News Round-Up
19 May 2024
by Will Jones
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Freedom Convoy protests continue in Canada, France and New Zealand – three countries where extreme responses to Covid have persisted for two years and where the unvaccinated are targeted with harsh restrictions.
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Truckers in Canada's Freedom Convoy protest against vaccine mandates and other Covid restrictions have responded to Government smears of violence, racism and links to far-right groups.
The Mayor of Canada's capital Ottawa, Jim Watson, has declared a state of emergency following more than a week of the Freedom Convoy protests against vaccine mandates and Government overreach.
GoFundMe has said it is seizing $10 million raised for the Canadian Freedom Convoy and will distribute it to approved charities, prompting accusations of hypocrisy due to its support for violent BLM protests.
Truckers in Canada have formed what is believed to be the world's longest truck convoy as they protest against the Government's vaccine mandate for truckers and other excessive pandemic measures.
A Canadian study has found that remote learning, brought in under Covid lockdowns, increases the risk of school-age children suffering from depression and anxiety.
Vaccine advocates in Canada have offered to secretly take children to get jabbed in order to bypass parental authority.
Just seven countries have been added to the Government's 'Green List'. And one of them – Canada– currently has a ban on Britons entering the country anyway.
Canada has become the first country to authorise the use of the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 12-15. U.S. regulators are expected to do the same in the coming days.
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