{"id":1272490,"date":"2022-02-04T22:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1272490"},"modified":"2022-02-04T22:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:23:08","slug":"kraychik-fact-vs-fiction-on-the-ground-with-canadas-freedom-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kraychik-fact-vs-fiction-on-the-ground-with-canadas-freedom-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraychik &#8212; Fact Vs. Fiction: On the Ground with Canada&#039;s Freedom Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkraychik-fact-vs-fiction-on-the-ground-with-canadas-freedom-convoy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1272490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>OTTAWA, Canada \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s nothing but smiles, good vibes, support, love, appreciation, resistance, and freedom thoughts,\u201d Dave from Montreal told me on Wednesday with a slight Quebecois accent, describing the ongoing protests against Chinese coronavirus mandates in the nation\u2019s capital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dave traveled to Canada\u2019s capital to help support truckers and other protesters in front of Parliament Hill, pairing up with an elderly lady to sustain the rally\u2019s participants with coffee, hot chocolate, assorted protein bars, soups, sandwiches, and whatever else others donated.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Truckers began organizing convoys from Western Canada the week prior in opposition to the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-health\/news\/2022\/01\/requirements-for-truckers-entering-canada-in-effect-as-of-january-15-2022.html\">decree<\/a> that \u201cunvaccinated\u201d Canadian truck drivers re-entering the country by land <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/london\/what-truckers-at-this-london-ont-stop-think-of-their-industry-s-vaccine-mandate-1.6326094\">subject<\/a>&nbsp;themselves to a 14-day \u201cquarantine.\u201d \u201cUnvaccinated\u201d foreign truckers are now denied entry to Canada.<\/p>\n<p><span>The atmosphere of the protest on Saturday in downtown Ottawa was cheerful, happy, and infectious. Despite daytime temperatures around -20 Celsius (about -4\u00baF), Canadians coming together in opposition to human rights violations in the name of \u201cpublic health\u201d were upbeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people were present on and around Parliament Hill on Wednesday, many flashing big smiles beaming from bare faces. The protesters contrasted starkly with the grim scenes of masked government employees scuttling about the area on a normal weekday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Anti-social distancing was replaced by social closeness. The sea of persons on Wellington Street resembled the thickness of people normally seen on Canada Day, not unlike a busy nightclub or concert in terms of density. Thousands of people were within inches of one another. Walking past someone smoking a cigarette was nerve-wracking when wearing a pricey and bulky winter jacket.<\/p>\n<p>Participants were rejecting the doctrine of fearing fellow humans as deliverers of disease.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Canadians have a global reputation of being too conciliatory, Dave reflected. He told me,&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019ve been known worldwide to be too sorry for stuff, and I\u2019m tired of being sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>News media outlets described a fictional parallel universe divorced from the demonstration\u2019s reality. The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/45778ef0bdca45501411fb21066c46a0\">framed<\/a> Saturday\u2019s demonstration as marred by swastikas, Confederate flags, and desecrations of war memorials without providing any photographic or video evidence. CTV operatives breathlessly tweeted accusations of protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glen_mcgregor\/status\/1487652182011019265\">taking<\/a> food from homeless shelters, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glen_mcgregor\/status\/1487652182011019265\">waving<\/a> swastikas, and \u2013 gasp! \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CreesonCTV\/status\/1487471488781504515\">going<\/a> maskless into a Tim Hortons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I asked Shanna, who lives near Ottawa and had been to the demonstrations daily since Saturday, to address derisions of protesting Canadians from those in news media and politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>She replied, \u201cJust come down. Come down any day \u2013 even on the weekends or on a weekday \u2013 look around. You\u2019ll for sure see Canada here. Everybody is here in unity, and there\u2019s all love. I\u2019ve been down here f<\/span><span>ive days trying to find this \u2018hate.\u2019 I can\u2019t find it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The uplifting energy was inescapable. Canadian flags were everywhere. Patriotism was in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>I could not resist asking Daz, another demonstrator, to remark on news media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/health-minister-vaccine-protest-1.6331223\">narratives<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2022\/01\/29\/while-indigenous-and-black-people-are-killed-for-speaking-up-white-supremacists-get-a-free-pass-in-canada-just-look-at-the-convoy.html\">framing<\/a> the Freedom Convoy as motivated by \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d given his dark skin.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/07\/justin-trudeau-canadians-protesting-me-are-anti-vaxxer-mobs-racist-mysoginistic\/\">disparaged<\/a> Canadians opposed to his policies as a \u201cfringe minority\u201d of \u201canti-vaxxer mobs\u201d who engage in \u201cracist, misogynistic attacks.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/westernstandardonline.com\/2021\/12\/trudeau-calls-the-unvaccinated-racist-and-misogynistic-extremists\/\">impugned<\/a>&nbsp;the intelligence of those rejecting vaccinations, saying they are \u201cvery often misogynistic and racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhite supremacy, as a whole, is a red herring,\u201d Daz declared. \u201cThey always mention \u2018white supremacy\u2019 \u2026 I\u2019m not going to fall for these kinds of narratives.&nbsp;<\/span><span>If you see me, do I look like a \u2018white supremacist?&#8217;\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Daz explained his reasons for demonstrating. \u201c<span>I\u2019m here to support the Freedom Convoy 2022 because I believe in the message,\u201d he stated. \u201cI believe that freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, [and] freedom of assembly should be respected. T<\/span><span>hose are the three fundamental [and] sovereign rights that we have as human beings living in Canada, whether you are jabbed or unjabbed, and the government has totally stepped on those rights.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s ongoing restrictions on human freedom are \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201cinhumane,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark and Mike \u2014 from Manitoba and Alberta, respectively \u2014 spoke about freedom as their rationale for driving hundreds of kilometers to Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t defend our freedoms now, our kids will have no freedom to fight for later,\u201d Mark warned.&nbsp;<span>Mike said he was \u201cfed up\u201d and that Canadians \u201cwant to be heard.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/robert-kraychik\/\">denigrated<\/a> the demonstrators on Monday as \u201cconspiracy theorists\u201d wearing \u201ctinfoil hats.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those demonstrating in opposition to the reworking of society in the name of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the prime minister added, are unworthy of listening to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI have also chosen to not go anywhere near protests that have expressed hateful rhetoric, violence towards fellow citizens, and a disrespect \u2013 not just of science \u2013 but of the frontline health workers,\u201d Trudeau declared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>News media warnings of the threat of \u201cviolence\u201d at the Freedom Convoy never came to pass.&nbsp;<\/span>Ottawa Chief of Police Peter Sloly <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/ottawa-still-gridlocked-by-protesters-while-residents-say-its-time-for-them-to-go\">said<\/a> on Monday, \u201cLet me repeat, no injuries, no deaths, no riots in the last four days in the nation\u2019s capital, despite the fact that we have a global cause, a national protest tens of thousands of individuals, from a wide variety of causes, who\u2019ve gathered to actively demonstrate 24 hours a day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761682\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238185921.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trucks parked in downtown Ottawa, Canada, continue to protest Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, on February 4, 2022. (DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238063880.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters arrive at Parliament Hill for the Freedom Truck Convoy in Ottawa, Canada, on January 29, 2022. (LARS HAGBERG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761698\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238064033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters gather at Parliament Hill for the Freedom Truck Convoy in Ottawa, Canada, on January 29, 2022. (LARS HAGBERG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238065759.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238065759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters arrive at Parliament Hill for the Freedom Truck Convoy in Ottawa, Canada, on January 29, 2022. (LARS HAGBERG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238062507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Freedom Convoy in front of Parliament on January 29, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (LARS HAGBERG\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238062347-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa on January 29, 2022. (DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238062183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the Freedom Convoy in front of Parliament on January 29, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19761746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19761746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238105389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks burst over a crowd of protestors during the Freedom Convoy rally on Parliament Hill on January 29, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. 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