![]() ![]() “This document is largely incomprehensible and is completely divorced from our political reality,” said Davis.ĭespite such fringe ideas, which have prompted comparisons to the January 6 insurrection in the United States, the convoy has received endorsements from federal Conservative politicians, including the former leader Andrew Scheer and deputy leader Candice Bergen, who called for peaceful protest. The group claims that the leader of the senate and the governor general will sign the document to create a governing committee, which they claim would work to revoke the vaccine mandate. The group recently posted a “memorandum of understanding” to its website, saying that members plan to present it to politicians on Parliament Hill. One of the main groups behind the protest is Canada Unity, which has opposed what it says are “unconstitutional” Covid rules. The convoy highlights the way in which public health measures such as vaccine mandates have become increasingly tied to political divisions. “It’s really difficult to get a sense for how many Canadians actually support this versus how many people globally are trying to oppose vaccine mandates and the associated political objectives,” said Davis. A lot of the donations have been made anonymously and there’s very clearly some activity from foreign countries,” said Jessica Davis, a former intelligence analyst for the Canadian government and head of Insight Threat Intelligence. “It’s not really clear to me how many of those supporters donating online are actually even Canadian. One former intelligence analyst said the “speed and anonymity” of the donations has raised red flags. GoFundMe announced earlier this week it had frozen the funds until it could determine with the organizers how the money would be disbursed. The convoy, which left Vancouver earlier this week, has more than 275,000 supporters on Facebook, nearly 40,000 supporters on the encrypted messaging app Telegram and has raised C$5.5m (US$4.3m) from 70,000 donations on GoFundMe. Canada has recorded 2.93m Covid cases and 32,600 deaths from the virus. Those who are not vaccinated – who are believed to constitute less than 15% of the country’s drivers – are required to quarantine for 14 days. ![]() Earlier this month, Canada began requiring any truckers arriving from the US be fully vaccinated against coronavirus. ![]()
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