The Highwire with Del Bigtree - TRUCKERS MAKE HISTORY IN CANADA

Episode Date: February 9, 2022

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Last time we talked, truckers were converging from all corners of Canada to descend on Canada's capital in Ottawa. And days after our broadcast, some of the first truckers rolled in there and started to occupy the city. They've only been increasing since, and they are still there right now. And these are what some of the images look like. Take a look. We are in the middle of Trans-Canada Highway. And as you can see, the long, epic convoy is passing by. It's an incredibly long convoy, enormous support all across the road. A lot of you don't realize the magnitude of this convoy and what we are actually standing for.

As of yesterday, we were well over 60,000 trucks strong and growing every day. We have support from west to east and everywhere in between in support of freedom. That's what we're fighting for. It's time to stand up. Don't let our freedoms go. We'll never get them back. I'm scared of what's coming and proud of everyone meeting. of everyone being willing to stand up for their freedom.

Trying to keep it together here, it's emotional. It's Chris from Police on Guard here, and I'm in the car with my family. On the way to Ottawa, and every overpass is packed with Canadians. Look at this right here. Do you? Look at this. This is not a fridge. We will not be divided.

This is Canada. We stand together. We stand on guard for thee. God bless Canada. You've pushed the trucking industry to a point where we had enough. We've heard the cry of the Canadians, and now we see the support of all Canadians coming together. This is democracy. This is what democracy is all about. People believe that the government has overstepped with mandates, and they're here to exercise their democratic right. There's no science to keep these Draconian measures and these mandates. and these mandates. That's why these people are here and that's the beginning of the end.

You see the police opening the way, allowing the truckers right in. How are you doing today? Doing great. How's it been down here? Nothing but good. People are super good. The truckers have been having a good time. They've been getting their point across and you know what it's a beautiful city that we're in and they can't ignore all of this. Absolutely. We've got all mandates, we're all Canadians completely abolished. We've done what we've been told to do and enough is enough. It does. is enough. It doesn't change.

vaccines don't work. The government takes your freedom. They're not giving it back and we're here to make sure that the Canadians know, the world knows that we're behind people. We want to get back to the way it was, not the new normal. What we've seen in the last year with demonization of people, turning people against each other,

the hatred that has been spewed from the highest levels is completely unacceptable. And the people have had enough. It's about joy. about vaccines and we are all together we are all Canadians we are all trackers. I want to fight for the freedoms of Canada and my grand children and my kids. All right and how long do you plan on staying? I plan on staying yellow-dorf. So Justin resigns. All mandates are lifted and the passion of these people. Some of the reports I think I remember seeing 22 degrees below zero. Is that right? Did I, did I read

that right. I mean, just nothing stopping them singing, dancing into the night. Absolutely an incredible display in Canada. Let me just say the world is watching down here in Austin, Texas. We're watching all over the world. We're getting reports. We're seeing the tweets. We're seeing the Facebook posts. Nothing can stop what you're doing there. We are so proud to be here on the other border, loving every minute of what they've got going on up there in Canada. Just fantastic. And of course, for anybody catching up to speed with this, this was in response, it started in response to the cross-border vaccine mandate on truckers, which is a digital mandate. Obviously, it has blossomed into a much more unifying movement at this point. But interesting to note, Justin Chudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, he was allegedly in contact with someone with COVID and quarantined just days before the truckers rolled into Ottawa.

And then lo and behold, this headline happened as the truckers began to occupy. Ottawa, New York Post. Canadian Prime Minister Chudeau test positive for COVID during vaccine mandate protests. He said he's going to continue to work remotely this entire week, which is now coming to an end. Again, he was double vaccinated and boosted. He told his people on Twitter to get vaccinated regardless, but kind of interesting and ironic twist to that story. But let's look at some of the headlines coming out of Canada. The Saskatchewan Prime Minister, this is CBC, Saskatchewan Prime Minister,

plans the scrap proof of vaccination requirement by end of February. And then we have Scott, Scott Moe, this is his Twitter account, and he is the premier of Saskatchewan. He says, today trucker rallies are being held at many locations across the country, including on Parliament Hill and Ottawa and in various communities in Saskatchewan. Here's my message to Saskatchewan and Canadian Truckers. And he wrote this press release out of his office. And he says, in part, because vaccination is not reducing transmission, uh, the current federal border policy for truckers makes no sense. An unvaccinated trucker does not pose any greater risk of transmission than a vaccinated trucker. He goes on to say, however, the current federal policy does

pose a significant risk of Canada's economy and to the supply chain in our Saskatchewan communities where you and I live. And then this headline, this is a fantastic turnaround in less than a month. We're talking in like two weeks. This is Quebec premier Francois Lago, and he says on January 11th, Quebec to levy financial penalty on unvaccinated adults. And now at that time, this marked the first time a government in Canada was announcing a financial penalty. And in that article, you can say that they didn't have the number yet, but they said it was going to be significant. And in the coming weeks, we're going to announce this.

And it's going to be deducted from unvaccinated people's finances. Well, we're living in the coming weeks right now. And check out this headline. Here's how it's turned. The Quebec Premier drops unvax tax plans, saying divided people. He says he doesn't like the division he's seeing and he's the anger and he's, it's about protecting not only the health of the people, but protecting the people in general and fairness for all those people. So huge. Protect your own ability to be reelected because clearly

there was a lot more people than I realized that think that this is a boneheaded idea. If I want to stay in power, I should probably acquiesce. Amazing. Power to the people, everybody. That's how it works.