The truckers protest in Ottawa is out of hand

So... in Ottawa today Hundreds of Ottawa residents held a counter-protest on day 17 of the occupation. CTV's Colton Praill reports.

Residents have had just about enough. Trucks have been moved from the residential areas and counter protestors aren't letting them back in. Hopefully soon we will have our city back and our police force will be held to account. And yes I am ignoring the other 21 pages.

And heaven knows we have our share of unvaccinated citizens.

" Garry Clement, a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who is now an expert in money laundering, said any Canadian intermediary for the money should ask serious questions about its source, and its intended use, which could run afoul of Canadian money laundering regulations.

“Do we want to have money coming from a foreign state that disrupts Canada? The answer is no, and that should be a concern to intelligence agencies and the RCMP,” he said."

toronto.ctvnews.ca/anonymous-donations-to-convoy-as-high-as-215-000-concern-canadian-mps-1.5777497

I'm ok with it too!  As long as they are going through all of the proper channels.  Immigrants and migrants do that! It's the correct way to come into the country.

Illegals who sneak into the country don't!! And if you are sneaking into the country ILLEGALLY, they are not getting vaccinated against covid. I'm not ok with that. You can't compare the truckers who are 80-90% vaccinated with the ILLEGALS who are not vaccinated.   

Do you understand the point I made now or do I have to explain further?

Interesting that Rupert Murdoch mandates his employees at FOX be vaccinated!!

Because it’s hypocritical of all of the hosts to rail against all kinds of mandates but fail to disclose that they’re vaccinated and required to get the vaccine by Fox. When the hosts shout about mandates, I don't think they're making the distinction between employer mandates and government ones.  

“Illegals who sneak into the country don't!! And if you are sneaking into the country ILLEGALLY, they are not getting vaccinated against covid. I'm not ok with that. You can't compare the truckers who are 80-90% vaccinated with the ILLEGALS who are not vaccinated.”

You are making assumptions again with nothing to back them up.  How do you know the folks who “sneak” into this country illegally aren’t vaccinated when they “sneak” in or that they don’t Get vaccinated once here?  You don’t.

I did check and according to the CDC and immigration groups it doesn’t matter your legal status in this country to get vaccinated.  One won’t be asked that question and ICE won’t be lurking outside waiting to pounce.  This is done to acknowledge this country has a large number of undocumented folks and the importance for everyone to get vaccinated.

That would put the “sneakers”  who aren’t vaccinated and can get vaccinated in the same category as the truckers where they can be vaccinated but chose not to.  And all are assholes and they are the reasons for mandates.

And to be clear about one thing.  When these folks “sneak” into this country they don’t stand on street corners wearing a sign stating that they “snuck “ into this country illegally.  They blend in and in most cases have family they go to and there are groups that help them.  So yes, they can get vaccinated if they chose.

To add on to this - it’s so easy to tell when people have never met or been around undocumented immigrants. They’re just lurking out there breathing Covid germs on you when you sleep! Lol no.

There have been massive vaccination efforts in many parts of Houston, targeting the poorer areas of town where undocumented immigrants often live. It’s made very clear that there is no citizenship requirement. They can also get tested/vaccinated through their kids’ schools in many cases - again, no questions asked.

These people came here for a better, safer life, and for many, that includes protecting themselves against diseases.

I guess if you’ve spent all your life in the rural north it’s hard to understand, but here, my kids have sat side by side at school with undocumented kids, and we know they’re not bogeymen out to commit crimes and infect people. They’re just people like us.

<Cindosha furiously googling “Canadian Covid mandates.” 😁>

We have no idea if anyone is vaxxed or not by looking at them. Their immigration status makes no difference.

You're talking about anti-vaxxers right? It's a problem for sure.

Do you know people who are undocumented? Are you friends with people who are undocumented? Do you spend time with people who are undocumented?

And you have no idea if anyone you encounter at a store, walking down the street etc is vaccinated. There are millions of American citizens that are unvaccinated and blending in all over the country.  You're OK with unvaccinated truckers driving all around the country and blending in.

The legal status of migrants and refugees is irrelevant.  As we've already pointed out, they are eligible to get the vaccine.  If you're suggesting that all migrants and refugees have to be vaccinated - how do you suggest the government do that? And why would it be OK for a mandate to require migrants and refugees to be vaccinated if you're against government mandates?  You're opposed to the requirement that truckers be vaccinated but OK requiring migrants and refugees to be vaccinated?  Why are they different from the truckers?  Their legal status is irrelevant.

What’s the difference?  It’s all still people not vaxed. 

It’s not going to matter at all in the next couple of months anyway. The masking will be done (thank God, I never want to see another child with a mask on) quarantine will be done in the vax pass will be done. I can’t wait.