Shaun Newman Podcast - #244 - Convoy Update #4

Episode Date: January 28, 2022

We got stranded at White River and while we waited for the highway to open I walked the convoy interviewing different drivers.

Well, welcome to another update from the road. This one was caught walking up and down when we were trapped at, not trapped, sidelined at White River, walked around and grabbed a bunch of stories and just seeing who was a part of the convoy. Some of the audio was, you know, it was cold, it was windy. I did the best I could to try and capture some different. stories. I guess my thoughts on this day actually getting to be a part of the convoy for the first real day and see the people out gathered around everywhere

was pretty unbelievable to be honest. We beat the convoy into Sioux, St. Marie, and there was just people everywhere. And to watch the convoy roll in to sue St. Marie and the amount of vehicles was just, it floors you. And, you know, we got to, we got to stop and people almost, if we were driving down the road and this guy was like running beside the vehicle and, you know, oh my God. And so we slowed down and pulled in and they were just, they wanted to feed you. They just wanted you to come in and have a bowl of soup and and hear the stories from the road, and so we stopped. And just the amount of people that are out on the highway and sitting there all day long,

because there's no other way. By the time we're in Sioux-St. Marie, we were, like, the convoy had to have been four or five hours late. I mean, it shut down the highway, and you get to Sue St. Marie at 9.30 at night, and there is just wall-to-wall people. kids, elderly, like just all walks of life, waving flags. Yeah, pardon the French to my mom if she had to listen to him. But my favorite story is we pull in to St. Marie. There's a guy with a fuck Trudeau flag.

And he rolls down his window and the guy goes, Fuck Trudeau! Yeah, fuck Trudeau! Meanwhile, the guy on the sidewalk standing right side is grandmother and the grandmother just smiles and nods you know like that's where it is everybody gets it so i hope you enjoys today uh enjoy today's uh episode where where it's a kind of a mismash of uh different people from the convoy and without further ado we are the good one we are the good people we're doing first off uh what's your name

Sandra. Jones. Oh, it didn't. Yeah, perfect. Okay, Sandra. What are you from? We are from Sundry, Alberta. Sundry, Alberta.

I'm from Lloyd Minster. What brought you out on the road? Both, my daughter and I both worked in health care for 10 years myself, five years for my daughter. And when AHS mandated that everybody had to be vaccinated, we both lost our jobs. and now we're basically labeled as terrorists through our prime minister, and we can't get unemployment, so we decided that this is a good opportunity for us to try to stop these stupid mandates. What have you taken from the experience thus far of driving across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,

now into Ontario? There is a lot of support, a lot of support. There's people everywhere. They're in ditches. They're sitting on snow banks. They're waving. They're honking. They're laughing.

They're no masks. It's awesome. It's been pretty cool to see A and feel that energy and see all the people. I know the mainstream media don't want to, I don't know, follow along and see what all of us are seeing. But seeing humanity again is rather enjoyable, isn't it? Very much so. It is. It's phenomenal the amount of support.

Coming through Winnipeg, they had. the Mennonite colonies and they were giving out free food. We've got free washer fluid. We've got free lunches, free snacks, free Tim Hortons, everything. It's awesome. What's maybe one thing that sticks out to you so far along the trip? I mean, is there one story you can share with people back home that really moved you or surprised you or anything like that? Just the amount of support.

The amount of support is absolutely amazing. The minority is a lot bigger than what Prime Minister Trudeau thinks. It's crazy. He's in for a rude awakening. And finally, if the truckers do end up listening to this, is there a message you have for them as they haul along and everybody in the convoy? Maybe just a message to all the rest of the convoy. Give him hell and don't stop.

Cool. Thank you. Thanks. Well, first off, I'm wondering what your name is. Frank. All right, Frank. Where are you from? Quinell. And what brought you out on the road? Well, our country.

We've got to fight for it, man. What do you want me to say? I'm just curious, you know, always of what motivates people to get out on the open road, do something. Well, somebody's got to do something because nobody else is doing anything. The government ain't standing up for the people. You know, like, really, we're heading down a dark path here, a real dark path. You know, you think back in 1938, well, we got a health pass here in Canada now. Why should we have a health pass?

That's no different than the Jewish people had back then. What, are we going to go through another Holocaust? No, we don't need this. We need to get rid of this guy. He needs to go. He needs to step down and retire. You know, that's what needs to happen. Finally, what's maybe along the road since you joined the convoy?

What's something that sticks out to you that people back home that aren't witnessing what you're seeing? All of it, everything. This is incredible. The movement is absolutely being incredible from everywhere from BC to Alberta to everywhere. Right across. We've had more support that the news is not telling you that it's incredible. Is there a story that you could share maybe? What's maybe one of the big impacts of, or one of the moments that sticks out since you've been driving?

A little girl was on the side of the road and said, please unmask me. That's probably one of the most, yeah, heartbreaking things ever seen. It's almost, I'm going to cry, man. She was sad. I appreciate it, Frank. Hey, that's, I appreciate you coming all this way. We're coming from Lloyd Minster, so. Yeah.

Just made these sick. Yeah. It's very sad what's going on in this country. We have to take it back. We have to. Willie. Hi, Stephanie. We were at the convoy yesterday, day before,

and then we decided to join in. Pretty passionate before it. Seeing it was very inspirational in itself. So just trying to be with the rest of the Canadians and stand up for our rights, literally. Absolute, like, empowerment from everyone. Yeah, massive support. everywhere. Even in like little podunk towns, people are lined up across the roads.

Have you, is there a story you can maybe share with, with the listener back home on, on something you've seen along the road that's, you know, I don't know, surprised you or been a cool, you know, maybe it was a person on the side of the road or a meal or anything like that? There was these really, there was these crane operators that had set up a bunch of cranes and banners actually probably about 50 kilometers back and they were probably 100 feet in the air. It was absolutely, you can see it from like half a kilometer away. It was wonderful. Very inspiring. Cool. Is there anything you'd like to say of the truckers that are hauling ass this way? We absolutely adore you guys and thank you so much for starting this

movement. We have your back 100%. Cool. Thanks guys. Nice meeting you. Nice meeting you as well. Have a wonderful journey. We'll see you at the end. That's right. Absolutely. What's your ladies names? Chantel and René. And what brings, or where are you from? Halberta. Well, what part of? I'm born in Quebec, but And in Okotokes, just south of Kedorek. Lloyd Minster. So we're coming from the same part of the world. And I'm Longview.

Longview, okay. What brought you ladies out? Well, me, I got four grandbabies at home and I got four children. And I want them to be able to enjoy all the beautifulness that I grew up with and the things that have been available to all Canadians. And I just feel that what's happening in our country right now

will never accommodate that for them in the future. And I don't love the fact that by the time my kids are 12 or 5, all of a sudden they're being kicked out of places that they can play and that they can go and see their friends and birthday parties, that's not all right. That's not okay. That's not what Canada is. We're a unified, beautiful, amazing country,

and we need to keep that for our grandkids. That's why I'm going. I have two grandsons, too, and my daughter that went back to Quebec, She moved back over there, it's just terrible. And she can not, my grandson asked me, say, Grandma, can you find me someone that get the boat so I can go swim, please? And that just made me, I said, no, that's enough.

This guy anyway is not for us. Yeah. He's not for us. He's saying that everyone vote him, but the system of boat is broken. And we have to do something about it to save that country. I travel.

I travel. I go in Asia, everywhere I'll go help people in other country. Never I was thinking then I will have to do this for my country. Driving 4,000 kilometers that road in the winter is because he piss off Canadian and it's enough. We don't want him anymore. He doesn't represent us. It's enough. My grandchild doesn't like him. His seven is old.

Just crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In two weeks I say, we're coming, we're coming. I called it with our CMP in Ottawa. I have many friends that did, I did the G7. In La Malbe, I had a hotel.

I had a lot of our CMP guys with us that don't like him either. And this guy need to go. He doesn't respect people. We told him we were coming, we're peaceful, and it's what we want to promote this. Pillsful. Love, it's the convoy of love. And the information that he's putting out there,

clearly does not reflect Canadian values. I mean, when you see this many people who are willing to get in their vehicles and just move for this movement. Something wrong, yeah. There's something wrong. Canadians are too nice to people. We don't fight for a lot of things, but this is obviously something we want to fight for now. For all the people back home, what's one story from your travels in the... Windshell fluid, they come august, we cry in that room, we take all the mask off and we just see it. enough and people is like a big family strangers opening their homes to us

feeding us like just just the love and the care and the fighter the firefighters standing on the side of the road at minus 40 you know supporting and having their trucks going and the police telling me in Ontario they say I said we are the bad one we're looking for a convoy we'll lost them and they were well we love you you're not bad at all let's go and I mean, police, firefighter is not, you know, this country is great. We love each other, we need each other, we need the garbage guy that pick up the garbage, and we also need, you know, honest politician.

Right now, if you put me a trucker as politician, I'm voting for him. They had a one out. Can they stand? Can we have someone that's them? So you're running in politics? I will never run. They will kill me because I'm too honest. too honest. I think we could all use a little honesty now, don't you think? Yes, I think so, but, you know, it's crying.

We cry all the way, you know. We listen. Did you listen to the app, Zello? Yeah. Yeah. We have that and music going in that, and we're just crying all the way because it's so beautiful to weird people. Be for the people.

Don't be for money, for cooperation. We need to do something and inform people. I'll work a system, you know, right now, the trucker, They call them terrorists and they go from me page. Like they say that the money, where it goes, we want to make sure that I'm sorry, but you have account on them and thing. And they make things clear and easy to understand. Why our politician cannot do that? Why they can?

Well, you're asking the question that all Canadians are asking, right? Well, because they want that complicated. But it's easy to understand. I do accounting and it's easy. They won't even acknowledge that there's a calm. way of regular everyday people heading to Ottawa. They're trying to slander a million different ways. That's why it's so important to get the stories of the people on the road.

Absolutely. It just exposes the lie for what it is, even more. Every day they won't acknowledge that it's just a bunch of everyday folk on their way to Ottawa to protest what's going on. A big story we can tell you, I'm just thinking. The first night is a Chinese guy that took us in the... In Regina. Yeah, in Regina.

and Regina. And he took us in his home, came, get us and he says, you know, I run from my country because it's what they were doing. And he says, you Canadian have to be aware that they already infiltrate your country. You see. And he says, you don't want to turn communist. We'll leave a country for that. You're peaceful. It's nice to see you. He says, Stan. And he cook a steak. We had calamari. We had salmon. We had. He's just. and it drive us, you know, to find a way. It's just amazing to see our people. I love Canada.

This is making me love Canada. It had been a long time since I'd seen the unity in our country. And I think more people need to be on the road to see this. I wish every single Canadian could go to Ottawa at this point in time. Well, what's happening back home is they've got on the 29th now, they've got a convoy going to Regina. We got a convoy going to Eminton, Winnipeg's happening. It's spreading. It's spreading like a wildfire.

I never thought in my life I'd hear about these stories or see movies on movies. You read about Gandhi and things like that. Yeah, I'm not saying we're Gandhi, but you go, you see what's happening here, and then you start hearing back home, right? They can see it. They know lots of us that are in this thing. They're going, that's not what the extremist? That's not what the mainstream media is saying at all.

It's becoming even more laughable, which is. ever more dangerous that they just won't admit what's going on. Well, Mori does that is what I told the RCMPI. I says, you know, more he likes and I, he piss off people more and more. And this convoy is just going to get bigger because we're going to show them that we're able to stay peaceful and have, stand for her right.

Anyway, people win that before. You know, with the Papa Trove. We pop a troll right now. That's what we are. This is my sister Jackie. Me, Jackie. you Jackie. You're making me cry.

Don't you think it look like Papa Trowl? You have the tractor, you have the truck, you have every one that just stand the side of the road and it's so exciting. I'm just, oh my God, I love you, guy. It's nice to see that Canada's not going to take a knee. Yeah. And we won't stop until. We've been waiting for somebody, right?

And we didn't realize all along it was us. Yeah, and God bless the truckers for getting this going. Yes, it was. What's your name? Terry. Terry. Where are you from, Terry? Manitoba.

What part of Manitoba? Steinbeck metro area. Okay, okay. What brought you out on the road? Going to Ottawa, see if we can make a difference. What have you seen from the road so far? What sticks out to you? Just all the support and people are just happy.

They see hope again. It's like it's like a light at the end of the tunnel or something. It's like a movement, unity. Doesn't matter if you're vaxed, non-vaxed, doesn't matter. We're all tired of these mandates. And we want to be free again. She, everyday people on the road. There ain't no extremist movement.

This is, this is about as Bob Marley as it, exactly I think I don't know I don't think I've seen such unity in in Canada and in so long everyone's oh you you know this this and this is like no we're all together we I think I think for the most part almost like I said before most I think everyone's tired of it they're just tired and yeah they want change and whether Trudeau will listen or not who knows we'll find out Hopefully. Hopefully. Very nice meeting you boys.

We'll see you at the end, eh? You bet. Okay, what's your names? I'm Ralph, this is my wife June. And where are you from? We're from Camloops. Cam, it's okay. I'm from Lloyd Minster, so we're Western.

Yes, we are. I mean, I got a little bit of a problem with your sweater there in the Calgary Stamp Peters. Oh, they go stamps. We lived in Calgary for a year. He was born and raised there and lived there. and if they're about 20 years. I won't totally against you, okay? You have an issue with that.

Rough riders. There you go. We're braying out on the road. You know what? We have five grandbabies and one on the way and we're fighting for their freedom. We want the country so that they have somewhere to grow up in

that's safe and good for them. So that's our main reason. Yeah, exactly. And maybe what's something you've seen? There's a ton of people, you know, I was saying to my sister, my sister and I were on the road together. And I started thinking about it. And I'm like, you know, for a country of 38 million,

you're one of, even if it's 1,000, 5,000, whatever it is, you're a small portion that are on the road today heading to Ottawa. There's a lot of people that don't get to witness it firsthand. What's a story that you've seen personally that really moved you or surprised you? Something along those lines. For me, I mean, the amount of people has shocked us. But just the little children even dropping, you know, bags of food into our car and water bottles, bringing them to the car.

I like just so much of it. I can't. It's hard to put it into words. I try to, you know, dictate back home to my family. And I say, you cannot put it into words. this feels like to see so many people cheering you on. But I think just that the community coming out alongside us has been overwhelming. Yeah, I have to second that. Not only the truckers that you see and those in vehicles like us heading out there as well, but just the thousands upon thousands

of people, you see, you know, we came through Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, all the smaller centers in between and yeah the support on the roads is just phenomenal. But you see people holding flags and signs. It's it, like my wife says, you can't put it into words. It's almost mind-boggling and it just tugs at your heartstrings. It's phenomenal. And I think the fact that people have put God back into the country, so many people have saying, you know, God bless you, we're praying for you, seeing the Hutterites come out,

you know, like just, we're coming together. Like, there's just something that's coming together. I've been saying, I haven't seen Canada this unified. It's funny that Trudeau comes out and says, you know, a bunch of things. We all know it. We all know it. And yet he, you know, it's wild to me that he can't see what's happening. It doesn't want to see what's happening.

Whatever it is, I can't even understand it anymore. Because if you're on this road, you see it everywhere. Everybody's coming together. They are. I mean, people are so kind and they're generous and they're inspired. They're happy. I mean, we've heard nothing but just amazing positivity across this country. Yeah.

I know even this morning we were thinking about the words for Old Canada, our national anthem. And towards the end, it talks about God, keep our land glorious and free. And it talks about we, the people standing on guard for Canada. And that's what we're doing. Yeah. We're standing up for it. We were just saying, you know, everybody kept waiting for somebody to come save us. And instead, it's a group of truckers.

And as soon as there was a little bit of a spearhead formed, everybody just formed. And it's like, let's go. Absolutely. It's been picking up steam back home. They got a convoy going to Regina on Saturday. Nice. A convoy going to Evanton now, Winnipeg. Like it's just spreading like wildfire because everybody can feel there's something here.

Yeah, we even, I saw post Camloops, same thing. Saturday they're having a big rally in Camloops. And you know, you feel like you're just two little people in a little old car. What is that really going to make the difference of? And yet you think, I'm two more people, you know, and every body counts, whether they're at home encouraging you or helping finance, you know, like our families come together in amazing ways, just throwing money at us, you know,

just go, just go for all of us, you know? Not all of us can go, but you guys just go. And, you know, so it's just, yeah, it's amazing. It's the coolest trip we've ever been on. Yeah. You're never going to forget this, are you? Never, never. Never.

And to tell our grandbabies and our kids back home. And, I mean, but you cannot put it into words. What's your name? My name's Ed. Okay, Ed. Where are you from? We're from Coal Lake. Coal Lake, Lloyd Minster. Absolutely, perfect.

Yeah. What brought you on the road? Well, I'm nearing retirement. I was nearing retirement. The company that I worked for, it was a big, huge company. It won't mention the names. It's nationwide. Decided that you have to have to be vaccinated.

And I'm not really against vaccinations. I'm just against the mandates. And I'm against all the lies in the bulls. bullshit we've been fed for two years. And there's got to be something going on. So I retired. And when this come up, I says, you know something? I'm going to Ottawa. And it's been an experience. What's something that's stuck out to you? You know, there's so many people that aren't on the road with you. What's something you can send back home to Cold Lake? What's a story that sticks? Well, all the support, the support from people that we're getting along the sides of the

roads and that. It's phenomenal. It's a once-in-lifetime experience. Do you ever remember in Canada's history in your lifetime where where you know like I think of the Olympics or you think of I don't like it like there's been nothing like this right never never this movement is so huge it's worldwide it's worldwide movement so it to be part of it there's no words to describe it you came you came from Floyd ministered in yeah yeah you seen what's going on yeah absolutely how did you feel it's amazing um well I missed Manitow we caught up to you guys yesterday in Ontario okay I saw the remnants of what you went through, and that's moving. I've been getting to talk to some of the drivers every night for the podcast and interviewing them

and the emotions that those guys are feeling is unbelievable. What I'm having a hard time, you know, and maybe it's just so black and white, and I just don't want to admit it. But in a world where media is based off of ad sales, right, give the people what they want. They want to know what's going on here. And instead, have you seen any media? Can I talk freely? Oh, you did.

Okay. Remember a couple years ago when all the railroad lines were being blockaded? And Mr. Trudeau said, is the right to protest? And he wouldn't do anything about it. And that's all you heard on mainstream media was the railroad blockage, blockage, blockage, blockage. You got the biggest movement that has ever hit Canada today.

What are you hearing on mainstream media? If you're hearing anything at all, it's negativity. Negativity, yep. And we know why. We know that they're getting their money from the federal government. And when that stops, and it will stop, they're going to be left in the cold because nobody's going to watch them anymore. They're tired of lies. I'm sure you are too.

That's why I'm here. Absolutely. I had to see it for myself, right? Because, you know, with all these interviews at night with the drivers and stuff, everybody wants to know who they are, right? And then, you know, Global or CBC or whoever puts out a piece saying there, a bunch of anti, whatever, anti this. And I go, I keep saying this, but it's like, I never got to witness Bob Marley. But I bet you Bob Marley could have sung a song about what's going on right now. Love, unity.

Yeah. It's about the healthiest thing I've ever seen. Well, we're not, like you see, we are not against the vaccinations. With the right vaccinations, they work to stop a lot of disease in this world. There's no doubt about it. This one, they just keep dangling their carrot in front. This one, and it's not working. There's people getting in the hospitals that are double vaccinated and boostered.

It's supposed to work. right? Yeah, they've eroded the trust. Absolutely. Nobody trusts them anymore. Nobody trusts them anymore. And the longer this goes on, he's calling it a fringe movement and all these different things, you go, man, you're so far from reality, it's not even funny. He's being dictated to himself, guaranteed.

And I don't know from Wu yet. There's something cool. Back home, there's a convoy going to Regina. out, a convoy going to Eminton and a convoy is going to Winnipeg. For the... For a Saturday. Yeah. Yes, absolutely.

Yeah. It's become, it's become this wildfire. You can't put it up. A wildfire, you just can't walk in. Sometimes you just got to let it rage and she is going to rage. And it's going to rage. We've seen, I seen this morning, the camera where any hell goes at, there was starting a convoy in Brazil in support of Canada.

Isn't that something? I'll be okay. It's okay. It's been so emotional that I'm sure you'll find that... My sister hasn't stopped crying. No, we got family back home, actually all the way to BC, that are just... Go, go, go.

I'll have some water. It's... After two years, we've been going through what we've gone through, to see this happen. We all knew it was sitting there, but to actually see it... And kudos to the people who put this on. I can't imagine what they would have to do to try to get disorganized all across Canada. Like how was that managed, right?

Part of it must be just a bit of a tidal wave push, right? I think so. Like there's this little boat moving and all of a sudden you get this giant swelling. You're moving 100 miles an hour. Like it's unreal. Like it's just, and like I said, kudos to them. These mechanic trucks sitting here, they're for us, aren't they? I'm not sure. When I talked to the boys last night, I was asking them about breakdowns and that type of thing.

And they just smiled at me and said, we got such a crew with us. We don't have to worry about nothing. But I did notice there's been a lot of guys saying, hey, if you need mechanic work when you're coming through here, if you need mechanic work when you're coming through here, like we're available. And these guys have been sitting here just watching us. And I'm thinking that they're there for us. I'm thinking. Why else would they be there? You know what I mean? Yeah. Unless they're sitting, no. They're there for us. He's got a Canada flag on. I mean, you got a pretty cool vehicle. Yeah.

So, hi. So, what's your name? My name's Chuck. And how about you three? Fergus. Max. And Tallulah. Nine. What's your ages?

Nine. Nine? Yeah. Thirteen? I'm 11. Okay. Where are you guys from? Vancouver Island, the Comox Valley.

Really? Yeah, yeah, what was it, Saturday night. I was thinking about it, thinking about it, and I said, I think we got to go on the road, we got to follow this convoy. And all three of these guys stepped up and said, Where are coming? They're in. So, what was it?

4 a.m. wake up, jumped on the ferry, and, yeah, we've been ridded ever since. That's awesome. You have essentially done the entire trip then. Yeah, we've been there since. Yeah, well we hooked out with them just outside of Abbotsford because we came, yeah, came from a horseshoe bay instead of the Delta. Mile zero. We'd been, yeah, just these mandates, they just kept pushing and tightening and tightening. And so I was like, do what, is there a country out there for us?

Is there a country that I still recognize? And as we are driving, driving through salmon arm and camloops and getting a golden in California, More and more people started coming out and it was seeing that. It was seeing that there is a country out there for us and there are people and it just made me feel so Incredibly connected and it just yeah it fills my heart and I'm so happy my kids get to see it you guys want to speak to it Yeah, we're so nice seeing like all the people on the side of the road standing in crazy weather like just knowing that they're there it's like I think it was pretty cool

you know like like the like I think it's super cool all the people out there you know everything that's going on like yeah it's

yeah it's super cool yeah all the people definitely stood out for me yeah and just for the people that haven't had the opportunity

to be a part of it I just want to let them know how it's everyone it's every walk of life it's every age it's every race every background we've seen it all and they've all come out to to support this so and all the talk

whenever we stop afterwards and at the barbecues and talk with the truckers it's all about peaceful protesting it's all about the freedom getting our freedoms back freedom to choose it has it has nothing to do with um yeah any of these any other agenda it's just bringing everyone together unity freedom and freedom of choice i know for a long time I thought the same thoughts as you. I was like, I got three young kids. And I'm like, wife's from the United States. I'm like, maybe it's time we just go.

And coming along this road, I go, oh, no, this is why I'm here, and this is why I love it. Beautiful. And just as a Canadian, we haven't had a lot that's unified us, have we? No. The Olympics come every four years, and when the hockey team wins a gold, that's pretty cool. And everybody talks if the Emmington owners, maybe the Vancouver Canucks,

with Stanley Cup that unifies for a day or two. But I tell you what, this is what the country is all about. This is what our forefathers are all about. It's pretty cool to see all the different people coming out and to meet all the different people on this convoy. And it's, you know, I keep saying this. I'll say it one more time. The listeners will be annoyingly saying a third time.

But I feel like if Bob Marley, I never got to see Bob Marley, but I feel like he'd write his song about this, you know? Peace, love. I think he already did, didn't he? You can fool some people, some of. the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time. That's what it keeps ringing in my ears. Well, appreciate it.

I think it's pretty cool that there's a dad with his three kids rolling. There's another dad who's got two kids from Lloyd, where I'm from, rolling the same thing. And I think it's pretty powerful to see this firsthand. Awesome. Well, nice to meet you. Thanks for doing this. Yeah, absolutely. Well, first off, what's your name?

I'm Deb Van Skoi. Deb Spadoni. Okay. I'll go that way. It's my maiden name. And where are we at currently? Chippewa Falls at Batchewanah, Bay, Ontario. We are the halfway point in...

On Highway 17, the coast-to-coast halfway point of the highway. Where the highway, you know... Yeah. That's where we are, right at the halfway point. Chippewa Falls. Well, what is the convoy meant to you, ladies? I don't know to let me answer this.

Why do you think, I should point out to the listener right now, you ladies have got soup and sandwiches and you're waving in, anyone from the convoy, you're trying to give us a meal, a hot meal in the middle of a long trek on some dangerous roads. It's dark. And to see faces that are welcoming is enjoyable, because it's been a long trek.

Well, for us, having you stop in here tonight so we can provide you with some nourishment as you travel because you're traveling for all of us. I think we have all hit a place in the last two plus years now where we realize that there's more to this story than just a virus going around. I was never a conspiracy theorist. I went on and got my shots. I did what I thought was right. Now I'm seeing people get sick around me. We're still locking down. Linda's barely surviving with her restaurant out here.

The truckers keep her going. That's what got us going first, really. Hey, Linda, is the fact that the truckers... My truck drivers have been good to me. My truck drivers have been great. From the time I opened and still. I think you're doing great. Well, they can call her in the morning

and she'll have breakfast ready for them if we're not quite open yet. They can stay here. That's why the space is as big as it. is the truckers sleep here and we're thrilled that they do. Hey. But the other side of it, like I said to you, is the opportunity to maybe put our foot down and say enough is enough.

I want to see my son, who I haven't seen in two years because they're trying to do the right thing and stay safe from this thing. I can't go against his wishes. I can't. I'm his mother, but I want to see him again. I want to go to work. I want to be able to see my coworkers, with the door, office door open, without a sheet of plexiglass in between us.

I want to go across the river and just walk around and maybe go to Walmart and see what they have that we don't. I mean, we've lost all our freedom. We're locked down. And not only locked down, we've been locked down for two years now, right? And... It's varying degrees. It has not opened up. And then the injustice.

Okay, I'm going to make the one thing about the restaurants. Why? Why? Can people do whatever the heck they want everywhere? And I don't see social distancing going on anywhere anymore. Nobody's counting heads in grocery stores. Nobody's counting heads in big box stores. There's a sign on the door that says, thou shalt have this number of people and no more. But if Linda has one person come in and sit down at her restaurant right now, she'll be fined whatever it is that they're going to find her for opening.

Why are they penalizing the restaurants? Is it just too social and environment? I don't get it. They're trying to kill small business in this country. They're trying to kill it dead. Yeah. Coming from out west, being in Alberta, a Saskatchewan boy living in Alberta now, seeing Trudeau and some of the comments he's made lately,

calling it a fringe movement and just a small part of the population and a bunch of different words and verbiages. Any thoughts on our fearless leader in what he's been saying? saying. Well, he's struggling against COVID again. I'm glad I could make you laugh. Because it is laughable, isn't it? And I have swamp land if you think that I can sell you as the most beautiful piece of land in the province if you think I don't believe for one minute. They didn't say who he was near. Oh, he's in touch with I'm sorry. Don't get me going. Yeah, it's too close to what everything else is going. Here's one final one for you then. To all the truckers, if they listen to this, what would be your words of encouragement or if there's anything you want to say to them by all means?

Don't back down. Men, women, just keep on going. You're fighting for all of us. We're proud of you. We love you. Thank you.