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.
Trudeau has boxed himself into a corner with no obvious escape. But as hospitalisations and deaths rise despite vaccines and Omicron, will the shifting of 'the Science' offer him a way out?
The Government of the province of Ontario in Canada has successfully sought a court order to freeze over $8 million U.S. dollars in funds made to the Freedom Convoy on GiveSendGo.
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 topics under discussion in this week's London Calling podcast are the Freedom Convoy, Jimmy Carr and a review of the podcast published in the progressive online magazine Left Food Forward.
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.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has gone into hiding as 50,000 truckers descend on Ottawa to protest against vaccine mandates and pointless lockdown restrictions.
