{"id":1291189,"date":"2022-02-11T10:52:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1291189"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:53:05","slug":"canadas-conservative-establishment-turns-on-truckers-take-down-the-barricades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-conservative-establishment-turns-on-truckers-take-down-the-barricades\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#039;s Conservative Establishment Turns on Truckers: &#039;Take Down the Barricades&#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\">20<\/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%2Fcanadas-conservative-establishment-turns-on-truckers-take-down-the-barricades%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=1291189&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\">Conservative Party interim leader Candice Bergen demanded an end to trucker-led \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protests blockading international borders on Thursday, urging anti-mandate demonstrations to end.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement in the House of Commons appeared to be a dramatic shift from her initial support for the protests, which have lasted nearly two weeks in the national capital, Ottawa, but have begun to dispute Canada-U.S. supply chains through blockades along Canada\u2019s southern border. Ambassador Bridge, the largest American-Canadian crossing, has come to an ongoing standstill this week as hundreds of trucks park themselves on and around it, inhibiting international traffic.<\/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>Prior to Bergen\u2019s remarks on Thursday, she had directed most of her ire towards leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has branded those distrusting of Chinese coronavirus mandate products \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cmisogynist\u201d and compared the protesters to Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d protesters are urging an end to all civil rights violations tied to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, including vaccine and mask mandates, business shutdowns, travel restrictions, and mandatory quarantines. This large-scale demand began with truckers, the vast majority of whom are vaccinated, opposing a vaccination mandate for international travel, arguing that most truckers spend much of their work time alone and do not present any significant risk of coronavirus transmission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19846570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238362571.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19846570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238362571-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protestors and supporters attend a blockade at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on February 10, 2022 in Windsor, Canada. (Cole Burston\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTo all of you who are taking part in the protests, I believe the time has come for you to take down the barricades, stop the disruptive action and come together,\u201d Bergen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-federal-conservatives-call-for-an-end-to-all-blockades-after-first\/\">said<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cThe economy that you want to see reopen is hurting. Farmers, manufacturers, small businesses and families are suffering. I believe this is not what you want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bergen promised that, if the protests concluded, the Conservative Party&nbsp;\u201cwill not stop until the mandates have ended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Globe and Mail<\/em> noted that Bergen had previously been supportive of the movement, even meeting with protesters in Ottawa and describing them as \u201cpeaceful\u201d \u2013 an accurate statement according to Ottawa police reports. The protests have enjoyed a festival atmosphere and featured widespread dancing, free food, and bouncy castles and other activities for children.<\/p>\n<p>Bergen was one of the Conservative Party\u2019s most enthusiastic supporters of the protests initially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservatives have been opposed to federally mandated vaccines since Trudeau introduced them; and we oppose the mandatory vaccine on Canadian truckers,\u201d Bergen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandiceBergenMP\/status\/1486104514964955145\">said<\/a> in a statement in January. \u201cI support peaceful demonstrations against these mandates, and our truckers from Portage-Lisgar and from across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19846594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238362567.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19846594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238362567-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Protestors and supporters at a blockade at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, sealing off the flow of commercial traffic over the bridge into Canada from Detroit, on February 10, 2022 in Windsor, Canada. (Cole Burston\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text ep-1 font-pratt\">Bergen\u2019s initial support came before the Conservative Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/03\/canada-tories-elect-pro-trucker-mp-as-leader-after-sacking-moderate\/\">ousted<\/a> former leader Erin O\u2019Toole in early February, resulting in Bergen becoming interim leader. Bergen has not announced if she will run to keep the position. During her first statements in Parliament after becoming interim leader, however, Bergen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/01\/conservative-leader-condemns-trudeau-for-calling-truckers-racist-when-he-has-worn-blackface-more-times-than-he-can-remember\/\">confronted<\/a>&nbsp;Trudeau for his consistent insults against the protesters, referring to them as \u201cpatriotic, peace-loving Canadians who are called misogynists and racists by the Prime Minister.\u201d During her first remarks as leader, Bergen compared these people to Trudeau, who \u201cwore blackface on more times than he can remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bergen\u2019s stance contrasts significantly with the only person to announce a formal campaign to run the Conservative Party, &nbsp;Pierre Poilievre, who is currently running uncontested. Poilievre has used his profile to condemn Trudeau, like Bergen, but has not issued any statement urging the protests to end. On the contrary, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/im-proud-of-the-truckers-says-poilievre-in-lambasting-justin-trudeaus-response-to-protests\">interview<\/a> with the&nbsp;<em>National Post<\/em> published on Friday, he blamed any supply chain issues or blockages on Trudeau, not the protesters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trudeau Under Fire: Why Did You &#8220;Jeopardize&#8221; Our Health to &#8220;Save&#8221; Your Job? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Z11MGhk5e\">pic.twitter.com\/5Z11MGhk5e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1491835112115384330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of the truckers and I stand with them,\u201d Poilievre said in an interview the&nbsp;<em>National Post<\/em> said it would publish as a podcast interview next week.&nbsp;\u201cThey have reached a breaking point after two years of massive government overreach of a prime minister who insults and degrades anyone who disagrees with his heavy-handed approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Canadians are being inconvenienced, or in any way suffering from these protests, it is because Justin Trudeau made these protests happen and his intransigence is keeping the protests going,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Poilievre published a letter to Trudeau on Thursday urging him to \u201cend all federal vaccine mandates, encourage an end to provincial mandates, [and] state clearly that there will be no taxes on the unvaccinated,\u201d asking Canadians to sign it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My open letter calling for the Prime Minister to give Canadians back control of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>If you agree, sign here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MLcj8DuAZ0\">https:\/\/t.co\/MLcj8DuAZ0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sVRK6hAksD\">pic.twitter.com\/sVRK6hAksD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 pierrepoilievre (@PierrePoilievre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierrePoilievre\/status\/1491915214274502657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter accused Trudeau of having \u201cspite\u201d for the truckers and asserted that that no evidence suggests that mandating that truckers receive doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine products would improve the pandemic situation in any way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text ep-1 font-pratt\">\u201cYou have divided the country. You have told Canadians to fear their neighbors. You have called decent people horrible names. You have destroyed people\u2019s livelihoods on the basis of their personal health choices,\u201d the letter read. \u201cThese actions are directly to blame for the protests in Ottawa and across Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text ep-1 font-pratt\">\u201cDo not allow your spite towards the trucker protest to stand in the way of doing the right thing. This is not about saving face. 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