{"id":1329536,"date":"2022-02-22T23:24:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T04:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1329536"},"modified":"2022-02-22T23:24:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T04:24:25","slug":"toronto-trio-demonstrating-in-ottawa-were-here-for-our-grandkids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-trio-demonstrating-in-ottawa-were-here-for-our-grandkids\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Trio Demonstrating in Ottawa: We&#039;re Here for Our Grandkids"},"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%2Ftoronto-trio-demonstrating-in-ottawa-were-here-for-our-grandkids%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=1329536&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\">Breitbart News spoke with Dimitrios, George, and John \u2014 three Canadian demonstrators from Toronto \u2014 during the Freedom Convoy gathering in Ottawa, ON, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI came here because the most important thing in my life right now are my grandkids and their freedom,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>George said. He wore a sign with a message highlighting the centrality of truckers to Canada\u2019s supply chain: \u201cIf you got it, a truck brought it. Support our truckers. STOP the mandates.\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>He noted how \u201cillegal lockdowns\u201d issued via governmental decrees are \u201cdestroying small businesses throughout and many countries around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the atmosphere of the demonstration as unifying. \u201cThe number o<span>ne thing that I\u2019ve noticed is the unity, finally, of the Canadian people who are uniting for the bigger cause, which is our freedom and our God-given rights,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John shared similar motivations for his visit to the nation\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19892474\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Freedom-Convoy-in-Ottawa-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19892474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Freedom-Convoy-in-Ottawa-.jpg\" alt=\"A truck with banners is seen parked in front of Parliament of Canada as demonstrators continue to protest the vaccine mandates implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on February 10, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truck with banners is seen parked in front of Parliament of Canada as demonstrators continue to protest the vaccine mandates implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on February 10, 2022, in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Dave Chan \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m supporting freedom,\u201d he declared. \u201cI\u2019m supporting the truckers that came here and started this whole thing, and I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart, because, as George said, I have kids and grandkids, and we just want to be free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added, \u201cWe want to get it over with and just go back to our lives. That\u2019s all we need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John wore a sign mocking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the \u201cHow It Started vs. How it\u2019s Going\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/how-it-started-vs-how-its-going\">meme<\/a>. The sign contrasted Trudeau\u2019s initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/28\/trudeau-calls-trucker-convoy-fringe-minority-announces-hes-isolating-for-protest-weekend\/\">dismissal<\/a> of public opposition to his conduct as relegated to a \u201csmall fringe minority\u201d with his subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/14\/justin-trudeau-grabs-powers-under-never-before-used-emergencies-act-to-stomp-out-trucker-protests\/\">framing<\/a> of ongoing protests in large Canadian cities as a national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrios invited observers to read a sign he wore with the message: \u201cFREEDOM NOW! NOT Tomorrow NOT Next Week NOW!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>He shared examples of how governmental restrictions of constitutional rights marketed as \u201cpublic health\u201d measures have impacted him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my mother was infected by the virus back in May, I couldn\u2019t go and see her for 11 days in the Michael Garron Hospital,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe second-most-important [example is that] I lost more than 60 to 70 percent of my business.\u00a0<span>What else should I say?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breitbart News spoke with Dimitrios, George, and John \u2014 three Canadian demonstrators from Toronto \u2014 during the Freedom Convoy gathering in Ottawa, ON, on Thursday. \u201cI came here because the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1329536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1329536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1329536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1329536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}