Justin was right after all
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Someone was a little triggered that Justin was proven correct and DoFo found guilty of hiding in his cottage and refusing to do anything.
Must suck when you realize you're part of a tiny angry minority that nobody trusts.
Must suck when you realize you're part of a tiny angry minority that nobody trusts.
Doug Ford is the ‘Freedom Convoy’ report’s biggest loser
This is the way the Freedom Convoy ends: not with a bang but a whimper.
On Friday, Justice Paul Rouleau released the long-awaited report of his Public Order Emergency Commission, one that tips the scales at five volumes and more than 2,000 pages. But those hoping it would indict the prime minister for his decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last February to clear out the protests occupying downtown Ottawa will be sorely disappointed. "I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met,” Rouleau wrote.
While convoy advocates have repeatedly tried to suggest the protests were peaceful and friendly — after all, they say, there were bouncy castles and hot tubs! — Rouleau wasn’t buying it. "I do not accept the organizers' descriptions of the protest in Ottawa as lawful, calm, peaceful or something resembling a celebration," he wrote. "The bigger picture reveals that the situation in Ottawa was unsafe and chaotic."
He also didn’t accept the suggestion there was no real threat posed by the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa. "In my view, there was credible and compelling information supporting a reasonable belief that the definition of a threat to the security of Canada was met," he wrote. "I have concluded that cabinet was reasonably concerned that the situation it was facing was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable.”
None of this will matter to the true convoy diehards, who will simply write off his report as the work of a judge with long-standing Liberal ties. Nothing short of a full and unqualified condemnation of the prime minister — along with a directive that he resign immediately — would have satisfied them. And as I’ve written already, their movement is now beyond the reach of mere facts and evidence.
Pierre Poilievre, for his part, will find a way to pretend it never happened. He spent the duration of the inquiry hiding (wisely, it turns out) in the metaphorical bushes, and he will almost certainly stay there when it comes to this issue. Poilievre was conspicuously quiet on Twitter about the report’s release, preferring instead to focus on recent revelations of Chinese interference in the 2021 federal election. And while Justin Trudeau will surely be tempted to take a victory lap here, it’s unlikely that this moves the needle very much when it comes to his inevitable battle with Poilievre at the polls.
But if there’s one person whose fate could be materially impacted by the report, it’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Rouleau was unsparing in his criticism of Ford and his government, both for their unwillingness to show up during the convoy itself and their refusal to show up and testify at his inquiry last fall. “Given that the city and its police services were clearly overwhelmed, it was incumbent on the province to become visibly, publicly and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset,” Rouleau wrote. "I find the Province of Ontario's reluctance to become fully engaged in such efforts directed at resolving the situation in Ottawa troubling.”
For a premier already on the political ropes over his handling of the Greenbelt and what role his daughter’s pay-to-play “stag and doe” party may have had to do with it, this is a pounding he’s ill-prepared to take. At some point, depending on just how big this burgeoning scandal gets, Ford’s party might decide he’s more trouble than he’s worth.
Either way, his cowardice in the face of the convoy, along with his refusal to own up to it afterwards, is a reminder that provinces can’t always be counted on to defend the national interest. As such, the federal government should take Justice Rouleau up on some of his 56 recommendations, especially those suggesting the creation of a single national intelligence co-ordinator for major events that cross interprovincial borders, national standards for policing major events, and a federal department or agency that can monitor and report on what’s happening on social media.
It would be nice if our political leaders were able “to rise above politics and collaborate for the common good,” as Justice Rouleau wrote. And it would be nice if the Freedom Convoy leaders read the rest of his report and disseminated its conclusions to their followers. But if there’s one thing we learned during the last year, it’s that counting on people’s best behaviour is a good way to encourage their worst.
This is the way the Freedom Convoy ends: not with a bang but a whimper.
On Friday, Justice Paul Rouleau released the long-awaited report of his Public Order Emergency Commission, one that tips the scales at five volumes and more than 2,000 pages. But those hoping it would indict the prime minister for his decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last February to clear out the protests occupying downtown Ottawa will be sorely disappointed. "I have concluded that in this case, the very high threshold for invocation was met,” Rouleau wrote.
While convoy advocates have repeatedly tried to suggest the protests were peaceful and friendly — after all, they say, there were bouncy castles and hot tubs! — Rouleau wasn’t buying it. "I do not accept the organizers' descriptions of the protest in Ottawa as lawful, calm, peaceful or something resembling a celebration," he wrote. "The bigger picture reveals that the situation in Ottawa was unsafe and chaotic."
He also didn’t accept the suggestion there was no real threat posed by the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa. "In my view, there was credible and compelling information supporting a reasonable belief that the definition of a threat to the security of Canada was met," he wrote. "I have concluded that cabinet was reasonably concerned that the situation it was facing was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable.”
None of this will matter to the true convoy diehards, who will simply write off his report as the work of a judge with long-standing Liberal ties. Nothing short of a full and unqualified condemnation of the prime minister — along with a directive that he resign immediately — would have satisfied them. And as I’ve written already, their movement is now beyond the reach of mere facts and evidence.
Pierre Poilievre, for his part, will find a way to pretend it never happened. He spent the duration of the inquiry hiding (wisely, it turns out) in the metaphorical bushes, and he will almost certainly stay there when it comes to this issue. Poilievre was conspicuously quiet on Twitter about the report’s release, preferring instead to focus on recent revelations of Chinese interference in the 2021 federal election. And while Justin Trudeau will surely be tempted to take a victory lap here, it’s unlikely that this moves the needle very much when it comes to his inevitable battle with Poilievre at the polls.
But if there’s one person whose fate could be materially impacted by the report, it’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Rouleau was unsparing in his criticism of Ford and his government, both for their unwillingness to show up during the convoy itself and their refusal to show up and testify at his inquiry last fall. “Given that the city and its police services were clearly overwhelmed, it was incumbent on the province to become visibly, publicly and wholeheartedly engaged from the outset,” Rouleau wrote. "I find the Province of Ontario's reluctance to become fully engaged in such efforts directed at resolving the situation in Ottawa troubling.”
For a premier already on the political ropes over his handling of the Greenbelt and what role his daughter’s pay-to-play “stag and doe” party may have had to do with it, this is a pounding he’s ill-prepared to take. At some point, depending on just how big this burgeoning scandal gets, Ford’s party might decide he’s more trouble than he’s worth.
Either way, his cowardice in the face of the convoy, along with his refusal to own up to it afterwards, is a reminder that provinces can’t always be counted on to defend the national interest. As such, the federal government should take Justice Rouleau up on some of his 56 recommendations, especially those suggesting the creation of a single national intelligence co-ordinator for major events that cross interprovincial borders, national standards for policing major events, and a federal department or agency that can monitor and report on what’s happening on social media.
It would be nice if our political leaders were able “to rise above politics and collaborate for the common good,” as Justice Rouleau wrote. And it would be nice if the Freedom Convoy leaders read the rest of his report and disseminated its conclusions to their followers. But if there’s one thing we learned during the last year, it’s that counting on people’s best behaviour is a good way to encourage their worst.
Doug Ford is the ‘Freedom Convoy’ report’s biggest loser
Rouleau was unsparing in his criticism of Ford and his government, both for their unwillingness to show up during the convoy itself and their refusal to show up and testify at his inquiry last fall.www.nationalobserver.com
But Dumb DOFO is more fixated on wasting taxpayers money on this baseless project of his that will cost upwards of $6 billion to build and will impact the conservation and farm land areas.
This guy is reckless:
Why Doug Ford’s Hwy. 413 makes little economic sense — and should be scrapped
The ecological case against Hwy. 413 is obvious, writes author Tom Rand. It would be best to cancel the highway and redirect its billions into more pressing Ontario needs
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www.thestar.com
This guy is reckless:
Why Doug Ford’s Hwy. 413 makes little economic sense — and should be scrapped
The ecological case against Hwy. 413 is obvious, writes author Tom Rand. It would be best to cancel the highway and redirect its billions into more pressing Ontario needs
Opinion | Why Doug Ford’s Hwy. 413 makes little economic sense — and should be scrapped
The ecological case against Hwy. 413 is obvious, writes author Tom Rand. It would be best to cancel the highway and redirect its billions into more pressing Ontario needs
Fake News from your usual Alt Right Conspiracy Theorists:
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This is the actual Wikipedia on Justice Paul Rouleau. Show us where it states that his brother married Trudeau's Aunt?
Paul Rouleau - Wikipedia
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Anyone who needs a judge or anyone else to explain why freedom of speech doesn't mean you have the right to force your speech on others is special needs.
If you don't see that, give us your home address and we will explain why.
Strange women in ponds giving out swords, that's what I am on about.
If you don't see that, give us your home address and we will explain why.
Strange women in ponds giving out swords, that's what I am on about.
You suggested a 9mm to whom didn't want a covid vaccination. You're still threatening violence. Screenshot- again.
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I wouldn't call Peter Sloly an idiot, his mistake is he picked the wrong profession. His career peaked as a member of Canada's mission to Kosovo. From his bio, he had no interest in detective work. He lost the Chief of Police office to Mark Saunders - he was seen as a bureaucrat by the LE rank and file. Having no real street cred he was completely unprepared for the oncoming Convoy Anarchists.
CBC President Hits back at Pee Pee's baseless allegations that The CBC is "biased". Obviously, Trump used the same crap with the MSM to fire his headless base. Something that Pee Pee is taking a chapter out of Trumpty Dumpty's Fairy Tale Novel!!
Very precise analysis of this FREEDUMB CONVOY by the real Truckers that have worked tirelessly while those morons were occupying Ottawa and making the lives of citizens very miserable!!
The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates
Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was about them.
It never was. It wasn’t about your rights to continue crossing the border unvaccinated. And by the time the convoy rolled through Ontario it had already fully morphed into something much bigger – and more dangerous – than what truckers were ever told.
I raised alarms early in a blog ‘The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them,’ when I noticed who was behind the convoy. These weren’t truckers organizing a GoFundMe that at the time of that writing had yet to surpass $1 million, on the way to $8.5 million just a week later.
The principal fundraiser was Tamara Lich, the secretary of the federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. Prior to that role, she was active with other far-right movements such as Wexit Alberta – a party whose founder advocated for Alberta to separate from Canada and join the Trump-led U.S.
The blog fueled a lot of anger. How dare you question the motives of the organizers? Why don’t you support the revolution? How much money did Trudeau pay you to write such drivel? Take your jab and die.
It also brought a lot of attention to the fundraiser and the people behind it. GoFundMe froze the funds for a time until it was satisfied the money would be disbursed appropriately.
I received many calls from mainstream media outlets, asking me what the protest was about. I couldn’t bring myself to call this a trucker protest. I opined it was an anti-vax, anti-mandate, anti-government, and possibly even pro-separatist movement that’s attached itself to the frustrations of a small segment of the trucker population.
And then Canada Unity, another of the organizers, posted a ludicrous Memorandum of Understanding/Manifesto on its website, which it plans to present to the Governor General of Canada. It essentially calls for the resignation of everyone within the federal government, the formation of a new government comprised of the Governor General, Senate, and members of Canada Unity, and the removal of all Covid-related measures – even those put into place at the provincial level. The trucks will remain until the document is signed, organizers said, dubbing its mission Bearhug.
I understand the frustrations truckers feel over the border vaccine mandate, I really do. You’ve done your jobs safely for two years going back and forth across the border keeping our economy moving and our stores stocked, and were declared heroes as you did so.
Canada bungled the communication around its Jan. 15 vaccine mandate, creating confusion and for 24 hours giving truckers false hope they’d be exempted. But the reality is, Canada’s arrival requirements for unvaccinated Canadian truckers are completely moot now that the U.S. has put into place its own requirement.
It matters little what you have to do upon re-entry when you can’t travel into the U.S. in the first place. And if you think the Biden Administration is going to reverse that mandate over a trucker protest in Ottawa, well, that’s about as likely as the mass resignation of all our federally elected politicians in Ottawa.
I feel bad for the truckers who thought this was about them. It never was. There was never any discussion around the real issues you face every day. Lack of safe parking. Poor road conditions. Access to clean restrooms. Unpaid detention time at shippers and receivers.
You were taken advantage of, because you were frustrated and you have big, loud machines that can be quite disruptive. You became the rallying cry of an anti-government group whose ambitions went well beyond the reversal of the vaccine mandate.
The true objectives of convoy organizers became clearer as they neared Ottawa and are now on full display. The unruly behavior in Ottawa – the waving of Swastika and Confederate flags, dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, and desecrating the Terry Fox memorial – were shameful and were not the doing of truckers. But anyone who participated in or promoted this convoy is guilty by association. You were duped.
www.trucknews.com
The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates
Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was about them.
It never was. It wasn’t about your rights to continue crossing the border unvaccinated. And by the time the convoy rolled through Ontario it had already fully morphed into something much bigger – and more dangerous – than what truckers were ever told.
I raised alarms early in a blog ‘The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them,’ when I noticed who was behind the convoy. These weren’t truckers organizing a GoFundMe that at the time of that writing had yet to surpass $1 million, on the way to $8.5 million just a week later.
The principal fundraiser was Tamara Lich, the secretary of the federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. Prior to that role, she was active with other far-right movements such as Wexit Alberta – a party whose founder advocated for Alberta to separate from Canada and join the Trump-led U.S.
The blog fueled a lot of anger. How dare you question the motives of the organizers? Why don’t you support the revolution? How much money did Trudeau pay you to write such drivel? Take your jab and die.
It also brought a lot of attention to the fundraiser and the people behind it. GoFundMe froze the funds for a time until it was satisfied the money would be disbursed appropriately.
I received many calls from mainstream media outlets, asking me what the protest was about. I couldn’t bring myself to call this a trucker protest. I opined it was an anti-vax, anti-mandate, anti-government, and possibly even pro-separatist movement that’s attached itself to the frustrations of a small segment of the trucker population.
And then Canada Unity, another of the organizers, posted a ludicrous Memorandum of Understanding/Manifesto on its website, which it plans to present to the Governor General of Canada. It essentially calls for the resignation of everyone within the federal government, the formation of a new government comprised of the Governor General, Senate, and members of Canada Unity, and the removal of all Covid-related measures – even those put into place at the provincial level. The trucks will remain until the document is signed, organizers said, dubbing its mission Bearhug.
I understand the frustrations truckers feel over the border vaccine mandate, I really do. You’ve done your jobs safely for two years going back and forth across the border keeping our economy moving and our stores stocked, and were declared heroes as you did so.
Canada bungled the communication around its Jan. 15 vaccine mandate, creating confusion and for 24 hours giving truckers false hope they’d be exempted. But the reality is, Canada’s arrival requirements for unvaccinated Canadian truckers are completely moot now that the U.S. has put into place its own requirement.
It matters little what you have to do upon re-entry when you can’t travel into the U.S. in the first place. And if you think the Biden Administration is going to reverse that mandate over a trucker protest in Ottawa, well, that’s about as likely as the mass resignation of all our federally elected politicians in Ottawa.
I feel bad for the truckers who thought this was about them. It never was. There was never any discussion around the real issues you face every day. Lack of safe parking. Poor road conditions. Access to clean restrooms. Unpaid detention time at shippers and receivers.
You were taken advantage of, because you were frustrated and you have big, loud machines that can be quite disruptive. You became the rallying cry of an anti-government group whose ambitions went well beyond the reversal of the vaccine mandate.
The true objectives of convoy organizers became clearer as they neared Ottawa and are now on full display. The unruly behavior in Ottawa – the waving of Swastika and Confederate flags, dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, and desecrating the Terry Fox memorial – were shameful and were not the doing of truckers. But anyone who participated in or promoted this convoy is guilty by association. You were duped.
The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates - Truck News
Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was
www.trucknews.com
Exactly, real truckers were working and hauling cargo while the Freedum twats occupied a city with their vile stench.Very precise analysis of this FREEDUMB CONVOY by the real Truckers that have worked tirelessly while those morons were occupying Ottawa and making the lives of citizens very miserable!!
The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates
Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was about them.
It never was. It wasn’t about your rights to continue crossing the border unvaccinated. And by the time the convoy rolled through Ontario it had already fully morphed into something much bigger – and more dangerous – than what truckers were ever told.
I raised alarms early in a blog ‘The murky matter of protests and the donations that drive them,’ when I noticed who was behind the convoy. These weren’t truckers organizing a GoFundMe that at the time of that writing had yet to surpass $1 million, on the way to $8.5 million just a week later.
The principal fundraiser was Tamara Lich, the secretary of the federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. Prior to that role, she was active with other far-right movements such as Wexit Alberta – a party whose founder advocated for Alberta to separate from Canada and join the Trump-led U.S.
The blog fueled a lot of anger. How dare you question the motives of the organizers? Why don’t you support the revolution? How much money did Trudeau pay you to write such drivel? Take your jab and die.
It also brought a lot of attention to the fundraiser and the people behind it. GoFundMe froze the funds for a time until it was satisfied the money would be disbursed appropriately.
I received many calls from mainstream media outlets, asking me what the protest was about. I couldn’t bring myself to call this a trucker protest. I opined it was an anti-vax, anti-mandate, anti-government, and possibly even pro-separatist movement that’s attached itself to the frustrations of a small segment of the trucker population.
And then Canada Unity, another of the organizers, posted a ludicrous Memorandum of Understanding/Manifesto on its website, which it plans to present to the Governor General of Canada. It essentially calls for the resignation of everyone within the federal government, the formation of a new government comprised of the Governor General, Senate, and members of Canada Unity, and the removal of all Covid-related measures – even those put into place at the provincial level. The trucks will remain until the document is signed, organizers said, dubbing its mission Bearhug.
I understand the frustrations truckers feel over the border vaccine mandate, I really do. You’ve done your jobs safely for two years going back and forth across the border keeping our economy moving and our stores stocked, and were declared heroes as you did so.
Canada bungled the communication around its Jan. 15 vaccine mandate, creating confusion and for 24 hours giving truckers false hope they’d be exempted. But the reality is, Canada’s arrival requirements for unvaccinated Canadian truckers are completely moot now that the U.S. has put into place its own requirement.
It matters little what you have to do upon re-entry when you can’t travel into the U.S. in the first place. And if you think the Biden Administration is going to reverse that mandate over a trucker protest in Ottawa, well, that’s about as likely as the mass resignation of all our federally elected politicians in Ottawa.
I feel bad for the truckers who thought this was about them. It never was. There was never any discussion around the real issues you face every day. Lack of safe parking. Poor road conditions. Access to clean restrooms. Unpaid detention time at shippers and receivers.
You were taken advantage of, because you were frustrated and you have big, loud machines that can be quite disruptive. You became the rallying cry of an anti-government group whose ambitions went well beyond the reversal of the vaccine mandate.
The true objectives of convoy organizers became clearer as they neared Ottawa and are now on full display. The unruly behavior in Ottawa – the waving of Swastika and Confederate flags, dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, and desecrating the Terry Fox memorial – were shameful and were not the doing of truckers. But anyone who participated in or promoted this convoy is guilty by association. You were duped.
The so-called Freedom Convoy was never about truckers, or border mandates - Truck News
Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at Parliament Hill this weekend have been duped into believing the convoy was
