{"id":1280988,"date":"2022-02-08T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1280988"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:39:43","slug":"canada-pm-justin-trudeau-belittles-freedom-convoy-a-few-people-shouting-and-waving-swastikas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-pm-justin-trudeau-belittles-freedom-convoy-a-few-people-shouting-and-waving-swastikas\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada PM Justin Trudeau Belittles Freedom Convoy: &#039;A Few People Shouting and Waving Swastikas&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fcanada-pm-justin-trudeau-belittles-freedom-convoy-a-few-people-shouting-and-waving-swastikas%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=1280988&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\">A visibly agitated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday night belittled members of the Freedom Convoy who have descended on the capital Ottawa in their thousands, claiming&nbsp;\u201cA few people shouting and waving swastikas does not define who Canadians are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing Trudeau was addressing an emergency session of Parliament in Ottawa when he went on the attack against opponents of vaccine mandates, adding to previous sneers that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/justin-trudeau-on-dodging-tinfoil-hat-truckers-i-talk-to-protesters-i-agree-with-like-blm\/\">characterized<\/a>&nbsp;trucker protesters and supportive demonstrators as \u201cconspiracy theorist\u201d wearers of \u201ctinfoil hats.\u201d<\/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>\u201cIt has to stop,\u201d Trudeau pleaded in the House of Commons on his return to parliament after isolating for a week due to a positive coronavirus test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis pandemic has sucked for all Canadians,\u201d AFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/americas\/20220208-canada-s-trudeau-says-anti-vaccine-trucker-protest-has-to-stop\">reports<\/a> the premier said, before claiming&nbsp;\u201cCanadians know the way to get through it is continuing to listen to science, continuing to lean on each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau pledged federal government support \u201cwith whatever resources the province and city need,\u201d without elaborating what measures might be planned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As he spoke it was clear that the protest convoy members have growing support across the country while maintaining they want to engage with the prime minister so he can address their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>They are also sick of the manufactured hate that has been used to define them in the legacy media.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even as the protest wound into its second week, it shows no sign of winding down.<\/p>\n<p>A truck-convoy protest near the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest border crossing between Canada and the U.S., caused long traffic backups Sunday into Monday along the span from the Detroit side of the Detroit River.<\/p>\n<p>And in Alaska, more than 100 truck drivers rallied in support of their counterparts in Canada by driving the 10 miles from Anchorage to Eagle River, the <em>Anchorage Daily News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/alaska-news\/anchorage\/2022\/02\/06\/alaska-truck-drivers-rally-against-vaccine-mandates\/\">outlined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/02\/04\/kraychik-fact-fiction-ground-canada-freedom-convoy\/\">reported<\/a>, on the street in front of Parliament Hill were thousands of signs ranging from \u201cno more mandates\u201d and \u201cfreedom of choice\u201d to \u201ctruck you Trudeau\u201d as protesters gathered in peaceful groups to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798074\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238276984.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238276984-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protesters and supporters play street hockey as they continue to oppose the vaccine mandates implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Canada. (DAVE CHAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238219906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238219906-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A protester holds up a sign demanding an end to all restrictions imposed by the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Canada. (Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798410\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238218854.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238218854-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A poster condemning the mandates implemented by Canadian Prime Minister is seen on Parliament Hill on February 5, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-214 Component-p-0-2-205\">Trudeau has previously dismissed the protesters as a \u201cfringe\u201d group with racist backers, but he faces calls by the opposition Conservative party to extend an \u201colive branch\u201d to them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-214 Component-p-0-2-205\">Some Conservative lawmakers, including one running to lead the party, have met and posted pictures with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-214 Component-p-0-2-205\">Embattled Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly called the demonstration an \u201cunprecedented protest never seen in Canada\u201d and acknowledged that authorities failed to plan for it to last more than three days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How DARE blackface enthusiast Justin Trudeau call ANYONE &#8220;racist.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y8PcwfHl8i\">https:\/\/t.co\/y8PcwfHl8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1488888992938483712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-214 Component-p-0-2-205\">The Freedom Convoy demonstrations began January 9 in western Canada as protests by truckers angry with vaccine requirements when crossing the U.S.-Canadian border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-214 Component-p-0-2-205\">It has since spread across the country, into the U.S. and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Protest organizer Tamara Lich said activists were willing to engage with the government to find a way out of the crisis, but insisted that pandemic restrictions be eased.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19798458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/Image-from-iOS-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19798458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Image-from-iOS-10-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"Time\u2019s up: A message for the legacy media in Vancouver (Ethan Letkeman\/Breitbart News)\" width=\"990\" height=\"743\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Time\u2019s up: A message for the legacy media in Vancouver (Ethan Letkeman\/Breitbart News)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do right now is reaching out to all of the federal parties so that we can arrange a sit down,\u201d Lich said during a meeting streamed on YouTube as she added her voice to those disappointed in Trudeau\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/justin-trudeau-on-dodging-tinfoil-hat-truckers-i-talk-to-protesters-i-agree-with-like-blm\/\">characterized<\/a>&nbsp;trucker protesters and supportive demonstrators as \u201cconspiracy theorist\u201d wearers of \u201ctinfoil hats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/07\/justin-trudeau-canadians-protesting-me-are-anti-vaxxer-mobs-racist-mysoginistic\/\">denigrated<\/a>&nbsp;Canadian citizens politically opposed to him, sneering at members of \u201canti-vaxxer mobs\u201d&nbsp;who are \u201cracist,\u201d \u201cmisogynistic,\u201d and \u201cdon\u2019t believe in science.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br 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