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A slight correction Beau on the two members of JTF2 that are being investigated for their participation in the protests. They were already in the process of being released BEFORE the protests happened, because they had refused to get vaccinated. All members of the Canadian Armed Forces were ordered to be vaccinated with the consequence of being discharged if they failed to do so.
It's also important to note that while they are still in the process of being released, they are still active members of the CAF until their actual release date arrives. Therefore, they could be subject to court martial and further penalties as allowed under Canada's military Justice system.
It's a slight correction and may not matter to the point you are making. Nonetheless, I felt it appropriate to clarify this. Keep up the good work!
Hopefully that is the extent of it and we don't have lunatic "sovereign citizen" types in JTF2. That would be kind of scary. But as my father put it (he did 35 years in the service) "If you are not deployable, you are not employable." If you don't understand that very basic requirement you should not be in the military. You literally agree to this in your paperwork when you join.
When I got the news it wasn't clear. I'll pin this.
@@certs743 Yeah, and they swear an oath to the Queen. If they were at any point involved with the leaders advocating for the resignation of the Senate and the Governor General (obviously ignorant of Canadian civics), and wanting to be part of the opposition, then they should be prosecuted for seditious libel under the Criminal Code of Canada. It's 14 years.
@@kevynnedallaire1815 agreed.
@@BeauoftheFifthColumn I want to point out as well, they may not be specifically JTF2, they could just be part of the special operations regiment (CSOR), of which JTF2 is a unit in. JTF2 members are never named for security reasons, so they may not be in the unit at all. It's a bit concerning for sure regardless.
A lot of people don't understand what freedom and rights are. Freedom isn't free. It comes with responsibility. Responsibility for the freedom and the rights of others. Everyone's rights end at the tip of the nose of others.
Awesome ! Too bad the narcissistic entitled don't get it or even care about others at all.
Freedom without responsibilities isn't liberty; it's just being an angsty teenager.
That's the grown-up version of freedom. What too many people want is better described as "perpetual adolescence." Or perhaps "perpetual toddlerhood."
Absolutely right. Their blatant ignorance of the word is dangerous, and stupid. Not the best combination of words, as history has shown.
Hummm Question , what is a citizen suppose to do , when catching Top gov med with proven bad science since July2021 ? ( potion does not stop transmission plus plus plus ) .. but insist on repeating proven misinformation to public ... Knowing suicide , drug abuse , domestic violence all up as high as 30 %
I also feel the Canadian government was also allowing the protesters to 'show their asses' and garner scorn from the rest of the populace.
There's a non-insignificant amount of scoring for a government that's incapable of protecting its citizens as well.
I also feel they had allowed the protesters to make their point and afterwards, then they removed them. I think it is what our Country should do but somehow they feel it is important to use force to intimidate others.
You forget Canada does not have a Fox News problem, so it plays a little differently.
@@rwhunt99
Everyone feels it's ALWAYS good to use force on us. Even if we're innocent. 🤷🏿♂️
@@TheVincentKyle have you never heard of cable? or maybe the internet? While Fox is American-based it does broadcast into the Canada, and their ampliphication of of this movement has not been helping. Trust me, the occupiers are watching themselves on Fox every night.
Authorities in Toronto were well prepared. They prevented anyone from driving big rigs into the downtown area, protected the Parliament Building and the key hospitals, and permitted the Karen Karavaners to hold a demonstration parade (as Canadians are free to do). Police were everywhere, but polite and disciplined. They did not demonstrate any favouritism for or against the demonstrators. The parade was more or less peaceful, given the constraints. However, I noticed one detail in particular. Most of the Karens, overwhelmingly white (in a city in which a majority of the population is not white), were obviously just the typical brainless ninnies, essentially harmless. The Confederate flags and Nazi swastikas that abounded earlier on had all vanished. But scattered among them were some very sinister-looking people. They were very fierce-looking males in their 20s & 30s. If anyone in the public viewing the parade made any loudly-spoken criticism of the Karens, then four or five of these goons would make a bee-line to them, form a kind of wall, screaming insults at them in absolute choreographed unison. It was clearly planned and prepared, impossible to be done spontaneously. This was done with the maximum aggressiveness short of actual assault. In any different situation it would have been considered criminal. Any normal person would be terrified and flee. However, when this happened to me, I stood my ground as they came within a foot of me screaming and looking as threatening as they could. And these were very tough looking young dudes, while I am a 69-year-old with cancer [the reason I was near the hospitals along the protest route]. After a couple of minutes of this, when I still didn't respond with panic, fear or submission, and did not flee, suddenly another goon appeared and said "remember, no violence". The goons instantly stopped screaming as if they were responding to the snap of fingers. This told me everything I needed to know about this phony "grassroots" demonstration.
Thanks for your eyewitness input. I think it explains a lot.
Yikes!
Good for you, standing your ground.
@ Phil Paine,, Thank you for posting your experience. Good for you that you stood your ground. It takes REAL strength to do that. It confirms what many of us think. Many of these protesters are not about freedom. Ironically they are attempting to impose their point of view. They want the power for themselves. They are "chaos shopping". Best wishes for you and your journey toward a cancer victory.
@@wendyfaith1048 Rules for thee, but nor for me. The mantra of the Reich wing.
Everyone else had a chance to learn from Ottawa. Ottawa police took them at their word that it would be a two day protest and provided them with a staging ground. Toronto and the other cities that followed prevented them from getting a foothold.
As a local who lives 10 minutes from where the bridge protest was, I'm surprisingly pleased with how our local authorities handled the situation. Good job for once Windsor.
Glad you are safe.
Good outcome in Windsor. Don’t think they can do the same thing in Ottawa. That one is a dilemma. The residents of Ottawa need their city back. Maybe they need to take things into their own hands. Maybe a few sledge hammers to some of the rigs would do something. Because if the police are heavy handed the protesters get what they want and more attention.
I live about five mins from bridge. Definitely surprised there was no violence
@@RedTailShark100 That was a good thing.
Be safe.
@@derekh8758 If it’s unsafe for cops to clear these people, it’s definitely unsafe for civilians. There are lots of misinformed and entitled workers there, but there’s also a hard core of a anti-democracy, white supremacist and other hate group members present, and they form a militant and semi-military presence.
I'm ex Canadian Provost corps 69-73 gave away my age there. Every thing the police did was the right thing to do. When a minority tells a majority what to do thats not democracy it's fascism.
Looking for answers with respect to the quagmire that Ottawa has become.
Will listen to any reasonable answers.
Thanks in advance.
Hello fellow Meathead (81 to 85)....and I concur with what you said.
the only good fascist is a dead one. Thank you for your service.
it was handled beautifully, at first i was irritated it didn't happen sooner but now i understand, they were allowing these "protesters" to 'dig their own grave' and slip up.
Now there is a mountain of evidence both in funding and communications, here and in the US, as to where the funding came from and who supported it from outside the country.
@@SynergeticMan There is no answer for your question. Ottawa, like any other national capital, was a quagmire long before you were born. Ask any geologist, any area of land overpeopled with generations of politicians becomes a quagmire. Pesthole, zoo, circus and shitshow are other terms used by different partisan factions of the common public. Good luck with your search.
As a vet who was trained in crowd control, I was proud of the authorities for the way they handled the Windsor situation. I'm also very happy with our various governments' approach. My vain hope is this will be our nation's new standard of dealing with political protest. And while I'm at it, I hope for a pony for all. . .
Are animal docs always trained in crowd control 😂. Sorry, in a funny mood tonight, could not help myself 👍. No offense fella.
Bill, thank you for your service to our country. And I agree that the police in Windsor did a great job. I will be glad when the citizens of Ottawa are finally free to go back to their ordinary lives.
@@TheScotsalan it wasn’t all that funny, “fella”. Don’t give up your day job.
Dear Mr. McDonald, Thank you for your highly informed comments and for the wonderful example that you set.
Take care, mate.
Cheers
Thank you for your service.
From what I have read most Canadians were annoyed with the truckers actions in the residential sections.
Not just annoyed. Some people's pets died from noise stress.
@@shaymich2395 LOL
You are correct. And referring to the donations pouring in to support this siege, I wanted to wake up the naive souls outside of Canada thinking that Canadians were really losing their freedom. This was all about raising a heap of money for a growing group of racist groups now in Canada. Educate yourself before you jump on a populist band-wagon, please!
@@pameladwyer2244 sadly, while foreign money has been donated, all that I have read has identified internal, right-wing leaning Canadian donors as being the source for the bulk of the money.
As Beau said, it is a RECRUITMENT drive. And we are but in the opening chapters. 😞
@@SynergeticMan Yikes. What about support from American sources?
It’s telling what some people consider a threat to “freedom” and what they’re silent about.
Medom!
100%
People who scream that vaccines are tyranny but ignore the banning/burning of books and the systematic attack on elections are.. missing the point (to put in the kindest terms).
@@SkywalkerSamadhi No it's the fact that the vaccine screamers are the distractions that go on while the TRUE TYRANNY... keeping ppl dumb is how you keep the status quo...
Dear Beau ... I am sure you did not mean to characterise the current civil unrest in military terms , but more of as a brief , peace full time out for all ( no goon squad) ... it is now political and time is short ...tic tic tic .... as you know from history ...you can win every battle, but still lose war
@@danielarcadia7243 Actually, no. When you lose _every_ battle, you lose the war. And the Freedom Convoy so far is a failure. Tic tic toc, sweetie.
Also, you STILL haven't answered my question. Coward.
Let's see the RCMP use the same kid gloves w/ Natives & POC protests
Unfortunately true.
RCMP plays by a different book and the racism is endemic within their ranks. Their book is not written. These were local police services. a
A different breed of enforcement when you have to live and work with one another.
Hi from Canada. This will be remembered because while it maybe a small event in most countries here where we are peaceful and polite - rudeness and hostile acts are remembered.
It will be remembered in a footnote in a PhD. thesis .....
I agree. Beau analyses this wearing American gogles.
It will be remembered as a throwback on a Facebook feed. "Oh yeah, I remember that" continues to scroll on because NBD.
Blocking roadways because you don't follow.company rules, is snowflake crybabies St ff
@@nozecone No, we will remember at the election polls.
The trucker convoy was a recruiting drive.
Financed, I'm sure we'll discover, by Americans
Much like 1812, They failed to "Read the Room"
Rich, I hope we eventually find out about the foreign influencers and money bankrolling this disaster.
I'm pretty sure we'll see the names behind it soon enough. The site GiveSendGo was been hacked and their donation logs for the occupation have been leaked. It'll take some time to go through it, but there will be fallout.
The far right branch of the American Republican party is all in .It's the same worksheet they use to geek up extremist members of their base here.
Many Canucks, drunk on CNN and CBC are blaming "Russia". That's ridic, and evidence free, but there it is.
Yup, I hate how this is being portrayed as a grassroot canadian thing when there are clearly external factors and influences at play,
Yesterday in Ottawa, citizens (counter-protesters) stopped a convoy of folks sympathetic to the truckers. Kept them stopped for 8 hrs. The counter-protesters made those in the convoy hand over their Canadian and confederate flags and took away the jerry cans full of fuel. Police stood around as citizens handled this matter. Ottawa police look complicit for doing so little.
The Police were smart to let the citizens handle the matter. That was a major embarassment for the convoy and a PR disaster for the fascists.
They have their strategy's.
@@stephaniewilson3955 The Ottawa police, many of them, are 'truckers'. This is obvious.
The Canadians have handled this ENTIRE situation MUCH better than we have from the very beginning. 80% of the general population and 90% of truckers vaccinated!?!? Is there any wonder they dealt with what in fact is a small but disruptive minority in such an efficient and effective way?
What % of the population needs to be vaccinated before you lift mandates?
@@johnkesich8696 okay, I'll take that bait. Look to Norway. 74.5% of the population (which I presume includes children under 15) is fully vaccinated. All, I repeat all, covid measures were lifted last week. For all intents and purposes, barring some new wave of more dangerous mutated virus, the pandemic has ended here. The population is well protected from vaccines and (in some peoples' cases) several bouts of covid.
@@johnkesich8696The vax and mask mandates are controlled by our Premiers and not Federal ! Many Provinces have stated that they will be lifted ( here in 2 weeks ) and I see no reason these truckers should of gone to the federal government to cry and complain and whine like babies !
@@Justchuck69 Exactly. Just a reason to slam Trudeau because he won the election and they are mad.
@@johnkesich8696 if you knew with 100% certainty that the virus would kill YOU and perhaps a loved one or two, what % would YOU give to answer your own question?
Be honest and don't change the subject.....
Discharging members of the military-anyone-who took an oath to support the constitution is the right thing to do. People who openly wish to overturn the government must be outside the government, not inside it.
If anyone wants to check it out it's called The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom's, our version of the constitution
@@chrisj984 Then you use your vote if you want change, not blocking motorways and disrupting essential services like a five-year old throwing a tantrum.
@@chrisj984 If you think that overthrowing a democratically elected government would be better I'll then refer you to my country (Spain). More so when, just like the case with the truckers, the people doing the overthrowing did NOT represent the interests of most of the people.
It's been 80+ years and we're still digging bodies out of shallow graves everywhere. You sure you want *that?*
Hey all, a couple of points:
1) please don't confuse the constitutions of the US. and Canada. They are very different. Some of the comments I've been reading are conflating the two.
2) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is only one part of Canada's constitution.
3) The fundamental freedoms listed on Canada's Charter are not absolute. They are limited as prescribed by law that can be reasonably justified in a free and democratic society.
4) Nowhere in any of the Emergency Measures or public health restrictions has anyone's freedom be taken away in contravention of our laws. Zip. Zero. Nada.
@@chrisj984 🤣🤣🤣
Good work Canada! Using minimal force such a great idea!
Good morning Beau and internet people ☺. I am happy that the Canadian law enforcement handled this situation the way they did. Those people deserve to be treated as a footnote and nothing else.
Fifth! At the Fifth Column! 🥳💐👍🏾 and Hi! ☀️🙂👋🏾
😎 Relax. I got your first sentence covered. 👍
@@seinfeld714 - I think when dealing with known criminals they call it “ legitimate surveillance “……………..just saying.
@@seinfeld714 - You’re right of course, no criminal charges as of yet, just criminal behaviour like opening and running a scam “ University “ for which he had to compensate scammed students to the tune of 25 million dollars. Also, taking money from his own charitable Foundation to spend on himself and his Presidential Campaign, for which he had to repay 2 million dollars and had to have the said Charity forcibly closed down by authorities. Both of these “ crimes “ would have resulted in the likes of me and probably you being charged and having at least some sort of punishment, but because he ( Trump ) happens to be rich he can just pay some money and carry on. Let’s hope he gets charged with a crime for destroying all those official documents and then maybe he’ll be disqualified from running for office again, which would be a relief for the whole world…………..you’re welcome.
@@seinfeld714 - On the contrary, all verifiable facts on the public record if you could be bothered to check, but that would require a little effort and critical thinking on your behalf which might bring your misguided adoration for your “ dear leader “ crashing down around you. In the meantime all us civilised folks can only hope that the powers that be, do the right and proper thing and…………..LOCK HIM UP 🤞🤞🤞
They've alienated people who they would want on their side. e.g auto workers,truckers unions.people who work in supply chains.
They're terrorizing of locals,e.g in Toronto,won't help their image..
Very true, I live in Gatineau which is just outside of Ottawa, and so many people I know who were initially somewhat sympathetic towards the truckers’ cause, got so damn sick and tired of their antics so quickly, that they basically flipped and just said “yeah, you know what, screw these guys” Them acting like a bunch of whiney little babies does absolutely nothing to strengthen their cause
Take their Moonie $$ & rubles and kick the sweathogs out. Trudeau isn’t stupid.
Remove the Charity status of American churches and fund Education. End this ignorance, horror, and gullibility.
Looks like Canada's supply chain crisis is worse than we thought,
Ottawa's cops have officially run out of police brutality.
So we're going to see this for the next big native protest, right? What these PDs just proved is that they CAN treat people with dignity even while arresting them.
Don't hold your breath for equal treatment when it comes to native protests.
@@poonamsvideoblogs or labour protests, or environmental protests, or inequality protests.........
@@erikeidelof6715 'zactly.
America can take a lesson from Canada.
Not really.
"should" perhaps have been the word you intended. Proving that America "can" is a different matter. Too many will dismiss any idea out of hand if it is not from within the nation.
@@kensmith5694 Very good point! America should take a lesson from Canada
@@luvcheneywasalegend9168 Regarding this example; yes.
Well we could; but that would involve a notable degree of intelligence and the basic understanding of moving forward. But 70 million of us would prefer to live in some mythical time in the past.
covfefe
It's rare that Canada receives this much attention from American media. As a Canadian, I'm embarrassed that it had to be over this.
Yeah, me too. Go to David Pakman, he has a video of a Canadian filming himself, walking the protest, saying just the worst stuff, loud and obnoxious. I was thoroughly ashamed. I was always so proud of Canada and being a Canadian, now I just want to hide. I know it was handled humanely but all these truckers and their add ons, terrorizing citizens, protest turn occupation then hostage of borders was over the top for me. The real agenda, to party hard like it’s the last time.
@@dr.wernerbrandes2991 Yeah, brilliant alternative, it would never happen but I never thought and I mean never in a billion years that the Freedom Convoy would exist, either.
Yeah, it's only either this or Justin Beiber egging his neighbour's house.
@@basilmcdonnell9807 Hilarious…..so far only feelings are being hurt, I hope it stays that way.
Have you listened to FOX? personally i hate it as it is the embodiment of disinformation and cult like brain washing,
but i like to be objective in my decisions and listen to what's being said there regularly.
Absolutely terrible, what Tucker, Hannity, and others have said and are complicit in doing.
Fox has not only actively pushed the conservative base to donate, they are cheering on the Canadian truckers involved with buzzwords like 'freedom' and 'tyranny'
They are selling 'freedom truckers' merch with Canada and American flags on them.
Apparently some of the people where getting support from the right wing media to the south even some republican senators. Thank you for your channel you are an amazing host . Have a great day .
the truckers did nothing wrong
Fox news has given this 'trucker protest' multiple millions in free advertising and air-time, they are even profiting off it with merchandise.
Republican politicians (the ones linked to jan.6) who only 2 years ago had NOTHING good to say about Canada, Canadians, or our government have been giving them glowing support for weeks and directing their base to donate for 'freedom'.
this is foreign political interference, sure, but also a classic example of a PSYOP.
@@donnieraczynski572 Yes 99 percent of the trucker have kept working through this and it's only like 1 or 2 percent that are crying about loosing freedoms ? We have over 300,000 truckers here in Canada and only some 1000 to maybe 5000 ( if you add up all the protesters from different places ... like Coutts and Ottawa and such ) have joined this far right protest!
@@Justchuck69 I really appreciated truckers , it’s amazing how few it took to shut down Ottawa . I just didn’t agree with shutting down roads and bridges for so long , Sending you peace thank you , have a good day .
@@Honeyman126 I supported their right to peaceful protest! But they may have crossed the line as some Ottawa residence counter protested them! Most of these protesters ( from both sides ) are our fellow citizens and we all have the rights to our own opinions and should celebrate that fact. I have people around me that support many different parties and don't mind having civil discussions with them ( but when they start bringing up conspiracy theories and wont listen to facts then i get frustrated ) and enjoy our differences ...... if we were all the same and had all the same ideas then life would be very boring! Stay safe Bev and have a good day!
You said it. There are demographics in Canada who don’t get the benefit of the textbook.
Actually, all demographics get treated the same in Canada. About 5 years ago we had an incident where a group of misnomered 'first nations' people blockaded our national railway system. The governments response was to park our trains for over a month and leave the protestors be. Only once the protestors turned violent and beat a couple railway repairmen within millimetres of their lives did authorities finally intervene, again, with minimal force. It just never made international news because again, it was so well handled. As well, a couple years back, we had some folks who protested in solidarity with Americas BLM movement. They were left alone to protest peacefully, while a few anarchists that were trying to 'false flag' the movement were handled, again, with minimal force.
Yes. There was also reason to worry about logic, reasoning and media literacy for the entire anglo-sphere BEFORE the internet flourished.
I love it when people say there's no such thing as privilege.... What it must be like to be born with the right skin color to be treated like an equal. Like a human being. To trust your safety is always protected. Must be nice living in a country where you feel like a special part of society with potential and purpose. People smile and wave rather than cross the street out of fear. Must be nice. Not even being a veteran gets me equal treatment cuz of my skin. Must be nice. Semper Fi
Thank you for your comment, BobsBurgers. Many people value your humanity and your service. Thank you, sir. Oh and please just ignore Adam….it’s only an ugly little troll undeserving of your attention. Stay healthy! 🇺🇸♥️
It's nowhere near as bad here. I had a conversation with a black man who was stuck here when the border closed. He was amazed at the difference and how nice people were to him and how comfortable he felt among strangers.
@Adam Johnson Maybe you've been watching too much Rogan. There's a HUGE chance you're a white person that doesn't get paid enough for the work you do. Try to imagine being even less valued, simply because of skin color. It totally happens.
@Adam Johnson : While money creates degrees of privilege, to say that skin color has no role shows either a complete lack of observation or abundance of ignorance. Or both. At best.
Friendly reminder; *Adam Johnson* is our far-right troll. He also goes by the names of John Smith and Mark Johnson. He only comes here to stir things up with claims he can't back up, and once let slip being a paid troll. Please ignore him.
Has anyone wondered how so many ‘poor’ individuals were able to spend 10-15 days on the bridge? If I’m poor I need to be working to make money.
My impression: paid off or they were well off enough or business owners who were able to afford not to work!
That's right. lols
Good morning Beau and internet folks. I'm guessing the Prime Minister didn't rush in afterwards to get his picture taken with his bible?
We take separation of church and state with some level of responsibility.
That would have been political suicide in Canada, so no he didn't. No teargassing of bystanders either :)
No, he didn't...I guess they didn't use enough tear gas to make God appear, so it wasn't worth doing. :D
Also...did anyone else (Christian or American...or otherwise!) feel insulted AND vaguely-queasy that he didn't even bother holding the bible properly? Waving it a bit aimlessly, not even quoting any of it, frowning the whole time...trying so hard to look TUFF AND STRONK.
@@EShirako how should the bible be held?
@@johnbrown6189 There's no predefined way that is 'the only proper way to hold a bible', but maybe "not like it's a This Is Your Ride, Mr. SoAndSo" card at the airport arrivals gate, you know? He never opened it, never quoted it, just...held it, and posed with it, and posed some more in front of that burned-out church, and it just seemed so WRONG to me.
We are (usually) proud of our law enforcement here in Canada. As you say, not in all circumstances. The bridge incident was handled well. However, they are being tested in the Ottawa situation where 25% of truckers are using children as shields and this is presenting a serious problem. Child services has been involved now. These children are living in temporary camps, set up in hand-holding lines and accompanying adults in trucks. Canadians know this is being somewhat backed by Americans though we do have our own groups here who do not understand the responsibilities that come hand in hand with "freedom". The freer you are, the more you respect the rights and privileges of others. Freedom is not for the self-centred. The damage to others by the 10% of unvaccinated truckers (yes, 90% of truckers are vaccinated here in Canada) reminds me of the 2011 Stanley Cup when a few Americans came up to the game and partied with like minded Canadians and instigated a riot in downtown Vancouver, the likes that has never been seen before or after with the looting and destruction. It only took a few to create a dangerous mob. Canada is not perfect for sure, but Trump has left his mark here and around the world. No, he didn't invent all of this abusive, disrespectful, hateful behaviour, but he sure did encourage it to become the norm.
What are the responsibilities for those attending a protest?
I was here for that Stanley Cup riot. My kids were high school age at the time, and I ordered them to stay home. Many of their friends did not, and years later, dealt with criminal charges- that were all handled with the most gracious justice and fairness. Penalties were applied commensurate to their acts.
But it did not take any Americans to call on them to join in. That whole thing was home-grown.
Way to go Canada.
I recently read a news article.
The US military is currently processing out approx 3000 to 4000 vaccine refusers.
Out 3.5 million most of the US troops are either fully vaccinated or in the process of becoming fully vaccinated.
And then there's folks like my brother in law who has an actual legitimate medical exemption. I have little sympathy for people who work for a living these days and refuse an obvious protective tool in this virusbusting effort JUST because. It's as necessary as a construction hard hat and a firefighter's coat to deal with potential hazards, it just works a bit differently.
@@MrMarket1987 Very true.
We all need to get vaccinated to protect your brother.
@@MrMarket1987 I call it "I don't wannaism". When they have no reason apart from "I DONT WANNA!", it's a second plague and one is enough. Where I work they decided to allow "religious" exemptions, which I prefer to call political exemptions.
@@TheIDGE Political ideologies at least have a basis in reality. Religions are many things, but reality usually isn't one associated with them. o3o
Another Canadian thing: no vet can wear full unibags in public without permission from DND. This includes when attending public memorial services such as Remembrance day. Stolen Valour Canada's job gets so much easier when wannabes show up in full regalia to the local wreath-laying ceremonies.
@Bill McDonald - What are "unibags"? Who are DND?
And, who is Stolen Valour Canada?
Please forgive my lack of knowledge about my only-50-miles away neighbor.
@@karenjohannessen8987 Unibags: informal term for uniform, of any specification, from work dress to full dress.
DND: Department of National Defence.
Stolen Valour is an organisation that ferrets out people who, for reasons known to themselves, choose to impersonate an active duty member, or veteran. They also investigate those veterans who, again for their own reasons, choose to pad their service record with claims of service and medals they have no record of other than their say-so. All of those activities are illegal in Canada.
@@billmcdonald4335 That's what I thought you meant. My uncle, and two cousins are veterans and I hate when people do that, thank for the service of added knowledge.
@@billmcdonald4335 Thank you very much Bill!
I (and others too) appreciate the clarifications.
Have a good day ~
@@vangu2918 Happy to help.
As someone living in Ottawa I can tell you the one thing they're crying about in regards to the bridge situation is that one dude refused to move so the cops picked him up and carried him away.....Oh the tyranny, oh the violence did you not see what they did to this poor man 🤣
The blockade at the Pacific Truck crossing, was classic non violent eviction of the protesters.
The line of Police officers just made a wide dam that moved towards the protesters.
No military was used, only police.
That crossing is functional now.
Spot on Beau!! They never had a meaningful message. Freedom? pffft. We don't suffer the lose of freedoms here, that this group seems to think we've lost.
I wish they would be this kind to indigenous and BLM protesters.
That's the point. They never will. This is only for whites.
that's the point they don't care what those groups say when they are "crushed" by the state. Their skin signals to the media they are a threat and need to be dealt with in extreme ways and the media just echoes what they are told by the government. But these "truckers" have the right skin tone where the media will listen.
Adam Johnson is a months old sock puppet account for one of the long term resident trolls. I'm not telling anyone not to interact with it, Just advising that if you do or you will get is goal post moving, sea lioning and the rest of the standard bag of troll tricks.
SPEAK !!! This land was stolen & founded on violence...so it's the ONLY way to so~called ANY&ALL situations... SMH !!!
@@Jay-ho9io SPEAK!!!
The Windsor situation was very well handled. Ottawa is going to be different because those "freedom fighters" decided to bring in children to act as a shield to hide behind.
Kimberly Lagace: If that is true, it is the most craven act of cowardice I have heard of in quite a while. Endangering minors ...... wow. Low.
@@karenburrows9184 It's true. Children's Aid has issued notifications to the occupiers to find other care for their children, before things get serious.
Whether some brought their children knowing they were going to prevent law enforcement from proceeding, or not, also doesn't matter. It's still considered child endangerment and a disregard for their children's right to be in a proper care environment and in school. The occupiers can't blame law enforcement if they lose custody of their children over this either--they decided to bring them into that situation.
The occupiers have been given warning after warning, so I think things will be resolving soon. From looks of it, it's following the playbook Beau talked about.
First things first. I am a white male, well into his 60's now and have been in the logistics/trucking industry ever since I left the Canadian Forces and graduated for College and have damn near 30 years experience in the field. And I can tell you without a shadow of doubt or a word of lie, that this so-called Truckers protest is anything but.
For the most part, there are very few if any actual long distance cross border truckers involved with this bullshit and that the “real” cross border drivers and their dispatchers are more than a little pissed at these protesting assholes and would dearly love to plough straight through them, instead of being stuck at a border crossing burning diesel for no reason, missing delivery appoints and running the risk of their shipments of fresh produce and other time sensitive food products spoiling in the back of their trailers.
I know this because I am in daily communications with many of the local long haul firms traveling up and down the I-5 corridor between BC and CA.
Now a large percentage of the Canadian drivers and trucking company owners who run cross border are East Indians, mainly Sikhs.
Now look at the various photo's of these protesters who are blocking the highways and border crossings, see if you can spot any brown faces or darker hued people mixed in. I know I've tried, and all I've seen are people who look a hell of a lot like me, middle to late aged, fat, graying, white people who for the most part would not know one end of a tractor-trailer unit from another.
The majority of these protesters are not truckers, never have been and never will be. And those trucks that you do see at the protests are not being driving by long haul cross border drivers. Hell the most of the ones that took part of the Pacific Highway protests this weekend are farmers, who use those trucks during harvest time to move their produce from their farm to local produce wholesalers.
The majority of these so-called “Freedom Protesters” really aren't angry about the covid mandates, but are still pissed that Justin Trudeau and the Liberals won the last Federal Election and are just trying to make him look bad.
And they are unabashed cowards, bringing their kids to the protest in order to hide behind them, figuring correctly that the RCMP wont use pepper spray, tear gas or batons to clear them away if that bring kids into the danger zone.
They are fucking sniveling fucking cowards as well as being massive hypocrites. Coz if this was a First Nations protest, these fine white people would be screaming bloody murder, demanding the Government send the Army and RCMP go in and bust First Nations heads.
Basically they are a sad and pathetic Canadian version of the angry US Conservative White Evangelical Trumpers who cannot accept the reality that they lost and are just kicking and screaming like the spoiled, spiteful little shit that they are.
I don't deny them their right to protest, even when their protest is utterly stupid, but that right does not supersede, nor does it override or takes precedence over my right of free movement or my right to engage in commerce or to earn a living.
And that is exactly what these cunts are doing, denying real truckers their right to travel unimpeded and to make a living. Perhaps it is now time to go to the very last page of that play book and bust some self-entitled, and self-important white heads.
WELL SAID! "True"
Yes, its about "their party" the Conservatives losing 3 elections in a row to the Liberal party. The Conservative party was the only one that met with the protesters in Ottawa.
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The fringe party with no Members of Parliament had met with some of the rabble.
The so-called 'People's Party of Canada' headed by Trumpian clone Mad Max Bernier.
Geez are you upset. If you want to physically harm peaceful protesters, something is wrong with you. Quit trynna jab needles in everybody's arms and threatening their jobs. If YOU want the jab, get it. Leave people alone.
Quit threatening peole's jobs and freezing their bank accounts.
Covid health restrictions are being relaxed all over the place so go home already. Unless this protest is really about dissatisfaction with Trudeau in which case, vote him out next election.
What you don't understand is that in Canada , Justin Trudeau the Prime Minister can use the "War measures Act" which gives him the power to immediately suspend all civil rights ...including the suspension of elections. Trudeau is a very vain and vindictive person, and nobody would put it past him to use this weapon against the people of Canada because now he knows that he will be voted out next election. You're gonna see the same playbook in the U.S. before the midterm elections. Joe Biden and the Democrats already know they will be voted out...so the only option they have left to avoid being voted out is...not to have an election. We'll see if my hunch is correct , before the midterm elections. If you watch all the various news outlets you can see the narrative is being shaped to label anyone who disagrees with the Democrats in the U.S. and the Liberal/NDP coalition in Canada as "domestic terrorists" and the reason for another lockdown and suspension of elections...in order to "save democracy".
@@markanthony3275 Sorry - there is no particular reason to believe Trudeau will be voted out next election. And, through his own statements, he has established that it will be his own failure if he has to resort to using the Armed Forces, let alone the War Measures Act, to deal with the protesters (these statements seemed to me a strategic blunder on his part - but nobody asked me). On the positive side, your post shows great imagination.
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@@nozecone Not great imagination at all...an understanding of what must happen in the time of the end according to the Bible. The Bible describes the rise of a ten nation world government which will be a revised form of the Roman empire. This is the world government that the U.N. has declared in 2016 that it wants to see implemented in 2030. But a lot has to happen first...both Canada and the U.S. must have polarized societies , their must be economic devastation and social upheaval...do we have that happening right now? The countries of Canada, Mexico and the U.S. must become single party states ...so that they can dissolve national sovereignty and form a single political unit. This was the original intent of NAFTA...to begin with social integration, then economic integration, and end with political integration. I've seen the U.N. map of the world where they have divided the world into ten zones of "socio economic interest"...North America is designated zone #1. So watch this year and see just how drastic things are going to get as the respective current govt's of Canada and the U.S. wage war against their own people. No elections means no one can vote them out.
Authorities in New Zealand are flushing out protesters in a similar demonstration by playing Barry Manilow songs and ‘The Macarena!’
I saw a post from someone who was following a live feed. She said it was a great source of amusement!
Interesting idea. I wonder if they can find specific music that the more violent people really can't stand and use that to drive away those who start problems. I saw a video where they were playing Baby Shark, and some protesters mostly women were dancing right along with it, while others milled around in the background look pretty uncomfortable. No right-wing hate inspiring-propaganda pieces were going to be filmed there. lols
@@aylbdrmadison1051 They used endless loops of Van Halen's 'Panama' when Noriega was hiding out in a Vatican embassy way back when. It has a long history of working well, provided the songs are terrible enough.
I would try Macho Man by the Village People.
That is fucking evil........they deserve to be brought in front of the Hauge for violating Human Rights and possibly war crimes......Barry Manilow...shudder......🤣
The more I learn about Canada the more I think about retiring there.
Understand the sentiment, but because of their healthcare system immigration to Canada is difficult. Had friends who did this 30 years ago with young kids and it was a nightmare for them. As a retiree you might find that difficult.
Do you meet the immigration requirements? Are you a professional? Are you bilingual? The list is long.
The immigration laws are tough here. It's REALLY tough and the process can take years.
When I was doing security, I worked with a Heart Surgeon, a graduate of Hidelburg who had years working for major corporations, and an electrician from Dubai who brought in 300k worth of hard currency and jewelry (and then had it stolen, because they didn't realize that property crime was a big thing up here).
Do it!
Buh bye
Once again, America could learn by looking to our Allies. Unfortunately we all know law enforcement in this country won't bother doing that.
Remind me when 'murica ever looked outward as to how to do things.
@@scriptguru4669 good point...some of us here do want to do better.
@@scriptguru4669 Well, Trump technically DID look outward, regarding how to rule. He looked at (and praised) Russia, China, North Korea, Belarus...
When dealing with indigenous peoples Canada isn't that light-handed with protesters.
@@scriptguru4669 1774, 1776, 1778 ....Oh, wait, we were actually the first to overthrow a colonial regime, the first to establish a proto-democratic constitutional republic, etc. If your country is a republic, has a written constitution, rests sovereignty in the people not a family or government, and a few other things, then YOUR country has followed the US model. So, stop following and be an innovator. Do not copy our failed mistakes like electing an orange painted Putin Wannabe.
Contrast that with the time the front of the Whitehouse was cleared so Trump could pose with an upside down Bible.
And the protesters weren’t obstructing anything, they were given no warning (an announcement was given but not loud enough so protesters could hear it), and they were still obeying curfew!
Truckers haven't been setting churches on fire and rioting, and then lying about how teargas was deployed just for a photoop.
@@skizeranosk Tear-gas was deployed during the photo op.
@@victorrain From the inspector general's report:
"We found that the USPP had the authority and discretion to clear Lafayette Park and the surrounding areas on June 1. The evidence we obtained did not support a finding that the USPP cleared the park to allow the President to survey the damage and walk to St. John’s Church. Instead, the evidence we reviewed showed that the USPP cleared the park to allow the contractor to safely install the antiscale fencing in response to destruction of property and injury to officers occurring on May 30 and 31. Further, the evidence showed that the USPP did not know about the President’s potential movement until mid- to late afternoon on June 1-hours after it had begun developing its operational plan and the fencing contractor had arrived in the park."
It was just another lie that was made up and people accepted uncritically.
@@skizeranosk That doesn’t say tear-gas wasn’t used.
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I'm still laughing at Tucker Carlson's transformation from fascist to anti-fa during the opening days of this protest. On the first day he was screaming for police intervention and referred to it as a violent insurrection, but by the third day, he was in full support of the anti-fascist movement and praised the truckers.
Personally, I think my government should investigate Fox's involvement, I bet dollars to donuts at least one of them sent money...you know...foreign interference, 10 years in prison kind of thing.
Its just a thought...lol
Great idea!
"he was in full support of the anti-fascist movement and praised the truckers." That makes no sense. The right-wingers are the fascists, Cucker Tarlson has never favoured antifa.
You're so delusional, I can't even figure out what that means. What year is it in your world and who are the "fascists" and "anti-fascists"?
Especially the Donut's!
@@schrodingerszombie2401 Go watch his coverage right from day 1 of the Freedom Convoy and you'll see exactly what I mean...
He went from calling the protesters a violent mob of antifa supporters to praising them within days, because it suited his cause...as usual.
Wait, so you’re telling me that the fools that said they wouldn’t leave until they got their way ended up leaving without getting their way? What a shock!
they really didnt have anywhere near the support they thougth they had. They were a very load but very very small group of poeple.
No, they absolutely got there way (well, 90%). Conservative provincial leaders have rapidly accelerated the lifting of anti-Covid measures in response to this protest. The only thing they didn't get was the lifting of the cross-border mandate, which is a federal policy. Also, Beau is doing a terrible job of describing what's going on. The protests are not done. Ottawa is still occupied, as are other border crossings throughout the country. This was one small bit of pushback, and this is not over.
@@barbaros99 No issues in Niagara, the one protest that situated in Fort Erie took place UNDER the damn bridge and then dissipated. You are delusional if you think that the majority of Canadians support this shite.
‘90%’ is an exaggeration. Ontario hasn’t changed their mandates and it’s the largest province also with a Conservative government. The pandemic should be coming to an end soon, as such so will the mandates. Hopefully this unnecessary series of anti-vaxx protests will then be unnecessary and resolve themselves peacefully
@@deedrole5296 That's just it - they don't. Despite that, Conservatives are falling over themselves to court an incredibly small demographic of people, and it's putting everyone at risk. They may not get Trudeau to cave, but they've scored major victories throughout the country.
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"The mandate is not the reason. It's the excuse." Well said! Exactly!
Also you are absolutely right that Canada's softly softly approach denies the bad guys the opportunity to paint themselves as martyrs.
"The Book" is ignoring the local residents. Children, especially young girls, are being harassed by adult men. Women, trying to go grocery shopping are being harassed. People trying get to work are being harassed,. Even the residents driveways are blocked so they can't leave home. The noise of yelling, truck engines revved up, honking horns at all hours, that's just not acceptable by any book. So far there are no reports of serious violence. However, the longer this continues it's only a matter of time before someone snaps, whether a protester assaulting a resident or a resident that is just fed up fights back. The protesters have been removed from the bridge but the spillover into the adjacent neighborhoods continues. At some point the authorities have to defend the people they were sworn to protect. It's one thing to peacefully protest, it's a whole different matter to assault innocent people while trying to make a point. We don't like to see the police attacking law abiding individuals but we must draw the line in defending lawless thugs assaulting innocent folks trapped against their will.
using commercial licences to harass people with illegal honking (yes it is illegal to honk in ontario unless necessary for safety in your traffic situation. Train horns on trucks are ALWAYS illegal, yet oddly common), and to block roads, is a gross abuse of the privilege of holding a commercial license. If engineers protested by making bridges unsafe to cross, doctors protested by abusing prescription distribution power, teachers protested by weaponizing students, corporations protested by pricing out essential goods, etc., is that considered peaceful? Because weaponizing a privilege specific to your group seems more like terrorism to me.
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Whole-heartedly agree.
The Ottawa insurectionists seem to be spoiling for a fight. I can hear the claims of Martyr already.... 😞
I wish MORE police had come to protect local citizens from the abusive truckers.
What ever happened to the "knights of the road" who assisted motorists in emergencies?
@@christal2641 These people are not representative of the trucking industry. They are the three percenters, the lawless renegades that take pride in being, well to be polite, bad guys.
@@christal2641 I am afraid they have gone the way of all knights. Into the pages of history.
It was lovely to see how the Canadians sorted this. Overwhelming force scared off the wannabes and in the end about a dozen 'truckers' were left (but only 2 trucks, funnily enough). There were more cop cars than 'truckers' and plenty of police. Oh, and tow trucks that could haul off full size rigs no problem. End result? No 'martyrs' and the road was cleared.
500 people at the Ambassador bridge. Twenty trucks. 5000 people in Ottawa. 200 trucks. That's... 4% of the protesters. Not only are these protesters not a majority of truckers, but the truckers are even a tiny minority of the protesters.
should have been a few of them. some people learn nothing except through blood.
@@wanderer5766 shame is much more powerful than an owie. Think about your disappointments and scuffles. Which stands out?
Yes, this never felt like it was about the mandate.
It isn't. For the most part the majority of the protester seem to be pissed off Conservative right wingers who are still pissed that Justin Trudeau won the last election and their man, Toole the Fool got his ass handed to him....
Wait and see what they do when the mandates are all lifted in the course of time. Hint: they will find some new demands.
What's disappointing about the high-level military members taking part in this (and I speak as a veteran of the CF myself) is that this is not the first time we've had proof of white supremacist sentiment in the military. Remember we used to have a unit called the Airborne Regiment? And how we don't anymore? Because it was so riddled with white supremacists it was deemed incorrigible, and was disbanded in disgrace.
So spare me the idea that this is a revelation to the brass. They knew damn well. They just couldn't be bothered to do anything about it, because half of them agree with the white supremacists.
But WOW, that's definitely the way to punish and cleanse a disgrace..! We Americans, sadly, would likely just expel a few enlisted grunts and let the next Beiber headline let us not have to look at the problem any more deeply. Like, sadly, we have done with 'sexual assault handling in the Military'. A very few folks got in trouble, a few people got de-enlisted, and then...uhhh, I dunno. It just vanished somewhere. Again.
As a Canadian, I take this as a compliment to Canada Beau 🇨🇦 👍🏼
I guarantee I'm not the only American who is quite jealous of your government as compared to ours right now!
@@aylbdrmadison1051 We definitely have our things to work on but seems to be more peaceful to be honest. I get so caught up in American politics and have to realize you're a foreign country. But you guys are like our big brother!
“The mandate isn’t the REASON, it’s the EXCUSE ” - Beau
YES! I love this! Our mandates have been dropping as hospitalizations go down….
There wasn’t even a need anymore…. Beau, I love your wisdom 💕
Thank you for continuing to cover this, from Ottawa, Canada, day 18 (?) of our occupation.
The Prime Minister and his family were moved to undisclosed location before the convoy arrived in Ottawa because, as we know now, one of the planners of the occupation was one of the RCMP that had been involved with guarding the Prime Minister thus, like the January 6 attack, knew the buildings very well.
People need to understand this "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." Truckers go home peacefully its over.
We remain grateful for your posts that are grounded in reality and continue helping many to remain hopeful sanity will prevail Thank You / Merci
Beau - I hit upon your channel right around the jan6th discussions / trump era... as a taxpayer in Ottawa, I appreciate your views on our current plight , and you views align with mine. These protestors have right wing affiliations, and the truckers may or may not be aware what they are “caught up in”... hoping that the manual says skip some pages, and they move these guys out sooner than later. Hoping to be able to purchase a cheap semi at police auction soon.
Police at the Coutts Alberta border crossing just arrested a bunch of protesters and confiscated a bunch of firearms and a ton of ammunition. It would be foolish to assume that thus would not be the case in Ottawa as well as that is where the extreme right wing organizers are located.
As a Canadian it is good to see some reasoned, moderate response. The protesters will continue to feel victimized and want to tear down the government. I am not always a fan of the Libs. For the most part they did a reasonably good job in difficult and unknown territory. As far as FREEDOM in Canada,,,, we are one of the most relaxed and stable places to live. Be interesting to see if this helps Trudeau to stay on as PM. I would hate to see a vote of nonconfidence happen at this time. The Conservatives are unbalanced and have their own party agenda in the forefront.
In all probability, these events will work against the Cons and to the Libs' benefit come next election. The Cons have openly supported the "protests". Their efforts to woo that vote will drive them further right, to their detriment. Also, newcomer far right People's Party will be vying for the same votes, thus splitting the conservative vote.
Yes, this is a real possibility; not from the Conservative party, but from the Bloc. What the Conservatives may be facing now, is a new fringe party under Max the "Simpleton" Bernier.
I disagree Yvonne. The BLOC does not have the numbers. Libs have more seats than both Cons and BLOC combined.
The other positive is that the big names who came out in support of the anti- vaxxers have made which side they are really on crystal clear - and it is not on the side of humanity.
The citizens got so fed up with the truckers that anti- protests started.
@Adam Johnson - when you get Canadians pissed off enough to tell jerks they are total a**holes - you know 99% of Canadians agree. Most Canadians believe in one another and they value other lives.
Our most revered citizen brought in universal health care half a century ago. Most revered NOW and he’s been dead for decades.
@Adam Johnson - you have ‘needs’ buddy but I’m not planning to fill them.
Reminder to everyone; *Adam Johnson* is nothing but John Smith under another account. He's a regular far-right troll that comes to Beau's channel just to argue in bad faith. He'll never acknowledge when he's beaten (always) and will deflect and play dumb to drag the conversation through the mud. Better to ignore him.
@Adam Johnson - just stop. You are outmatched and thinking or ‘figuring’ isn’t your strength. .
@@danielr.y5261 - thank you!
The Freedom Convoy's head of security and spokesman is Daniel Bulford, a former RCMP officer who served on Prime Minister Trudeau's security detail. He quite the RCMP because of the vaccine mandate and has been using his knowledge to coordinate the encampment in Ottawa
And annoyed a lot of people who are miffed by his stupid demo.
How many more like him are still in the RCMP, the JTF, CAF and the police in general? That's the big question.
I'm sure the security people know whose who thanks to social media
@@scottrmc59 Social media and a truly vast surveillance apparatus. That and every dissident group of note has been infiltrated.
One of the tactics they used, which at first I didn’t understand why, then I got it.
They monitored these extreme websites and anyone participating in the conversation on the sites were visited by the police or RCMP with a letter telling them how to peacefully protest what is and isn’t against the law
they wanted to let them know we know who you are we are watching you. .
Kind of fascinating the head of this group is a former RCMP, One was security detail for A previous PM. One waa logistics specialist.
they should try this "freedom" in china or russia to see what freedom really means.
Exactly. They are over on FOX listening to Tucker calling Trudeau a dictator. They haven't lived under Putin or Xi. They should.
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Thank God that bridge didn't collapse !!! Thanks I love all your videos and voice of reason.
That bridge is pretty old and it's being replaced. We've driven over it a number of times and if you've ever seen the condition of it, you would have to wonder about its safety.
"The mandate is not the reason, it is the excuse". I love direct points stated simply and clearly, this is one of those!!
We could tweak this for a few other rightwing wedge issues, such as "CRT is not the reason, it is the excuse".
Keep 'em coming Beau, you perspectives are well appreciated.
As a Canadian, I appreciate your perspective Beau. As frustrating as the situation is I am seeing it a bit differently after watching your video. Hopefully they can come to a similar result in Ottawa however they are well entrenched and violence is more likely. Keep up the good work.
We are sitting here pretty impatient that the "textbook" doesn't seem to include just surrounding these a-holes, zip-tying them one after the other, and tossing them onto waiting buses. But Beau studies these sorts of things, so I suppose that wouldn't work. So we just have to be patient, I guess.
There have always been right wing extremists in the Canadian Army. The Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded in 1993 because of widespread racism, brutal hazing rituals and the murder of two Somali teenagers in Somalia.
That is extremely interesting to me. I am trying to imagine the logistics behind all of that. It must have been very neccessary if the government went to that large of a solution. Did the airborne responsibilities / role get diverted to a different branch or branches?
As I was told by a friend in the Force (Lt-Col) they also were put in a role that didn't fit them... Airborne are sent in the breach, not as peacecorp. The longer you have that kind of regiment in this situation, the higher the risks of trouble. Their job is normally to Kick Ass & Chew Bubblegum, not to Babysit and Mediate. They didn't have the training for their new role, a situation which I was told shouldn't happen (my friend got a 3-6mo training when he was deployed in Afghanistan last time)
Probably the most shameful thing in the history of the Canadian Forces. 😥
Great analysis Beau! Makes me proud to be a Canadian when we are recognized in such a way. FYI, my brother has been a truck driver (big rig) for almost 25 years as was my late brother (25+ years) and late father (40+ years). My brother who is still a truck driver was very outspoken about NOT condoning the behaviour of the very few who were. I am proud that he stood up for what he believed and was outspoken about it as he usually doesn't speak out on any side about many things. Thank you for this Beau. Seeing your videos and how you cover events of the current state of things is refreshing and always spot on IMO. Love your shows
You are completely right here. In Canada, they have very little support with the vast majority of people. People are tired of the whole Covid experience but the majority of people feel our government has done well in a very difficult situation. Most are more angry at the convoy than any level of government.
Hi Beau, something that came to my mind again was a video where you mentioned to "speak and listen to the [opposition group's] grievances" in order to keep such things from getting out of hand. Meanwhile as an Asian American male who once unknowingly dabbled into the alt-right pipeline, I'll admit that there were a few valuable takeaways that I feel should be addressed by both progressives and centrists alike at some point in time.
Recently, I've been trying to see the mind of Trump supporters and the like through the framework of grief in general. They feel like their place in the world is threatened, so we'd inevitably see people acting out in their anger or be desperate enough to accept a grifter's bargain to retain their place in the world. While I don't know what the correct move would be, I've been feeling like the messaging from our end should include a clause of reassurance such as "no matter what changes, there still will always be a place for you." Even if their fears would be based on falsehoods, it should be possible to validate their concerns while still remaining firm on causes that we support. Like in real grief, it takes compassion to help people process truths that they don't want to hear and perhaps dull a pride that they desperately cling onto.
I was surprised by the three CF members who publicly made it known their involvement. I guess there isn’t many left who remember the former Yugoslavia and just how fast this can become something So horrific beyond imagination.
One thing to remember - Canadian laws apply in Canada. While there are a large number of similarities between US and Canadian law, there are a few differences. Don't expect the Mounties to play by US rules.
Unless it's against aboriginals blocking a logging road in the middle of nowhere.
@@BillOweninOttawa well, that is unceded territory that KKKanada is forcefully occupying, not technically KKKanada, so the laws don't apply. Hence the Mounties relying on brute force and intimidation.
@@Darkroseprince66 What you just said has been used for centuries as an excuse against the indigenous in Canada and the U.S .. Unceded territory doesn't lessen human rights
@@erismana2105 In theory they shouldn't. Though historically, settler colonial states do not treat Indigenous populations as human.
Hi Beau. I'm glad it turned out the way it did. Without delivering footage to use in electoral promo-vids... I just hope Belgian (esp Brussels') police was paying attention and learning.
Thanks and love. ❤🤞
Interesting points beau. FYI i know you meant various Canadian police agencies/services. In Canada the term Canadian forces usually we use that as a term for the military.
Glad to see a peaceful resolution to this. Also glad that there wasn't a similar attempt during the superbowl.
Truckers weren't brave enough to take on L.A residents
It may have been textbook, but I wish it were textbook when the Indigenous people protest pipelines, and old growth forest, trying to protect mother earth. But nope, they are beaten, imprisoned, criminalized and not afforded the textbook version.
You may see a change in the way the Mounties respond in fairy creek now this has become the model.
I can dream and hope that’s true. My brother and his son have been very active up there. My brother was run off the road into a ravine on his way home last month. His car was totalled. Fortunately someone saw it happen and got him to the ambulance station.
@@caytjones2726 Aye, we can hope and dream...
The protesters really wanted the police to try to start something and to the police officer's credit they resolved this without issue.
The sympathy now with the residents living in Ottawa having to put up with the protests.
@Adam Johnson was watching the live steams of it. You do get how live video works, right? These guys spent a whole week saying they would die for this, then brought children. They had the children form a line for ctmryin out loud. You do not bring children to a protest. Full stop. This was a big part of why the police handled this how they did.
@Adam Johnson We have family in Ottawa and they are not at all happy with the situation. There are counter protests starting up against the truckers.
@Adam Johnson Yes.
Adam Johnson joined 3 months ago. It’s just another icky, mindless little troll, likely Russian and unworthy of attention. Stay healthy everyone!
@Adam Johnson well they weren't being led by white supremacists waving 3 percenter flags, but yes, in my opinion, if you bring a child to a protest you are a bad parent. You do not bring children to protests. Full stop. Also, we had 20000 people in my city march for BLM and I don't remember seeing them form a human shield of children during any BLM protests. I don't get your point here, are you trying to justify using children as human shield during protests? I can support a cause and condemn the actions, but in the case of the Freedumb convoy I condemn the entire thing at this point.
Great analysis. Once this has subsided, the people who got caught up in the enthusiasms, hopefully, will find this video and hopefully it will help them come to terms with what happened to them. I know there are religious and political and religious/political leaders out there who owe an explanation for their foolish disregard for community welfare. Also, an explanation for not wanting to co-operate with ordinary health measures.
The Canadian Police need to give the USA POLICE FORCE a MASTERCLASS on policing.
Kept thinking of your solid wisdom through all this. Noticing how standoffsh the response was. Frustrating though it was to watch, I understood what the authorities were doing. Thank you.
In fact, if that convoy had any effect, I think it may be the opposite of what they intended. Case in point - the counterprotest in Ottawa that pushed the convoy back out of their neighbourhood, #BattleOfBillingsBridge, started as a Dog walking group from FB a few days ago. Very inspiring stuff, and their messages on Twitter Sunday night were very clear on what it was they were facing - fascism.
Lots of hope, and faith in my fellow Canadians. Very proud.
Gotta love the New Zealand police response to protesters ... blasting music ... "Baby Shark" "Let It Go" "You're Beautiful" ... protesters dancing and singing
Well they probably could use focusing on something more positive instead. lols
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@@kurtpearson2793 Hello!!!! ☀️🙂👋🏾 and you toooooo, Sir! 🎈
It would be great if they would follow the playbook in Fairy Creek and in Wet’suwet’en territory.
I think most Canadians will expect as much after this.
Are you asking that the protesters be removed? Peacefully removed? Or that they be allowed to protest unaccosted by the hired RCMP henchmen working for the foresters taking down the rainforest that will take 500 years to regrow?
Of course the Canadians did it by the book. And they also told everyone they arrested "I'm Soary". ;)
@@criticalevent you are just jealous.
@@SynergeticMan : As an American I am definitely jealous of not just Canada's policing, but of their government in general. At least our neighbors are setting a great example of good behavior. ❤
@be good : Everyone here is really annoyed by you guys. If you stopped botting and instead joined the conversation, it would look much better for your cause.
But instead everyone is just reporting you.
You don't know Canadians very well......we are polite and nice up to a point.....go past that point and we will fuck you over and not say a word of apology afterwards.....just ask the Germans or the Taliban......
I am glad to see the citizens of Canada standing up!
Yesterday's citizens-blockade at Bank St and Riverside was a glorious thing to see. That one got most of the attention, but it wasn't the only one.
On February 2nd, 3 women in their 60's stood in front of a dump truck leading a convoy into their neighbourhood ... that was the start of Ottawa citizens saying 'enough'.
Freedom has always been about responsibility for your self and for others. When your freedom harms others freedom starts to die. A jab in your arm is the price to cross the border to keep folks healthy, the border is two way.
Difference between a comparatively well-trained police vs an authoritarian police. It was simple crowd control. In the US, a BLM protest would have had police with shields and batons beating people up. Training difference.
In US, a BLM protest means looting and arson.
@@skizeranosk by the far right provocatuers, no doubt.
It may become a footnote, however; we won’t forget the Confederate and Nazi flags and the disgust we felt as Canadians at that sight and those who carried them.
Don't forget the Trump2024 flags. There were one too many for my liking.
Sadly this playbook consideration would have been completely different if the people were indigenous and the protest was “no pipelines”.
3:30 "the mandate isn't the reason, it's the excuse" - you are correct. This isn't and never really was about mandates. Using mandates was just the rallying cry to get people involved. One paragraph tells you what it really is about...a government coup.
Before you jump on a bandwagon be very sure you know what exactly direction the wagon is going.
"And then Canada Unity, another of the organizers, posted a ludicrous Memorandum of Understanding/Manifesto, (which has now been removed), 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."
They say it is about truckers and anti-mandate, but if you look at its organizers and promoters, you’ll find Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism, and incitements to violence. "the only way this is going to be solved is with bullets".
- PAT KING, organizer of freedom convoy.
Meet your Canadian trucker convoy organizers:
James Bauder - Shares QAnon hashtag "WWG1WGA"
Benjamin Dicher - Claims the Liberal Party is "infested with Islamist"
Jason LaFace - Linked to Soldiers of Odin
Tamara Lich - Alberta Separatist, member of Yellow Vests & Racial Clarion Project
Pat King = Alberta Separatist who warns of "Anglo-Saxon replacement"
Just a big party,lol
From what I come across 50% of the GoFundMe donations came from south of the borders.
As much as I didn't get the emotional satisfaction of seeing insurrectionists getting thumped, I'm happy with the way this particular situation was handled. I only wish the other spots of contention in the country would see the same speed of resolution.
RCMP made 11 arrests and seized numerous weapons at Coutts AB today. The premier of Alberta (Conservative party) is in a politically difficult spot with that one, but when it became apparent that there were weapons involved, the RCMP had to act, and they did.
There's a joke to be made here about Canadians being polite. Something like "Sorry, I'm going to have to arrest you now, eh?"
As a Canadian, I can see some of the mandates lifted, but if people start getting sick, those mandates will all come back. Just by lifting mandates, doesn`t mean a virus goes away with it.
The border mandates are Federal......the Provinces can lift all the mandates they like, but the Federal Government controls the borders. As for lifting the mandates....how many times now have we relaxed the mandates only to have slam them back in place because the number of cases spiked massively?
Thanks Beau for you thoughts and comments, you put things in perspective and clarify issues for me!👍
We could learn a lot from a relatively calm, measured response to protestors.
Did you notice how all the police have "Ottawa Police" (or London, Windsor, ect.) prominently displayed on their uniforms?
Local PD, not feds... and they wanted to make that very clear.
They were still a bit to 'militarized' looking IMO, especially the fact that most were wearing balaclava... But I think they get some leeway there given the weather. The higher ranking officers I saw being interviewed were wearing their caps, which is good.
However... I'm worried about some even more fringe folks trying something more violent in an effort to get that dramatic security crackdown reaction they are looking for. I think the terrorism risk at this moment is rather high.
I am in Ottawa right now. We are only blocks from the convoy. Most people here do not support these people. "Support what?" would be my question, because these guys are all over the place. It is a fact that the police here, some at least, support the truckers.
The issue with certain Canadian police and miltary persons is that while they do have the right to disagree or protest to their hearts content. Were they screwed up was they did their youtube rants and protest speaches while in uniform, in the case of a couple of police officers while sitting in their patrol cars while on duty, you cannot do that, and thats why they have suicided their own carreers. They disrespected their oaths and their uniforms for some sort of gain.
It's along the same mentality of "bringing your job privilege/power into it" as using your huge commercial vehicle with ear splitting horns to push your agenda, but the next level, because by bringing their jobs into it, officers imply the threat of government support for the occupation.
Yup, their toast! Very foolish move
it's amazing how different the outcomes can be when one's police force is professional
It should be noted that police in Canada are paid about double what they are paid in the US. I believe the training and certification is harder and usually a university or college degree is required (but education is much more affordable in Canada).