Hi Jackie, Thanks for coming in. I’m not sure what misinformation there is; most of this seems either near-as-dammit happened, has happened to some and/or appears likely or is obviously going to happen due to announced plans, policies and floated press discussions.
(However aside from disagreeing with your view of the information, I appreciate your thoughtful contribution on the human impacts you discuss )
“There is no vaccine mandate for truckers within Canada”
There is a vaccine mandate, surely?
Reuters: “TORONTO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A convoy of truckers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday to the Canadian capital city of Ottawa protesting the government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, which the industry says would create driver shortages and fuel inflation.”
“Unvaccinated foreign truckers will be barred from entering Canada starting Saturday.”
In terms of the level of reporting, we might be being a bit UK-centric. This (massive) protest has not been widely reported outside Canada that I have seen. A couple of Reuters reports, and a photo of about twenty vehicles. Of course, no interviews.
I couldn’t find anything on CNN (not sure about my search skills there) and I’ve seen nothing on the BBC or UK mainstream, and only one mention in the Guardian search, at that’s in the very last two lines:
Trudeau says Conservatives stoking fear over Canada’s trucker vaccine mandate
“A convoy of truckers started off from Vancouver on Sunday on its way to protest against the mandate in the capital city of Ottawa.”
Incidentally, the thrust of this piece is that ‘conservatives’ are stoking fear - not a reference to human, employment or bodily autonomy rights, but Trudeau reassuring the population that supplies will not be disrupted. That’s all that matters, sod the poor sods who deliver it…
Of course truckers unable to cross the border will be sacked. What else would befall anyone unable to work?
Trudeau placed the Terrorist label on the truckers and Gofundme picked it up.
Gofundme was set up to allow ventures to be quickly funded - here it is functioning to prevent that, and at the behest of the government.
This is collusion.
“Unvaccinated patients say they were denied access into medical clinics”
" Quebec to impose ‘significant’ financial penalty against people who refuse to get vaccinated "
In Austria and Greece these aren’t mere ‘fines’ but set at a level to annex savings, ie over $1000 euros a month. The near future for most would be loss of job, house then on the streets. At the end broken people would be vaccinated anyway - in the UK there’s already been a plan mooted to give food and money to homeless people that agree to be vaccinated.
In my view, draconian measures that are being announced, supported in the press and then exemplified should not be downplayed as ‘not happening’.
Entering homes is always possible with a warrant, after which they will be able to use the new powers, whatever they are. Not sure whether these warrants will automatically be granted, but it looks like heading in that direction.
Quebec police won’t be allowed to enter homes without consent or a warrant, public security minister says
But granting police that power is not ruled out if situation worsens ‘dramatically’
Police can — and should — enforce COVID-19 health orders in Saskatchewan
The government didn’t spent $100m building these ‘voluntary’ quarantine camps for nothing.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/08/government-of-canada-announces-funding-for-covid-19-safe-voluntary-isolation-sites-in-ontario.html
Yes we have no footage of people being dragged off and interned but with the coercion measures and climate it would be naive to think people won’t be pushed into them one way or the other. Vaccine mandates, denial of treatment, rapacious fines and imprisonment have all been described as being for the purpose of ‘encouraging vaccine uptake’.
Cheers