Maybe they’ll write a book.

Kotaku should really hire this Schreier guy. He seems to know his stuff.

They should really hire that Via Bloomberg person to write here instead

Yes. And screw all the comparisons to BLM.

Where are the live and rubber bullets, the tear gas, the beat downs with batons/flashlight, the phone and aerial surveillance, and the tactical gear that law enforcement loves to use? Oh wait, these are white people showing their ass so it’s just “boys will be boys”.

Why do idiots like this all revert to displaying giant national flags? They don’t represent their country. They’re just bringing shame to it.

Ford made his allegiances clear a week ago when he did nothing. Doing this today is literally the bare minimum he could be doing. He’s afraid of pissing off his base with an election coming up. I can’t wait to vote that fuck outta office.

So when First Nations communities protest a pipeline being built that cuts through sacred land and could threaten their fresh water supply, the police immediately move to quell their protest, but it’s been days with these fucknuts and all they’re doing is saying “don’t make me come over there, young man! You’ll be in…

The Alberta justice minister was quoted last week as saying “ya know, there’s a lot of those heavy trucks that are going to get forfeited to the crown (aka the govt), we’re looking forward to auctioning them off”.

I don’t know what’s happening in BC. The protestors largely just drive around in circles and then wander off.

Stop calling it the “Freedom Convoy”. That gives it a veneer of respectability.

thats not enough. larger fine, more jail time and revoke their license for the rest of their lives. do not negotiate with terrorists. 

Canada’s busiest airports by passengers in 2021, according to Wikipedia:

When protest turn violent and the protestors are calling for the overthrow of the government, it is no longer a protest. It is an insurrection and should be addressed as such.

Unfortunately, it appears that a lot of the ‘protesters’ present don’t realize they’re part of it.

Ottawa’s airport is FAR from the nations busiest.  That’s Pearson.  Followed by Vancouver and Montreal.  Heck…I’d assume Waterloo and Hamilton are busier since they do a lot of vacation travel.

Well they have assaulted people, threatened people at a homeless shelter, and tried to burn an apartment building down.

For those who don’t know, Doug Ford ran on both a very populist platform (claims to be “for the people,” calls people “folks” just a whole bunch), but also a very pro-business platform. Given that a lot of the protestors are ostensibly his base, he’s made a pretty clear choice where his allegiances lie. Honestly,…

You’re literally defending Nazis right now.

There are Conservative politicians who are visibly and explicitly supporting these people - Pierre Polivier, who is using it as a way to attempt to weasel into Conservative leadership has outright stated support. The attempts to break it up have been incredibly half-assed.