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THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How should history remember the Freedom Convoy?
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Unruly, undemocratic, creating hell and sleeplessness for thousands of downtown Ottawa citizens. They were all Pollievre Conservatives who were involved in anti-Canadian seditious behaviour. Every single participant should have spent some time in jail.
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A few suggestions 1. When he supported the convoy, Polievre became unelectable.2. People with a grade 8 science background decided that they were more informed than health care professionals.3. First evidence of members of MAGA in the US tried to influence Canadian politics.4. Convoy protestors terrorized Ottawa residents for weeks.
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Now there’s a part of history that should be forgotten! Just a bunch of rednecks the only cared about one thing… Themselves!
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A time when Canadians pushed back against of government overreach .
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Should remember that the Canadian government is very willing to break the law and use tax payer money to fund the legal process afterwards and lose. The Federal Court of Appeal recently upheld a landmark ruling: the government’s use of the Emergencies Act in 2022 was unconstitutional. This is a massive legal defeat for the feds. The court found they failed to meet the legal threshold for a "national emergency" and lacked evidence of a serious security threat. Crucially, the court ruled that freezing bank accounts without a warrant violated Section 8 Charter rights. The Liberal government used the Act as a shortcut for political convenience, the Supreme Court said its use was illegal, these court rulings are binding law. The Government will do this again at some point as they don't have to pay for 4 years of court battles to lose, you do, every taxpayer in the country paid to lose
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Spoken like a true Trudeau Liberal.
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as a group who tried to overthrow a fairly elected government because their side lost .
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As a bunch of thugs who believe the laws do not apply to them...and the mistake Trudeau made in not stopping it day one.
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They were HEROES!
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I remember I had to take down my Canadian flag for a while because its image had become so thoroughly desecrated by the so-called "truckers" and the F-Trudeau trucker wannabe's.I agree with KB, this was sedition. Mostly orchestrated by the American alt right.
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Have a nice vacation indoors? wow. Think twice before going to places like this. Too bad so many want to boycott the USA
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Stop saying New Normal because there is nothing normal about any of this.
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The USA funds the cartels.
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Trump didn't cause our weak economy. The last 10 years of poor leadership here did. The government said there is no business case for our exports, and put small businesses under financial strain by making them stay closed for over a year. What outcome were they expecting? Yes, the tarrifs are unfortunate, but we never should have had all of our eggs in one basket.
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You obviously do not know what the meaning of "hero" entails.. They are far from that..
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Violence has also become an epidemic in healthcare as well. This starts at home. If your children see you behaving in a violent or aggressive manner towards others, monkey see, monkey do. If they see you behaving aggressively as a driver, they are paying attention and will follow the behaviour you model. If they see you yelling at store clerks, again, they soak it up. If you are having trouble behaving like a civilized human being, go to therapy.
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@GM Not true. I had been a CPC supporter for decades. Never voted for Trudeau. You are, though, partially correct. I am now fully aligned with the Carney Liberals.
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Violence in schools should have Zero tolerance,. Explain the rules to the students. Give them a brief period to get an understanding and then kick the perps out.
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How should the freedom convoy be remembered? For me it was a revalation. I thought we as a nation were better than that. It should be relegated to the ash heap of history as national embarrassment.
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The city should buy the plaza and bulldoze downtown. This would allow everyone downtown to open small shops there, likely earning them more money.
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