both Alberta (34%) and Ontario (34%), British Colombia (26%), and Québec (14%)." I think the source J.J. is citing is this-static1.squarespace.com/static/5a17333eb0786935ac112523/t/620f068a2eeea94ec5b8bee0/1645151885613/Shaken+to+the+core+18+02+22.pdf The end of the document describes (a bit) on how the data is collected.

@@TheAmericanPrometheus Meanwhile the US pioneered crony capitalism and had its people suffer under that system, too. Shame it's still being perpetuated.

JJ always seems to leave out the important parts. "Objective and fair" is what he says....translation, "I'm a liberal pretending to be in the middle"

@@loganmaccallum1500 muh oppression

​@@greasemonk4576 Freezing bank accounts isnt oppression? Good, maybe it can happen to you someday, and you will have no room to complain :^)

@@loganmaccallum1500 Exactly

@@xmtsmtsx hardly.

I'm curious, as a Quebec person do you embrace Canadian identity or exclusively identify as a Quebecois

It's because the protesters were proud boys. Again, they carried Confederate flags and Nazi symbolism. They have been promoting Nazi ideology. They support Trump. What more evidence do you need? They are basically the proud boys.

@@eugenekoh8815 I’m also a Quebecois, and I do consider myself a Canadian, although my political views rest much closer to Quebec’s ideology than Canada overall. I don’t like the division between Quebec and the rest of Canada in the mind of a lot people around me, I feel like it’s not productive and is just a way to fuel our oppression complex

I'm sorry but when and why would you consider diplomacy about this? Exaggerating things for clarity, if a theoretical group of people who called for the immediate concentration and murder of the elderly population of Canada, would diplomacy be in place? Should we compromise with them? Or is it fair to tell them to get f***ed since we are _not_ about to murder a bunch of people. Whether you agree with me or not, that's irrelevant. As much as I think this gang of scientifically illiterate idiots deserved no diplomacy, it's Trudeau's gov't. opinion that matters. Whether you like it or not, whether for personal gain or not, Trudeau has taken a pro-mandates and pro-masks stance, likely backed by common sense. That's what Trudeau thought the truckers were, elderly murderers. He did not hesitate to throw and hurl insults like its candies in halloween. TLDR If you knew anything about Trudeau by seeing what he's been doing since the beginning of the pandemic you would have _no_ reason to be surprised or expect something else other than immediate counterattacks to what _he_ sees as a bunch of lunatics, whether you and I agree is irrelevant, that's what Trudeau picked.

@@emilyjohnson4421 How did you feel seeing your peacefull protestors in France, unarmed, no trucks just walking along a canal, protesting vaccine mandates and passports being unleashed on unprovoked with tear gas ???? Now the only live stream video of that event, RuPTLY a russian company based in germany has had its videos pulled from youtube. BTW do you still think the vaccine protects anyone else but the recipient ????? If so time to do a little more study.

Thank you my friend!

Agreed. Amidst the Ukraine situation, the KZfaq channel "Good Times Bad Times" made update videos that I found to be _extremely_ helpful.

Do you have any recommendation for similar YTers? JJ has linked NFKRZ in relation to Russia and it looks great, but I'm always on a lookout for more.

@@AManOnline. Glad I'm not the only one who's found them super useful. There are times I think they may be a tad optimistic, but it's hard to blame them for that all things considered. And who knows, maybe I'm the one who's overly pessimistic. That would be nice.

@@xKalisto TYT, Beau of the Fifth Column, David Packman. The majority Report, The Rational National (This guy is Canadian.) Once the algorithm figures you out it will bring them to you.

In Germany we basically had the situation with a movement called the last generation who where also a anti climate change and pro environment group who demanded a law against food waste. And the same happened here. People who proclaimed to be pro freedom and anti establishment suddenly wanted the police and drivers to violently take them away. Yeah everyone can become hypocrite If it suddenly affects oneself.

yeah its kinda wild to see how people are now supporting street blockades before this caravan I always say things like "I would run over these fuckers if i saw them" or "every single one of them should be sued for all their worth" and not that it's for removing government restrictions for vaccinations people are supporting it maybe not the exact correlation there but something to note

Didn’t a similar thing happen with miner strikes back when Thatcher was Prime Minister?

To be fair, most of us don't have the luxury of not having these sorts of disruptions entail significant consequences to our lives. People can lose jobs, money, sleep or quality time with family if protest disruptions are severe. At some level it stops being a minor inconvenience. The same issue is present in many transport strikes, when southern rail was strike ridden for weeks lots of commuters were forced to quit their jobs and applicants were rejected because they lived on the network.

Especially when they started blocking trains literally sustainable transport

Donating to economic terrorists should be a crime. They acted in a manner to deliberately shut down trade in order to overthrow the government... It should have been a crime.

I saw no depiction as such, in fact all during the EMO the government went out of its way to investigate ANY case of individuals being affected by their banks. What is MOST aggregious about the financial seizures is newsworthy, namely that the government mentioned only about a hundred individuals for targetting, but what the RCMP AND Banks admitted was that THEY targeted far more people than the government. Thats LITERALLY police and private enterprise collusion, which is the very definition of fascism.

polls usually only consist of around 1000 people which may have been great 100 years ago when the world population was far smaller, but it doesn't hold up to the countries of today. Even 10,000 people wouldn't give an accurate result over every area in a place as large as Canada

100% of the people polled agree with you. (Just me, I agree with you)

I dunno, I've answered a couple polls in my life. It's random, so statistically some people wouldn't receive many, especially if you ignore anonymous phone numbers.

I had to sign up for maru voice. They send emails of you're eligible for the survey

I’ve gotten quite a few but that’s cause I always answer my phone no matter the number. I have lots of free time so if it’s a scam call I like to waste their time lol

That's what all these far left, far right people never seem to get. You are just pawns, the ideology you preach, once taken root, would quickly target you as an enemy of the sate.

It’s a good thing Canada is a liberal democracy isn’t it

@@Superbl0bby Not very liberal if they can freeze your bank account if they don't agree with the protest you side on

@@Superbl0bby Yeah, freezing bank account of people who politically disagree with you is *totally* democratic.

@@221Prohunter Well maybe they shouldn't park their truks in my way so I can go to work without dealing with their BS. Forced to get the vaccine or not, just don't make it my problem. 🙄

Sadly, it didn't surprise me at all. Now, what I'm curious about is if those numbers were for this protest in particular, or for all obstructive protests in general.

Don't know about that The Army has a thing called a "tracked recovery vehicle" I've seen those things drag a broken Leopard bridgelayer tank (65 tons?) Up a muddy 30 degree slope....Sideways So....if they can't pull a truck out of that pile They can push them out And if they can't pull...or push them free They'll just flatten them down until they can drive over them So...are you going to move your truck Or will we have to help you move it? THAT'S how you deploy the Military to "aid the civil power"

It isn´t suprising when you realise that a lot of Canadians associate the people of the trucker Convoy with the "far right"

I agree. The "protestors" were mostly just a bunch of bored, scared, angry adult toddlers stamping their feet over being asked to take some responsibility, and that's how they needed to be treated. Sending in the military makes it look as though they're a unified militia with an actual point to make, and needlessly escalates the situation into something that looks scarily like the beginning of a civil war. I know that *I* don't want military vehicles and personnel patrolling my neighbourhood, or anywhere else civilians live, even if they're there to keep us safe. This stupid protest isn't worth it.

@@BulletWarden Good point!

Wasnt very fair and objective was it In fact he sounded like he was for authoritarian behavior

@@jamesriley007 but the emergency act has been greatly reduced

Words keep steadly losing their meaning.

He writes for the Washington Compost, but I still decided to hear him out. Sadly, he was as predictable as I knew he would be.

Next election the people of Canada have a chance to make the change themselves.

I don't think they were dismissed in that way EXCEPT by media and people who really didn't care much. Protestors of ALL issues are often dismissed that way. But thats likely true what you say, in fact I often state that while I think their reasoning was crazy, much of the governments response was FAR crazier, and i'm not talking vaccine shit. Our PROVINCIAL government was far worse, and our provincial govenrment had THREE large protests against it, at one point he conservative premier asking the media to not tell people where he was because he was getting targetted.

It’s a lot of shit not just Covid it’s wholesale disrespect for the lower classes and the rule of law is what is going on here

It's appalling. Your money is not yours

Get trolled

Pay attention indeed :)

J.J think Justin Trudeau will gonna stay in power. Dude is the most unpopular prime minister in Canada history lmao 😂😂

@@georgefloydwasablackman7402 lol BLM mad that USA is funding bilion of dollars back into the police department 😂😂

@Nich Hanson That was really non issue, because they only froze that accounts of people that were directly involved with the Occupation and Blockade. There was a Conservative MP that made an allegation that couldn't be verified, by anyone!!! Many that donated, had their personal information spread all over the Internet, when GiveSendGo was hacked and the Hackers posted their info online for the World to see. That had nothing to do with Government that was just the usual Hacker mischief. Update: The Conservatives reminded members not to make false or misleading statements associated with the Bank Account issue, because it would weaken their position.

@@tonespeaks - Incorrect - They even froze people's accounts of others that were not related to the protest - like one of the organizers ex wife and that is just one example

@@paintballthieupwns do you know her name?? People say things, so simple research should be able to confirm if it is true or not. Lots of people say lots of things, doesn't make it true. So let's spread truths not rumors.

@@crimson7262 I agree Emergencies Act was an extreme measure and that Public Inquiry will exposed if it was justified or not. Just so you know, Banks don't need an a Court Order to freeze accounts. If they feel that the activity is suspicious, they (The Bank) can freeze your account on the spot (without Court Order). The Bank Act gives them this duty and the rights to do so, this has been on the books for many years. Insurance Companies can terminate insurance on vehicles that they feel are involved in criminal activity, without a Court Order, at anytime, that is in the policy. I should add that his policy is also similar to policies in the United States and in many other countries around the World. Money blocked by via Public Fundraising was done with Court Orders, from Ontario Government and a Class Action suit (by a residences of Ottawa) launched against the Freedom Convoy, who went to Court and got an injunction to have the assets of the Freedom Convoy frozen. As for using Hacked information, that is not illegal since the information is now Public. It would be illegal if they assisted in the hacking of information. As for the using the Emergencies Act, the main justification was to allow Police Forces from around Canada to be involved in the Operation without having to get individual approvals, which would have taken some time. It was to allow FINTRAC to monitoring financial transaction via Crowdfunding systems and crypto, which it didn't have in its mandate and there was also issues with demanding that Tow Trucks remove vehicles on command and etc. This is totally not an overreach at any level. Most of the issues used in the Emergencies act are covered by different levels of Government and Law. The Emergencies allows for certain laws to be amended to cover areas, that where not foreseen when those laws were created. For example Crowdfunding sites were not part of the FINTRACs mandate, so they had not authority to monitor financial traffic.

@@crimson7262 I read your reply and must say, that you might have misunderstood the Emergencies Act and who it was directed towards. This was directed to those that where not peaceful. So far no peaceful protesters has been caught up by the Emergencies Act. There were a lot of people that participated in the Protests, the Government focused on those that were not peaceful. Not sure you understand the law, but the Occupation was deemed illegal, by a Judge, who issued an injunction. But the Government didn't need a Judge to do so, because the Trucks were blocking a street, there was no question that was illegal, from the start. What many people don't know is that you need a permit to block streets, you can't just do that on your own legally. The fact that you would even question that Occupation as being legal is very telling. The Freezing of Public Fundraising was done by Court Order, both the Ontario Government and some Citizens of Ottawa, where granted that injunction in court. The Occupation of a Street is illegal pretty much everywhere in Canada, actually in the World for that matter. Not sure why that would come as a surprise to anyone. Those affected by the illegal act have the right to hold those that cause damage, to pay for damages caused. This is basic law and much of the World would find damages. FINTRAC didn't find any evidence because they don't have the mandate to track financial transactions within Crowdfunding sites. The Blockades and Occupation, was clearly coordinated, this was confirmed by the Organizers, when they held a Press Conference stating that they would not stop, till their demands were met. As for using the Hacked information, because the Blockade and Occupation are illegal acts, anything in support of that is considered an illegal act. That is called Aiding and abetting, so contributing to an illegal act is illegal, the Police / Government can use that information as long as they didn't commit illegal acts it gathering that information. It should be noted that once the Protest turned into illegal acts, it turned from being lawful to illegal. When GiveSendGo setup a funding system, it was well known that the the protest was now something illegal. Anyone that provided support to the organization, was aiding and abetting. People have a duty to know where their money is going and who it is going to. Not to mention that the Hack of GiveSendGo wasn't done by the Police or Government. If people lost their jobs and were harassed for contributing, that isn't the Government's fault. GiveSendGo is an US company and their data was stored in the US. People should have known better than to send money via a company that didn't have a good reputation and to an organization that was involved in illegal acts. As for invoking the Emergencies Act, the Government has an easy case here. The fact that FINTRAC was given additional powers to track Crowdfunding sites and Crypto, things that were not in their mandate. The fact that they needed Police from around the country to be given authority, wasn't available to them under current law. The Blockades of vital Border crossings across the country and Occupation in the Capital is more than enough evidence that the Emergencies Act was warranted. Not only that, the weight in Court is that people have to prove that the Government was wrong and knew it, not just that the Government was wrong. It is a very high bar for those that think the Government was wrong. Just for the record, only Windsor was resolved before the Emergencies Act was invoked. It was the Ontario Government that stated to the Federal Government that they didn't have the power to end the Occupation. This alone will give the Federal Government Cover to invoke the Emergencies Act. As for vote in the House of Commons Vote, being a Confidence Vote, that actually makes a lot of sense. Invoking the Emergencies Act is a serious act. No Government should ever take such action without it being a vote of confidence, that just wouldn't make any sense, to do otherwise. Can we at least agree on this?? As for the Prime Minster's actions, I do think he could have handled things better, I don't even think he would disagree with this. On the other hand, the Organizers made it well known they where there to overthrow the Government. Pat King stated well before showing up to Ottawa, that he wanted to Shut Ottawa Down. Pat King and his band of Brothers/Sisters where from a range of White Nationals, Alt-Right and other less than peaceful groups. This is why there were Flags with Swastikas, Confederate Flags and other really distasteful symbols. The truth of the matter, some of the Organizers were using a legitimate grievance about the COVID measures as cover for their more distasteful political causes. This is why there was a lot of confusion about what the Protest was really about. Not to mention the Organizers, didn't just Protest and go home, they took part of the City Hostage, until their demands were met. First is was a meeting with the PM, an end to all COVID measures and then an end to the Mandates, or the Blockades and Occupation would continue. There is no way the PM could meet with the Organizers.... not Government could. People can't just run down to Ottawa and demand a meeting with the PM..that would be totally foolish for the Government to entertain that. In closing I would say this, Protesting about COVID measures, I have no issue with, even if they protested everyday. Shutting down part of the City, creating a disturbance and damaging the community. that is totally unlawful and out of order. The Blockades where unlawful and Anti-Canadian, those that participated and supported the unlawful acts, should have be treated harshly, by the law. They had not right to try and force our Government to bend to their demands. No one elected them to represent US, they are all self appointed. The funny thing, it was all a total waste of time, because most of the COVID measures were going to be relaxed as the Hospitalization rates lowered, exactly as they where last summer. The actions of some cost Canadians a lot of money for nothing. Canada has always been free, it is one of the greatest countries in the world. Canada and Canadians have done a great job in handling COVID, we have one of the best Death Rates per 100k population and our Economy has recovered faster that most in the Western World. While we are dealing with high inflation it is one of the lowest inflation rates in the developed World and lower than the USA. Canada's economy is doing so well, we need people (immigration) badly, so that businesses can grow. Canadians spend so much time focused on what's wrong with things, that they miss all the things that are so right. People are so focused on PM, that they forget most of the COVID Measures are controlled by the Provinces / Premiers. We Canadians need to stick together and instead of trying to be confrontational like they are in the US, we need to stick to our Canadian values of cooperation and figure a way to solve some of our problems. When we can't agree, we accept our win or defeat on position and move on. COVID isn't biggest problem confronting Canada anymore.....we have much bigger things to deal with now.

really!? that was the worst video i've ever seen. he's a tool of the government, open your eyes.

Disagree as I watched protest on live he is diplomatically left leaning rationalization.missing entire points of CHARTER RIGHTS RULE OF LAW..badly mistreated

In making this video, I really wish that I had been back in Canada because I would’ve come to Ottawa and made a video about it like I did it for Chile.

I heard it described as more of a carnival than a protest.

@@mattb4072 It was a far right hate rally of violent, racist, white nationalists funded by American Nazi's trying to overthrow democracy itself. CBC said so for 4 weeks on TV.

@@KaiserS0ZE CBC also published a article the other day about the poor Ottawa residents suffering from PTSD "phantom honking" over it

@@KaiserS0ZE well you know CBC! A very credible source of information! 🤪

Actually you can get in trouble for not citing your previous work in any projects or essays.

J.J think Justin Trudeau will gonna stay in power. Dude is the most unpopular prime minister in Canada history lmao 😂😂

"The Blaze reports..."

Hmm, maybe the people wanting to murder workers don't care about the freedom of the vast majority.

Voting has the same self-selecting bias though... some people don't vote...

The media outlets always rely heavily on polls around elections, and this statement above has only gotten truer in recent years. Just look at how well Hillary Clinton was doing in the polls the night before the 2016 election.

Nah, you have to sign up for these polling systems, and then you also need to keep checking for active polls (I was in at least two of these at some point.) The leading problem is that these are for-profit companies, which results in fishing for the results you want by using nearly-useless (cheap) sample numbers. Phone and mail surveys are obsolete, and scams/robocalls have pretty much made that form of polling unreliable, but internet polling is subject to large left/right tilting by having groups of people who ONLY respond to political polls.

@Ding Ding The KZfaq Buddy French polls have always been correct.

Different demographics and supporters of different parties also have varying likelihoods of actually voting which throws off polls, such as happened a lot with Trump

if you're going to fight vaccine mandates I don't care if the government takes your cash.

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Ok 71%er

I couldn't agree more. Too many connected issues were left out

Some people are still locked out of their bank accounts and at least 2 convoy leaders are still locked up, no bail.

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 what in tarnation

Nailed it. Everyone has their COVID story. Part of mine is being called a small, fringe minority with unacceptable views.

@@oliviakilpatrick Hi Olivia. I only started watching the trucker protest because of the novelty of seeing snow piled up on the side of the footpath (sidewalk). It is winter here in Brisbane now and was 23 degrees C today and will be tomorrow too. So seeing snow piled up like that in an urban setting was a little captivating. As the protest continued on I would tune in each day. The first thing that sparked me was Trudeau going into hiding. I was like...... WTF! From there, from a political perspective the whole event in my eyes just degenerated. However the protest was just so intriguing in my view due to the behaviour / restraint shown by the truckers to not react violently or disrupt the peace and thus give the government what they wanted. I was so very proud of them. Aussies could not do that for that long. No way!! Albeit it would be to our detriment. From that I have learnt about the media in Canada. The CBC reports of the trucker protest did not seem to align with what I was watching via KZfaq live streams. And then there was the implementation of The Emergencies Act. I do not remember when I last cried, but I was welling up watching what was happening that day. The reason I have taken so much interest in this is because we too in Australia operate with the same system of government. If it were happening in The USA I could distance myself from it. But this really hit home. I have still been keeping an eye on the aftermath of that day. Like tuning in each day for 18 days wondering when that 'menace to society' Tamara Lich would be released. I keep trying to imagine the rule of law and parliamentary process being ignored here in Australia the way it has been in Canada, but I just can't. But then I keep telling myself that I am living supposedly within the same laws, just without the snow! Just for your information, our media here did not give the protest any coverage at all! It was like it never happened. I find that staggering. I cannot believe the words that come out of Trudeau when he is in front of a camera. As you stated 'fringe minority with unacceptable views". But also where he questioned "should we tolerate these people?" It blows my mind that a leader would say that. Our governments are formed and operate the same way as each other. We both just copied The Brits. I am by no means an expert on our political processes, but I am a believer in due process and the rule of law. The only two things slightly different is that voting in Australia is compulsory and our senators are elected by the public just like our politicians who are elected to the House Of Representatives (House Of Commons). What I am seeing in your country bothers me greatly. With the framework you have in place it should not be happening. As for JJ's self-proclaimed "fair and objective analysis" of the protest. I am perplexed! I don't think it can be fair when it was full of omissions that are integral to whole event. As I stated, JJ is very articulate and not short of a word, so it seemed to be out of character for him to not acknowledge other key aspects of this event. I hope he may offer an explanation as many people like me were questioning his omissions too. My guess is that right now he is probably a little more interested in Bill C11 (how is Bill C11 even a thing?) for now, rather than some guy on the other side of the world. Good luck. Rod.

Ah, glad you got to see so much of Canada, through the protest! I was actually there for... well... a few hours. It took me about 12 hours to get there, so I was only able to stay for a few hours, and BOY WAS IT COLD! It was like, -30C for sure, and windy too! It was unreal, the amount of cold there was. Still tons of people, and everyone was SO FRIENDLY! It was honestly one of the best moments of my life, and I absolutely adored it. I did see some counter protestors in several places. They were all in still groups, holding signs, and all masked. They looked very, VERY unpleasant... And another thing to note is the police had to be around THEM. I can actually relate to that situation a bit more, even. Around a month later, maybe two months (I can't recall the exact time), I was walking home from work, and I heard *rampant honking in the distance* so instead of going home, I went to go find out what all the commotion was about. I found a main road, with a stream of cars waving Canadian flags! I also saw police, and counter protestors, too! The counter-protestors had signs like 'We care about our healthcare workers' and other things like 'go home'. I did actually recognize some of the vehicles coming through my road as vehicles I saw at the Freedom Convoy, too! It was very exciting, but one really important thing to note: I did see some violence starting to break out. The counter-protestors were being watched by a whole squad of police officers. They were yelling and being violent. They were trying to get on the road and block traffic. They were being very aggressive, and it was frankly a little disgusting to watch them try to push police officers into the road. What was more upsetting is that the police didn't stop them. They can be as vicious as they like, but an unmasked person cleans up Ottawa's streets? Must be evil! But yeah, just wanted to say a few things. First, I found JJ through this video specifically. This was after I had both been to Ottawa, and also seen countless hours of livestream footage (as it was the most amazing thing happening, I always wanted to stay up to date on everything that was happening). There's actually a very strong case to made that the Freedom Convoy was the largest, most peaceful protest in history, and that warms my heart. But back to what I was saying! I found JJ's video on the convoy, and I was shocked how his idea of a 'fair and objective analysis' seemed to misrepresent both the goals of the convoy, as well as the government's role in oppressing the citizenry even further. Of course one of the biggest topics that was ignored was the fact that the Trudeau government had began seizing and freezing bank accounts from those who would donate or buy merchandise in relation to the Convoy; This is doubly concerning because they began using those same powers (illegally) to begin punishing people for donating, even before the new rule was brought into place. Other things not mentioned could include the old, indigenous leader who was trampled by a police horse while the police tried to crack down on the peaceful protestors, as well as the government telling businesses to close during the protest. It was not the choice of the business; It was the choice of the government. I'd also like to point out that in addition to the main, Ottawa protest, there were several other protests that began in many other places. One of the largest was the Border crossing in Alberta, Couts (i think it was called) where there were allegedly illegal firearms(...In Canada...? - According to some sources, these guns were also confiscated from the owners' houses, rather than being present at the protest). Other protests include the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor. This one gained a lot of attention despite being smaller, as it had been a collective effort from truckers on both sides of the border. The police were bussed in from many cities to handle these protests, but it was very clear that blocking primary access routes and freight routes peacefully was very successful. It should also be noted, that shortly after these protests, mandates began getting dropped. It worked! Most people who believe the narrative being pushed, however, don't seem to believe it, and simply accept that 'oh the government was going to do it anyway!' We still have some restrictions in place, and it still varies by province. In Quebec, the mask mandate was only dropped around a month ago, whereas in Ontario, it dropped in March-April, however transit systems, like busses, still required masks and such. Until recently, travel via train or other public transit to another province still required a vaccine passport. Currently, they still require masks during the entire transit, however, international travel is still mandating vaccine passports, which is rather despotic. So... why am I saying all this? Well, obviously there was a lot that happened. I just find JJ rather... selfish and self-centered to care about the authoritarian regime when it comes for HIS bank account (Bill C-11) but was openly in favor of authoritarianism when it suited his political views. While he certainly knows how to talk well, and CAN do his research, his outright ignorance shows that his values are not in Canada, and those who create content here, but for himself. If Bill C-11 didn't directly affect KZfaqrs, he would not be speaking out about it.

@@nicholasanderson7316 100%. I’m an American and nationalism is gonna bring down ours & the Canadian government, if anything. Our psycho nationalists consist of far right, fascist rural whites & the mega rich. In Canada, it is their liberals who are so afraid of being American, are actually doing the same crazy nationalistic insanity. People forget that political views isn’t a square, it is a circle. When you fall very fall one way, it swings back around. I am sorry that I am very unaware of Australian politics because it doesn’t often get promoted here. However, I think a lot of commonwealth countries forget that the US was a former colony & we all are much more similar to the UK than we may like. The US still is in the “special relationship” with the UK, making us do what they do so we both benefit. Our countries share more in common than we all my like to admit. Lastly, similar things are happening in the UK! Boris has a crazy, almost religious following like Trump. Trump called him a “British Trump.” Scotland is trying to succeed and there is talk of a reunification of Ireland. Brexit has left them with a huge political divide. France almost got a Trump supporting, fascist to win their presidency. All of our most Allied, interconnected countries are going extreme. It’s insanity

@@nicholasanderson7316 It is very scary what is happening. Our countries are “sister” countries, all being still or former colonies. We all share roots, a language, and alliances. It’s terrifying. I do think though my country gets unfair attention just because we are the biggest world power, the first to get sovereignty, & carry the most English speakers in the world. However, whatever the US and the UK do, they usually do together. UK politics still directly change ours. Civil unrest, increasing political divides, and rise in extreme nationalism has been rising everywhere in our sister countries. It’s like we forget that this is directly what led to Hitler gaining power. Nationalism is a risky toy.

I believe they did demand that. He ran away

Spend two years dehumanizing people and this is what you get... they become a 'problem' that must be 'dealt with'.

While I disagree with Trudeau, him caving would set a really bad precedent, and everyone would try to do the same thing as the truckers. You need law and order.

@@hussain26049321 Trudeau had already set that president with all the prior protests and blockades. He just didn’t agree with the truckers so he called them names and created division. They were hard working, tax paying citizens that had legitimate grievances. A good leader could have handled this situation and saved the taxpayers millions. I also find it disturbing that you can burn down a church in Canada and no arrests but organize a protest that Trudeau doesn’t agree with you get arrested.

@@hussain26049321 what about the bad precedent of allowing governments to suspend civil liberties for an 'emergency' for over two years, use a vaccine rollout to introduce Chinese style digital ID systems, then seeking to bed in all that in permanently, whilst seeking to suppress, demean and impoverish anyone who opposes them? The truckers were only there because Trudeau has refused point blank to even talk with them because they're 'racists' apparently.

It wouldn’t take much imo. Very worrying

Good. We can trust the government. The government knows best for us. You should listen to your leader and be loyal to your government. If you disagree with me that means you are racist.

One thing I admire about the French and Americans is their ability to throw a protest when they see something from their government that they don't like. Canadians and the British just passively and politely disagree, maybe throw a small protest that doesn't attract much attention but the French and Americans really come out in full force.

In Canada patriotism is defined by your love of the Canadian government and government funded institutions. A Canadian "patriot" is someone who watches government subsidized Canadian TV shows on the government funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), listens to government subsidized Canadian music, proudly declares their love of Canada's crappy single payer government funded healthcare system, earnestly believes Canadian government narratives about how "the world needs more Canada", buys and consumes government subsidized dairy egg and poultry products produced under Canada's government run supply management system, and speaks bilingually the 2 official languages of the government of Canada, English and French.

Canadians tends to be anxious and easily scared people. That's to be expected for it has been built by people fleeing the revolution war in the US from one side and people scared of everything English on the other side.

No thanks

@@JJMcCullough Just wait! this original video will become so popular that the forces of capitalism will compel you to make part 2! hahaha

@@JJMcCullough Please, pretty please. XD

@@JJMcCullough no is not an option

yeah let’s beat that dead horse to a pulp! 😆

Trudeau wants to turn Canada into the largest slave state by 2030. He woll start opening up gulags for sure

Any kind of protest that actively screws over residents and local business is a protest I highly disagree with, policy be damned. The fact it began from a tantrum over vaccines and masks makes it worse.

@@BubbyBoy to be fair, the government told the businesses to shut down, and then promised remuneration for their losses, as far as I am aware. I heard many people in the protest say if businesses had been open, they would have supported them.

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@@BubbyBoy A tantrum? So it was a tantrum that my friend has not been able to see her parents and the rest of her family in over 2 years? (she's in Michigan, they're in Canada) Is it a tantrum that we're forced to wear masks that don't work but take away identity and trust clearly creating psychological issues in the populace, hence why this protest and the reaction to it are so extreme? Seriously take a look at how things are and I guarantee you if someone told you in 2002 what your world would look like now, you'd freak out. Tantrum my ass

I feel as if J.J.'s obligation to cover this issue immediately made him a bit too quick to post a video without doing enough thorough research and analysis. I can't necessarily blame him for that because his job as a KZfaq personality is primarily to serve his audience. However, I do feel his take on the trucker convoy is missing some key details, and some information has actually been proven wrong since the publishing of this video. For example, the director of Canada's financial intelligence unit (FINTRAC) had came out and admitted that the vast majority of funding actually did NOT come from the USA. I would have liked a heavier focus overall on the arbitrary freezing of financial assets - both before the Emergencies Act and what has continued afterward. The weapons found "at the border" was also proved false, and has since been not linked to the protest.

@@TwistyTrav Yep. Also the hired police Trudeau had to bring in because Ottawa cops refused to take down peaceful protesters. Also the attack on protesters by a guy in a car, long since released on bail -- compared to the extensive jail without bail for organizers who've been dubbed 'political prisoners'.

@@TraceyMush Are you from Ottawa? I am, and there were no police on the roads for a month because every single one was on rotation for the protest. I don't have anything personal against the protesters (I know some), or protesting in general but from my direct experience with them I can say there was no unifying message beyond 'fuck Trudeau' and 'fuck masks'. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic which is unprecedented in our times, you are not going to make many friends arguing that no one should have to be vaccinated especially AFTER most of the country already has been. Not that I'm saying what was done was correct but having watched it all unfold in my city, I'm not sure how else the government could have handled it given the circumstances (besides the monetary holds which is a blatant abuse of power). The protesters deliberately put the government in a position where it could either sit by helplessly, hostage to their non-starter demands, or use excessive force to remove them. Can you really pity the guy who gets beat up after constantly egging a person on? Besides that, we don't exactly live in the most free society; a fundamental ignorance of what freedom is here was at the core of what they were protesting. I think the U.S. Capitol riot having happened just a year before played a huge role in the governments response as well. Many of the protesters were very arrogant and didn't care about the lives they were affecting all around them; they continuously honked semi horns for over a week and kept their trucks idling in the downtown core. Regardless of your political beliefs, you wouldn't want to be a new parent raising a baby in Ottawa, or owning a small business downtown, or working in that area. People lost their livelihoods because these 'freedom fighters' blocked the entrance of their store for a month just to be a nuisance, that's why there is a class-action suit over $300 million. Perhaps that sounds like a lot for someone who lives outside Ottawa, but when you recognize that each day cost the city over $1 million and people actually live here and need to go about their days, you begin to understand how much this affected one of the main business hubs of Ottawa. I have many friends who were harrassed daily by this group.; if anyone wearing a mask went by, people would jeer and shout insults. Again, I support protesting for basic rights and freedoms, but it's very hard to side with the bigots who were the loudest part of the group. They may not have been aggressive to everyone, but in regards to Trudeau it was an angry mob. I'm no Trudeau fan, but people criticize him for not speaking with them when they fail to realize that the crowd may have attacked him. Perhaps you're one of the reasonable people in the crowd; when you see people in Q-Anon shirts and the type of fringe groups which you would normally avoid in the same crowd as you, do you not step back and ask yourself "Am I in the right group? How do I agree with people who are disconnected from reality?" Many people in Western Canada have some general animosity towards Eastern Canada while the same can't be said of Eastern Canadians, and a lot of the protest and the reaction to it illustrates that resentment. I agreed with many of the gripes the protesters had, but they were willing to appease anyone and everyone just to have a bigger number, and frankly I would have been ashamed to show my face among some of those people. While Trudeau said it in the most nauseating way, they WERE willing to accept people who were quite fringe as long as they didn't like masks either and no one other than the Nazi flag guy was removed or asked to leave.

@@xavierpaquette8230 I appreciate that you were there and you have information I may not have had. But you seem to be responding to me as if I said something different than what I did. You agreed the freezing of bank accounts was wrong. My main thrust was that breaking up the protesters with hired mercenaries was also wrong. I get it the people living there would have been hugely Disturbed, if I were there I would have hated it. But hating the noise and the disruption to my life wouldn't have made me hate what they were doing - for all of us.

That would have been nice.

l know some of the people who went to Ottawa, some for the duration, and my sence was that is was all about the restrictions and vaccination mandates. But, that's a sample of 5. When you say 'this group of people' do you mean truckers/protesters, or something else? Maybe un-vaccinated people?

You are indeed correct. At its heart, it was never about COVID mandates or restrictions, but that was a convenient issue the organizers were able to hitch their wagons to and ride the wave of public anger. Trudeau and the Liberals completely blundered their way through the whole affair, of course, but the group’s rhetoric and aims prior to the convoy completely contradict their actions.

@@cashcleaner their actions were??

@@cashcleaner and it was most definitely about covid restrictions, people losing their jobs, homes, businesses, slowly losing their sanity. My grandparents had a steep decline in their mental health being locked up in their nursing home, and for what? You can be triple vaxxed and still get covid twice (see Justin Castro).

Lol, should've scrolled down first, just made a similar comment.

Funny considering the Nazis maintained that all of their actions were technically legal as they followed the Weimar constitution.

@@MCTogs the Nazis did not follow the Weimar constitution, they broke it quite often and were allowed to do so by the country’s courts (most of which were very conservative and wished a return to the Empire).

@@LjuboCupic1912 The Allies were cognizant of how the Nazis never repealed the Weimar Constitution, and so they tried to create a veneer of how the 1949 constitution was a kind of amendment to it, in a sort of way. Same in Japan with their Meiji constitution where it is even more explicitly an amendment.

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Never really thought Canada was any of those things, but I didn't think it was too bad either. Until Justin decided it was time to push the boundary of government powers then undo it all before any rulings could've been made to declare it illegal. And how he didn't even try to negotiate... In Scotland one of the more famous protests was the teachers march and it was just as peaceful and consisted of a 5 mile long parade of people clogging the city headed for Parliament. The government was instantly out negotiating pay rises. But despite covid restrictions becoming less popular and less necessary the Canadian Parliament was trying to blame the opposition party for not sorting it out? Hello? The opposition party isn't in power...

Well tbh Canada has always been USA number 2 to me, except for the French-speaking parts, a weird mix between the US, my country France and an unknown third element

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@@augth We are more similar to the uk or australia than the us

@@xxyyzz59 I’m not gonna sit here and lecture you about your own culture, but the Canadians I’ve met act and speak almost exactly the same as the people in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The culture really isn’t much different.

exactly

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I'd wager to say that the right is far more unhinged than the left. I'm probably biased in that perspective, of course, but... well, I mean, just look at 'em. The left fights for things like the environment, Indigenous rights, health care and education. What does the right protest for? Selfishness, rejecting science, and chaos. I know what side of history I'd like to be on.

@@frisbeepilot Sounds rather biased, with such assumptions (which I'm not saying are wrong you can always pick the worst person from any group to prove such political points) of those with opposing views that fuels the radical part of my point, now what I wonder is how far would you take it with labeling conservatives as dumb to actually wanting anyone who identifies as such to be punished by society in some form of way, and aggressively advocating or promoting such things.

@@frisbeepilot It is not selfish to stand up for individual rights and liberty. You have the right to move about society as you see fit, you have the right to assemble with whom you want to assemble with, you have the right to put whatever substance into your body, and you have the right to reject all substances being forced into your body. None of these things are selfish to say nor do. Ostracizing people from society because they choose to invoke the right to the fact they own their own body and choose to do with it how they see fit, will not persuade anyone to your side. In-fact all this will do is create martyrs with a hill for extremists to die on. Also, nothing from what I saw in these protests led me to believe they were chaotic most of the time. It was well organized, well funded, and well coordinated. It is also hard that the "right wing" is chaotic and selfish when compared to numerous BLM protests and riots lead to people laying dead in the streets and to stores being looted and burned. From what I know, stores were not looted nor burned for the most part by the truckers, nor did the truckers protest lead directly to people being dead

@@frisbeepilot I dunno. It’s honestly a toss-up for me, and I’d say I fall Centre-Left, politically-speaking. For quite a while I would have actually said the Left tended to get more “Mouth-Foamy Outraged”, but events like Charlottesville and the Jan 6th riots have highlighted just how entrench aspects of hate are on the Right. The problem is, as it has been alluded to, too many people will point out the more extreme or even violent aspects of the opposing “side”, while completely downplaying and excusing their own when they do the same.

@@cashcleaner @cashcleaner Its a tough situation, from my perspective the right is a very reactionary, entrenched group. I kinda see Jan 6th as an inevitable situation with Trump loosing and the US being under lockdown due to covid and constant violent rioting, it seemed natural. Not attempting to excuse the choices extreme groups take but when politicians, ideological influencers and media stoke the flames fire is inevitable. And as someone who likes to be in the middle of both I cant help shake the notion that it's becoming popular to hate the right no matter what because they "slow progress down".

It’s funny because most Canadians (admittedly not that many) I’ve met in the states have been the most energetic and boisterous people I’ve met (though we didn’t talk politics)

Canadians have a safe country. If you want to live with less passive people go to Iraq or something

@@solomons5669 Safety is rarely about safety. Safety is the tool of authoritarian that will keep you coddled and ignorant. That's when all advancements in technology stop's and the descent is inhumane. History around and around it goes the ignorant drags us all down.

@@davidheipel2934 ok conspiracy theorist

Yeah as I thought, like many polls it's just unreliable to extrapolate onto the broader population. Plus I think the question itself was worded way too poorly to conclude that "yes" answers were pro-authoritarian.

Liberate Alaska from the southern occupiers*

@@Coltoid it's not exactly a liberation when Canada never owned Alaska in the first place. The US bought it from Russia

If that happens we bout to annex Canada 🇺🇲🇺🇲

The way thing are going, Alaska should fear more Russia taking them back .

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At least his first name isn't Seymour...

@@martins.4240 or Harry

@@Fragatron Nice

The polls show sharp resentment because the trucker protests and the narrative around them was formulated in online right-wing american circles. All of the rhetoric behind the *support* of the protest was directed through that medium, leaving none or very little argumentation to be made in real life or in ways that would actually answer questions by canadian moderates being affected by truckers. Most who lived in Canada had an entirely different experience of the protests than that of american right-wingers talking about authoritarianism in abstract. This means that while online you'd see a massive one-sided wave of "le epic truckers are owning le cringe Trudeau", in Canada the people were slowly turning against the truckers due to their weak, nonsensical and simply wrong takes on specific issues and policy (the vaccine passport was already enforced US side, nobody cared about the mandates, etc.). Lack of foundational, home-grown support for the trucker prostests meant that anybody actually exposed in any way to the protests either hated them or disliked them. This resulted in the opposite one-sided take where unchecked and unchallenged hatred for the trucker protests ended up resulting in these authoritarian views.

They are private business though. They can impose those rules. The curfew is a weird rule though.

@@regretfulraccoon3560 No the government forced them too

@@regretfulraccoon3560 ...Except the government told the businesses they MUST enforce those rules. Also the SAQ (Quebec's Liquor store) is a government monopoly. The moment the requirement from the government ended, those major corporations stopped demanding proof of vaccination to enter. So, those restrictions have by government decree, with minimal scientific basis behind it. There was a story recently where the "top doctor of Quebec" asked for supporting evidence from various organizations in favour of a curfew...a few hours before the curfew went into effect.

Been in Montreal for a few months now and have been following Quebec politics. Quebeckers are, by and large, big-government folks. Not sure about these new crops of immigrants, but old-stock Quebeckers certainly are. And that goes for both right-wing (heavy-handed French-nationalist mandates) and left-wing issues (bigger welfare state, higher taxes, more stringent public health/safety regulations).

@@commanderkai Ah, ok. I'm not too into Canadian politics despite watching JJ lol. The curfew makes no sense though.. Not a single doctor ive heard in the US has said that a curfew would reduce the numbers.

Hah that's awesome

Most Canadian conservatives are not Trump fans. Trump is an idiot ....just the same as Biden

You have a cool neighborhood. Here all I have are braindead leftists who clap in front of the TV when their pet politician finishes talking.

@@hppvitor You must be peeking through curtains to see that, no? Creep

@@SpinDip42069 Look at the lefty who got so assblasted by me speaking ill of his fellow leftists that ignored the basic fact that, in an apartment building, you can even hear your neighbors phone ringing, let alone them clapping

Yes. The majority of truckers are vaccinated and have no issue with the mandates. They mostly didn't appreciate being used as a scapegoat for a nationwide temper tantrum. Which is why I try not to refer to them as "truckers", and have a hard time even calling them "protestors", as that implies they had a legitimate point to make.

Did you watch the whole video?

@@raem7846 dang... losing autonomy is not a legitimate point to make hmmm.

@@sdrawkcabUK Yes it is, because it was the exact same argument used to exonerate the BLM protests

@@raem7846 What would be a legitimate point to you?

Yes, because I have a good audience.

@@JJMcCullough no you don't. See, I just started the first argument.

@@guywithabatpic lol.

*flips table* *kicks over plant* "heck no, I am here to cause chaos!"

@@guywithabatpic I bet you like your [popular food] in [unpopular way]. What a dweeb. Also your political views are bad and I refuse to elaborate further (note, mine are perfect and I will never change opinions because perfection runs in my veins).

And the left calls the protesters “neo nazis”

Thanks for your support!

As someone who's attended more than his fair share of left-wing protests over the years -- much milder ones than those which have blocked train lines, but still -- I couldn't help but notice that authorities put in a bunch of measures, then politely waited for many days before actually doing anything substantial. Hmm.

it’s just more polarization. the right wingers who are appalled at the notion of the government shutting down the convoy, were more than ok with the RCMP shutting down railway blockades and the like. and obviously vice versa

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You don't even have to look at left wing protests to see how much more gently the convoy was handled. Just look at how chaotic the crackdown in Europe is. And before people talk about how "peaceful" the convoy is, of course there's gonna be no drama if you're allowed to do what you want like blocking a bridge. The protests in Europe weren't peaceful on either side, almost like a you punch me, I punch back situation. Most other protesters aren't interested in doing violence but that's what happens when you're treated with force.

@@georgefloydwasablackman7402 are you gonna spam this on every comment? It's not worth watching, really stupid.

I'd say referring to window smashing during a protest can be described as an armed attack on a private business and a “fairly violent protest” so I don’t really understand your problem with the description. This is not really to say that I am in disagreement, it's just that I don’t understand where you're coming from, and I'd like a more complete answer.

@@folieonirique568 The definition of a protest according to MW: "a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval." What happened at CGL was an armed attack of a private business in the middle of the night by thugs - not by any definition a protest. That's my point.

@@johnd830 I see what you mean, this wasn't a peaceful protest. But, I wonder, are you saying that a protest isn't a protest if its cause damage to a private company or if it’s at night? I feel like the definition of protest you gave fits, the news coverage it got makes it very public and I feel like this attack by thugs constitute a pretty clear demonstration of disapproval. So all in all, I understand you don't feel like its a protest and that, in your opinion, protest isn't the right word, but I still don't really see how it doesn't fit the definition or how it doesn't feel like a protest. Was it the apparent violence or the apparent targeted destruction?

There's nothing really special about it, she was denied the first time because her husband refused to provide clear answers on being a surety. I.e. someone needs to take responsibility to call the police and watch over you until your trial while you are on bail if the judge thinks you are at high risk to re-offend. She has a new surety now and will find out Monday if that one will be accepted.

@@ifeeltiredsleepy Thanks for the response. I'd not heard that side of the story.

@Michael You Canadians are limp wristed.

@@ifeeltiredsleepy Holding someone without bail for 10 days for a mischief charge is unheard of.

@@adampurvis8523 Like I said, she would have been released in a normal amount of time if her surety had not refused to reply to questions during her bail hearing. It is unusual for defendants to refuse to make guarantees not to re-offend before their trial date. She replaced her surety and then was given bail. It is normal to be denied bail when you do refuse to meet the bail conditions. This was held up by the second judge to rule on the bail hearing, Johnson ruled that Bourgeois was correct to determine that Lich's original surety was unfitting, and granted bail under the same conditions as Bourgeois but with a lower bail amount since he thought the crime was less severe than Bourgeois deemed. Two judges agreed that Lich should have been denied bail at the first hearing.

Exactly. This is the sort of thing that tells me that J.J. needs to broaden the media he consumes about an issue before making videos like this that claims to be "fair and objective".

Most people there probably weren’t nazis but it should be a cause for concern if your movement is attracting those types of people. Not to mention organizer Pat King talking about the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race. A lot of people there were white supremacist, or at least ok with white supremacy

See, what I find interesting though, is that the conservative rhetoric pushed by people in favour of these protests, is that a lot of them tend to favour systems that have been shown to trend towards fascism. Things like freer markets, corporate support instead of government support, etc. Neoliberalism has always trended towards the corporate aspects of fascism, and always will. A simple vaccine mandate was literally pushed by George Washington during the worst of smallpox, and to act as if governments don't have the power to mandate aspects of health is absurd. Especially when you look at the other laws people accept, like seatbelt/airbag laws, speed limits, etc. Conservatism makes no sense, and it's pretty fucking clear.

@@horsman47 it’s pretty clear you don’t know what fascism is. Please stop trying to call everything, including free markets, fascism.

I figured it was something like that I kept getting people saying "but the Nazi".

That tailgate party was an extremist far right get together. They partied rather than spend their days sitting down trying to get their point across, They had no business staying there that long and the minor inconvenience that you are trying to paint is as was very difficult for seniors and handicapped people to navigate. Bus routes had to be changed and a lot of people couldn't get to their grocery store. You might think they can just go to another one, but its not that simple. Urban areas can have things called 'food deserts there are NO grocery stores. They couldn't get to the one they did have- for 3 weeks. They were getting progressively more aggressive and should have gone home after 3 days like they promised. I lost all sympathy and trust in them at that point. The whole point of a protest is to get your issue noticed and then go home to do the political work to get it solved with threats of further protest to grease the wheels of gov. Some of the lunatics wanted to take over gov. They were not a majority of the population not even a significant minority. A few partners who do not even seem to be taking their own cause seriously cannot expect to bend the will of gov and alienate people like me when they act stupid and prove their word can't be trusted.

@@evasartorius9528 First of all they were not Far Right Activist. At most there might be the odd nut job there on the Far Right but most of them were normal Canadians that were fed up with Trudeau's mishandling of the crisis. Secondly that coward Trudeau refused to meet with the leaders of the original Truckers movement. That other panderer Singh also refused to meet with them despite the fact that they were working class blue collar people. Justine & Jughead's rhetoric caused more harm then good. Pierre Poliviere from Carleton went out and met them. Third, most of the activity was around Parliament Hill which is mostly made up of Government Offices, Hotels and businesses that cater to that demographic. There are very few residential buildings in that area unless things have changed that much since I lived in Ottawa. My friends in Ottawa said that while going downtown was an inconvenience it was not as bad as the news made it out to be. With the exception of that one drunken chick from Quebec dancing on the tomb of the unknown soldier (which I didn't like) no one sawed off the head of our founding fathers statues or tried to take them down like the Far Left nuts do.

@@romandacilv9260 First off,you might have tried to make an appointment, If you were serious about meeting him. You guys were just showing off. Normal people don't drag their kids to be human shields for them. I am all in favor of protest but not when you do it that way. They should have gotten their kids out of there. I was just the good work of the police that got them out of there. An inconvenience to you might be a deal breaker for someone else. Have you ever spent a few years in a wheel chair? Did you approve of that guy giving a little old lady a pretty serious bump she was protesting him? The fire some of them tried to set in the hall of the apartment building. Of them swarming that cop who tried to ticket one of them in the beginning. They were far right yahoos. They didn't eave when they promised they were just hanging around until they got what they wanted. A showdown. Trouble is that the way the gov handled it drew admiration from around the world. As for your covid anger The US population is about 300M. Canada's population is about 40M. The Americans will hit a million dead to dovid. we have lost a bit over 38000 Even if we compare at the old x's 10 idea. If you multiplied Canada's losses by ten you would get what their losses might be 380,000 They have lost close to a million. If not more. Some of those places have been diddling the numbers since day one. I know to many people who don't want the vaccine and are not wiling to wear a mask. I know people One has been in hospital since September Another who has been in hospital for 5 months. Do you want to take a chance on putting your life on hold for 6 or 8 months? Finally, when you start calling them silly names you cost yourself. What I think is oh god not another one. If you want to talk issues get to know the issues. I like talking to someone who has truthful come backs. But if you get caught in a lie or just using school yard name calling I just stop believing anything else you say.

@@evasartorius9528 What plain of existence do you exist in? Trudeau had all the time in the world to prepare for the Truckers the minute they crossed over from BC into Alberta. Common people don't get to make appointments with the PM even MP's have a hard time. No Trudea was dismissive and labelled them Far Right from the start. What human shield s are you talking about. People took their kids with them because who was going to look after them? What you think people were going to start shooting each other? This protest was far more peaceful than the G-20 summit protest in Toronto 2010. Seriously you really need see things outside of the small box your in.

​@@evasartorius9528 While I do not defend the cause of the protests in Ottawa, I am never one to rejoice at police violence on the citizens it's supposed to protect. While I do agree that the protester were being aggressive towards the locals and some actions needed to be taken to remedy this problematic situation, I think your approbation towards what is ultimately also violence is in bad taste. Two wrongs do not make a right sort of deal.

Do you have a link for this? Im actually curious and it doesn’t surprise me.

I think Canada might be a bit different in the case of US influence just because Canadian identity is so rooted in the relationship with America. I think it's true that the American influence had a large part to play in the ideology surrounding the protest but, it isn't unique or new. The US will always have influence on Canadian politics and there is nothing we can really do to escape from it. It's not fair to say that these people would or would not exist if it weren't for the US because the influence is ever present.

Grew up in rural BC, a Bible Belt for the area. The city is generally populated by this type of politics. Grew up with classmates who drove a truck painted like The General Lee, complete with confederate flag on the roof. People who saw themselves as christians first, farmers second, and canadians third. A city councillor ran a military surplus store which flew a confederate flag alongside a Canadian flag of the same size. Until at least 2016. I have to laugh when people say that canadians are generally leftists. Or when Americans tell me that 'Anyone who flies the confed flag are inherently racists', and i have often argued that some people just see the flag as anti-authoritarian. They think back to watching Dukes of Hazzard and thumbing their noses at ineffectual law-enforcement. Many see is as a version of the Dont Tread On Me flag. And thats not to forgive them or to patronize, just that american influence is a more complex message than can be explained by "modern media brainwashing" I would argue that conservative and right wing canadians are more exclusionist then we expect. Taking part in politics only as it befits their wage, licensing and day-to-day lives. They take part in their own communities/echo chambers, and learn from word-of-mouth more than mainstream news sources. Ignoring or denying the source of the modern anxieties is a surefire way to entrench these divisions

I really like folk music. Generally, the comments on folk music videos are an international love fest. One of the less nice parts of this community is the inevitable comparison to some of the worst parts of the US and its culture. Отава Ё is great, so why compare "Иванушка пачек" to some trash by Cardi B instead of any one of the great folk/traditional songs and artists in the US? How is comparing oneself to the worst parts of another supposed to be useful?

You hit the nail on the head. It's your classic insecurity. People from these no name countries really hate the fact that America is top dog and their irrelevant country is a meme on the global stage.

People like this always exist everywhere, but they usually don’t shut down major border entry points and international trade routes in the middle of a series of international crises.

Such drama. Nothing of the sort happened. Selling fear is what cons do.

@@robertlee4172 shut up

This is somewhat of an irrelevant or even unrealistic hypothetical, because the people that would of preferred the truckers' protest be shut down faster don't really seem the type to engage in obstructive protests similar to what we saw in Ottawa. You have to consider every detail when it comes to these opinion polls, and under what context they're answered, because applying these same poll results for every single protest that takes place in Canada is absurdly wrong. As JJ said, even destructive "left-wing" protests have been seen negatively by the national public.

@@Teococuilco Oh my, such incivility!

@@megamaniscoolrightguys2749 which is actually more worrying because it just shows that regardless of what side 2/3 of Canadians apparently is just ok with a more authoritarian government in principle

Government took peoples right away which was worse then anything the truckers did. besides anyone who cried about the trucks prolly cried about blues fest also . ya small elite don't represent Ottawa(37 years resident)

It’s growing in America too.

@@justinland1208 It's growing all over the world. It may simply be the internet destabilizing everything and the powers that be are needing to use more and more force to control us. It shows that democracy is probably just a lie.

But, Canada is founded on "Peace, Order, and Good Government." Imposing peace and order is much more Canadian than American "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Imposing order is in line w/ our constitution.

@@drtaverner my favourite part of the charter of rights and freedoms is where it says you can seize bank accounts without a court order.

@@fronation231 As part of criminal investigations, that's perfectly normal.

@@drtaverner when a WARRANT IS PROVIDED. And when an investigation is being done. They froze bank accounts of Canadians for donating to a perfectly legal protest at the time without investigating. THAT IS NOT NORMAL. And go fund me working in tandem with the government is a direct example of fascism (see Mussolini’s definition of fascism. Don’t tell me you know more about fascism than a fascist, fascist)

@@fronation231 Oh boy. You do know Canada is based on Peace, Order, and Good Government, not the freedom to terrorize a city, right? If they'd been under Federal and not Municipal land there would have been guns involved. Just look at what happened in Wet'suwet'en. And GoFundMe is not a regulated banking organization. It's a private company to which people sent money. Honestly, they could have kept it. And no, a warrant is not required to freeze accounts. Try being overdue on your HST remittance. They'll freeze your business, your personal, and anything else you've got.

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I liked the expose but it's a bit sad JJ toed the established line: "Emergency measures came and went." But that is a lie, everything implemented under the Emergency Measures (that weren't even voted on yet) has remained in place. They are ready for the next protests, from now on only government-sanctioned protest can take place. Oh well, at least we aren't living under Uncle Vlad who has implemented basically the same restriction but with much harsher jail times...

@@LeSyd1984 This is interesting if it's true. Mind providing sources that support the point on retaining the Emergency Measures?

@@andromeda7676 Nah, the Act itself is rescinded, it might never fully activated since Justin lifted it before it could pass the Senate. However, I thought we no longer needed to be accused of criminal activities to have assets frozen (thus extending the reach of the Feds)... but it seems it might have already been the case.

@@LeSyd1984 Agreed. People who’ve had their bank accounts frozen have no recourse due to “emergency powers”. If this was done to people who donated to bail funds during the 2020 summer protests, we would never hear the end of it. However, I think this optic has galvanized a lot of people and has woken a lot of people up.

You are allowed to protest election results - nothing repulsive about that. Protesting the result is how you influence change, spark debate and have democracy work. Like look at all the protests Trump had to endure during his presidency. Or the Euromaidan protest in Ukraine that ousted Yanukovych.

@@robobrain10000 those are left wing protests, don’t you know you can’t call those bad but protesting for freedom is equivalent to being a nazi

@@david-468 Sadly that is the case now, if there is a person who is that, even if the vast majority of the people, and you all disagree with that individual, but you dont cut all ties with them, youre a nazi.

@@robobrain10000 WAD

That's not how they win elections.

Yeah no the protest was a typical "kid friendly" protest in the heart of it (literally, they brought children), and a ball of harassment and assault of the ordinary citzen a couple streets away from the centre, away from the cameras and news posts, where they wouldn't be seen. i.e. typical sort of protest harassment of unreated students, whether in group or not, who were just heading to the university and committed the only crime of _wearing a mask outside in the trucker polluted air_ to avoid an asthma attack, and did not even realise there was a group of numbnuts right behind. Source? Personal experience as well as 75% of the students in my class(es)

OK. I watched RebelNews, and so a lot of antivaxx/covidiot bullshit.

Wrong about church burners vilified. JT attended BLM protests!

the people burning down churches absolutely were extremists tf are you talking about. Burning down churches is not a legitimate form of peaceful protest, it's terrorism.

your skills are needed in Moscow right now! 😆😆

Trudeau did say he understood the anger behind 50 churches being burned in Canada by First Nations people, he completely dismissed the violence there. In the emergency act there was exemptions for protest by FN, poc, and refugees.

@@annetoronto5474 where were the exceptions? The emergencies act had nothing to do with POC protests. And while the anger at the church is understandable, actually burning down the churches is still terrorism and nobody but the terrorists themselves disputed that.

Well in 2020 the truckers were heroes, risking their lives, until suddenly they were terrorists.

@Eldemaer The fringe minority of the truckers don't represent the majority.

Eldemaer The word hero is so abused. When a story features a hero, it is obviously entertainment for the poor in America.

@@Jacob-r4w "fringe minority" is your charcoal faced tyrant of a prime minister not working class wanting basic rights

@@Jacob-r4w Trudeau is that you?

...because it has worked out so very well every other time....

Let us all brothers and sisters on the p square introduce the world to the infamous Auth Left square (its forbidden to speck about it is so infamous)

authoritarian is never good

It's not good when done by a right wing person, either.

You know that the JJ is conservative/neo-liberal, right?

Shhhh! Muh, muh authoritarianism

@@paritybit2277 😁

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Peace, love, and... fists?

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I think that’s mostly because BC has a LOT of money just hanging around. It’s just got the most overall wealthy neighborhood closet conservatives who are willing to donate.

You may think this protest is unimportant to Americans but it was very important, this protest is what forced blue state governors to drop their mandates they were afraid the same thing would happen in their capitals and they did not want it. I thank the truckers for allowing my last month in NY to be entirely mask free, I'm in TN now where I will hopefully never have to worry about masks ever returning

@@ozzymandius666 Honestly, it's likely from dual citizenship (which is common enough) which could technically make both statistics 'true'

wow its almost like in smaller more isolated communities everyone knows everybody!

The leaders such at Pat King are also known far-right white supremacists

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Ottawa is a city of 1.3 million people and is neither remote nor isolated. It's one hour's drive from Montreal and 2 hours from Toronto. The entire area inbetween is populated.

@@ifeeltiredsleepy hahahaha you think 1.3 million people is a big city? You think a one hour drive is short? Bro I'm from LA that's a city. Ottawa is a backwater country hickville compared to the high seat of culture that I occupy.

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 You're just deflecting from the collosally stupid statement you made. You think everyone in a city of over 1 million knows each other. I didn't say Ottawa was a big city, I said it was not remote or isolated. It is inbetween the two largest cities and the area between is full of towns. Cope more.

p.s. I realize a brief video can't explain every detail but: readers may want to study the use of the War Measures Act in 1970. It was incredibly powerful: e.g. it suspended due process and made it a crime to be a member of the FLQ (a Quebec terrorist organization that had started kidnapping politicians) or even to _have ever been a member_ of the FLQ.

Thanks for sharing such wisdom; very helpful

our protests have always been and seemingly will always be mushy. They protest in France and get things changed. We protest here, have a good laugh about it and get on with our lives without really changing anything.

@Anton Budnik I don't really understand your thesis. Canadians Protest, they always have and always will. There have been so many protests maybe people are ambivalent to them. There is no democratic right to shut down a city, road, bridge and etc. This is a mistaken idea...... even Martin Luther King, accepted that some of his actions where unlawful, but he was willing to do the crime and the time. No one has the right to impose themselves on others, Blockading the bridge, that so many people's livelihoods depend on is not, just wrong. There is a difference between creating a disturbance and trying to make others hurt, so that the Government will yield to their demands......that is a form of terrorism. I do agree that there is a sizeable piece of Canada that is passive and obedient, but that doesn't mean they don't care. They may use the mechanisms that are built into our system that allows them to voice their opinions and concerns. Question Period allows any Canadian to have the their message presented not only to the Government, but the Country at large. Maybe in Canada we have an effective system to communicate. and don't need to hold a bridge hostage to be heard. Funny you should state that Canada should has closer ties to EU, I remember when the Conservatives were upset at the idea Canada would try to have closer ties to EU. Canada does have a Trade Deal with the EU, which goes beyond just economics. Canada is developing better ties with the EU, socially and politically. The Crisis with Ukraine / Russia is a prime example of how well Canada mirrors with EU.

@@tonespeaks My thesis, civil disobedience and disorder help the system to become more responsive and considered. Official authorities experience powerful opposition to their actions from regular people. Status quo is not as effective as convenient. Image of a police officer should not be so irreproachable. I just saw on CBC, a police officer walks by a journalist who's broadcasting in the middle of the road with no moving traffic. Officer points towards the pawment with index finger. It seemed like a king giving orders to his peasants. Police serve the public afterall, not rules or officials. The journalist wasn't permitted to protester's area. The journalist was prejudiced and didn't want to speak with protesters anyway. In any case, thanks for the response. You made me dig into the subject a bit deeper.

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