The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse - Canada's Trucker Protest

Episode Date: February 21, 2022

Jordan Klepper goes to Ottawa, Canada, to find out what's motivating the truck drivers whose Freedom Convoy has severely interrupted the supply chain and ground the city to a halt. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Three weeks ago, north of the border, a new kind of protest emerged. The trucker convoy has arrived in Ottawa. This city in the downtown core remains gridlocked. Some residents here say that they really can take no more. So I traveled to Ottawa, expecting to find some Canada nice. But their messaging was a bit more course. These trucks shut down businesses and made roads impassable.

Can I go around here? How do I? How do I get around? But how long were the protesters planning to paralyze Canada's 8th Best City? David, how long you been here? I've been here since day one. Hold it down the fort. Pretty much, I'm not going anywhere. I'm coming in from New York. I go by Brooklyn's kindest on the C-B.

There you go. We're able to stay here up to two years. You're committed to be being here for two years. Yeah, because two years. Oh, that's not a problem. People will bring it. No, the people will bring it. I smoke a lot of weed. Yeah. Right. Right. Yeah.

But that's just to calm me down to keep me centered. Are you wording it all with weed, paranoia? No. No. No. Do you think the government is coming for? They try to look, they move around, they move in, they add more. Are you paranoid? No. Sure. What kind of stuff do you haul? I haul everything.

In 2020, I hauled from food to building supplies, to medical supplies. You have my end table that I ordered from Wayfair like three weeks ago. It's probably up sitting either in Montreal my apartment. So what exactly was the point of interrupting the supply chain? So what is this all about? You know what? Sorry. What is this all about a boot? This is about our freedoms. Could you be any more generic?

You know, if you are vaccinated, you get to do certain things. If you're not vaccinated, I don't think people should be divided. We should all be together, united. their theaaaaaaueeea. their their together. together. together, together, together, thea. thea. thea. thea, thea, thea, thauu. thau. to be to be to be to be their, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the I don't think people should be divided. We should all be together, united. We're setting up essentially a truck barrier to keep everybody together so they can be united. Yes. Gotcha. Yeah, we might as well lock them in. It's sort of like a parent who locks the door and says, you guys are in here until the water runs out, you become friends or democracy. Yes. If you're not vaccinated, you're not vaccinated. the the tha. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thathe thi. the. the. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the th. th. true true true true. tri. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. to to to true. toe. true. true. true. true. true. true. true citizen in this country. I can't go to the restaurant. I can't go play hockey. I can't go watch the Ottawa Senators. We don't live in Germany.

We don't live in Nazi Germany. Those days are over. Just show me your papers don't happen anymore. That's a freedom that everyone should have the German to have. Is the Germany comparison all the time. Oddly enough, that wasn't the only thing Canadians were appropriating. Yeah, I hate to use that slogan,

but, uh, make North America great again. The meet North America great again, and I don't mean to use that guy's word, but it's true. To be honest, it wasn't even his. He's told from another guy before him. I see the Q Army on your head. Is it Q, the American thing trying to find JFK Jr? Exactly. Yes. Exactly.

What Q shit is going down here? No, Q is a more of a U.S. Oh, so this is's had. Exactly. Okay, the cute thing might just be a fashion choice, but they're definitely reading the same internet as many Americans. But it's more than just vaccine passport. What else? The agenda 2030 is a good start. What's agenda 2030?

It's where the world's head towards one government. They want to sterilize us that only certain people can have kids. Really? You're afraid the government will sterilize you. Probably not me, but down the line, yeah. But in two weeks in the cab of a truck, pissing in a mountain duke can, can't be too good for the sperm production. Probably sterile already, so what's the difference? So Margaret Atwood audio books are apparently a thing with Canadian truckers. And while shutting down a city seems to have many obvious downsides. Hey, excuse me. Hey. Hi.

Yeah. Have you seen a Prius around here? Some see an opportunity coming from liberal gridlock. The truckers are bringing in customers from Montreal from all across Canada. Everybody wants to check this out. This essentially a tourist boom from Ottawa gridlock. The truckers are bringing in customers, they're bringing in tourists from Montreal from all across Canada. Everybody wants to check this out. This is essentially a tourist boom for Ottawa right now. You can feel the tourism of the city. Go home, get a job! No one wants you here! The downtown was shut and there was palpable anger directed at local media.

See TV news is lying, they're still lying, they're still lying. And even at the Daily Show. show. You know, Nuance. Remember, lack of nuance's tyranny? We're getting booed over here. We've been walking around here. There seems to be a real distrust of media here. Oh, for sure. It's a lot of cameras up in your face, cameras on cameras. And while Canadian authorities have finally enacted emergency measures to try to clear the convoy, so far the trucks are still there. And a well-funded, never-ending street party infused with misinformation and nationalism

feels remarkably possible in our own land of the free. Where does this movement go from here? I believe it's going to be worldwide. It's going to come to America? Yes, definitely. Do you think this is inspiring the dickheads at America? It's inspiring people to thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. It's the people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people thi. It's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to the the to to the to the the the the the the thi thi thi. thi. the thi.? Pardon me? This is inspiring the dickheads at America? It's inspiring people. People of America to join together to stand for freedom.

Okay, if they do come to America, then maybe I'll finally get my fucking end table. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Ears Edition. Subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.