The protests were linked to concerns over personal freedoms and government overreach. Mainly related to COVID-19 mandates and stay at home recommendations.

Supporters saw the movement as a grassroots stand for liberty against government overreach.

*edit the freedom convoy organised 3 years ago in 2022 as pointed out by commenter’s.

  • sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz
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    17 hours ago

    My dentist tried to bs me with this stupid convoy. He claimed that Trudeau picked up the phone ‘do you know who he called? Antifa’. I laughed in his face and found a new dentist.

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      16 hours ago

      “Why won’t he just hear the concerns of the people calling for his death!!”

      Not to mention all the restrictions they were complaining about were put in place by the provinces. Ironically it was a Conservative premier in Ontario’s case.

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        11 hours ago

        And the US who had vaccine rules for people coming in to their country. Yet the kkklownvoy protested Canadas govt over it.

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        Or it was the US. Truckers couldn’t enter the US without vaccination, which is not the Canadian government’s fault.