Trucker protest against cross-border vaccine mandates hits southwestern Ontario – CBC

Organizations that oversee Ontario and Canadian truckers have come out against the protest

Jan 27, 2022

A convoy of truckers opposed to cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandates will make its way through southwestern Ontario on Thursday, bringing predictions of traffic headaches while drawing scorn from some and praise from others.

“I worked for two years to bring goods and services and toilet paper and everything to everyone. We went through having no showers, no bathrooms, no food — we starved sometimes for days on end on the road — and nobody cared about us then, and now all of a sudden, they care,” said convoy trucker Bridgette Belton, who owns and operates her own rig running food products and containers between Canada and the United States.

“My husband and I spend 269 days a year away from each other, away from home, working for Canada to bring their goods and services to market and to bring goods and services to Canadians.”

The protest is being organized by Canada Unity, a group that opposes COVID-19-related measures. Its organizers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to drop the vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the Canada-U.S. border and do away with other public health protections.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/trucker-protest-convoy-southwestern-ontario-1.6329118