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(NEWS, ANALYSIS AND UNRESTRAINED COMMENTARY)
If Canadian authorities intend to crack down on the Alberta and or Ottawa protests if the local, provincial and federal governments continue to impose COVID controls like vaccine passports, vaccine and testing mandates what will Canadians opposed to them do?
The Alberta protest can be seen and heard from the United States some of it taking place within two thousand feet of the State of Montana.
Will a final assault from the RCMP drive the truckers across the northern border of the US?
What will Canadians do if they continue to be denied their liberties in relation to COVID?
God forbid they would despair and hurt themselves but perhaps others will walk with their feet across the Northern US border.
The US has enough Southern border problems will Canadian tyrants like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the likes of Premier Francois Legault of Quebec (banning alcohol and pot sales to the unvaccinated, requiring the unvaccinated to only buy essential goods at stores like Walmart) and Premier Jason Kenney of Alberta (arrested pastors, fenced off churches, vaccine passport system) make things worse for Americans.
Will these tyrants give America another border headache because of their unwillingness to back down on COVID tyranny?
THE AUSTRALIAN PROTEST IN CANBERRA: INTIMIDATION FROM POLICE
The story of the COVID tyranny protest tomorrow in Australia's capital will begin before this post ends but for now the story of today's protest (Wednesday February 2nd).
Police swarming into the encampments of protests trying to get them to leave, trying to intimidate.
Many video postings showing tense scenes in the encampments near Australia's National Library and Parliament...VIDEO LINK
In person for those in Canberra and by video for those who haven't yet come to Canberra the police trying to drive protesters out of Canberra and deter more from arriving.
The situation a standoff.
More protesters on the way and rumors about what authorities might do including roadblocks to prevent access to Australia's capital city.
A major protest rally planned outside of Parliament for 11 am on Saturday (7 pm Friday Eastern US Time).
THE OTTAWA PROTEST: HUNDREDS AT LEAST ON PARLIAMENT HILL ALONE THIS AFTERNOON OTHERS AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE CITY AS MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORT A CLAIM OF THERE ONLY BEING 250 THERE LAST NIGHT THEY QUOTE POLICE ON THAT.
ALSO FROM OTTAWA A LOOK AT THE TRUCK CONVOY BLOCKED TO THE WEST OF PARLIAMENT HILL IN OTTAWA BY CITY SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT.
THE TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES LINED UP ON THE SIR JOHN A MCDONALD PARKWAY...
BREAKING NEWS: DEAL CUT IN ALBERTA TRUCKERS BLOCKADE
Two of the four lanes on Highway 4 opened up at Coutts, Alberta contingent on Premier Jason Kenney ending restrictive COVID policies especially in the rural areas of Alberta.
If he doesn't, they will close again...This is the report from the Canadian Press.
YESTERDAY ALBERTA PREMIER JASON KENNEY CLAIMED AN ASSAULT ON AN RCMP OFFICER AT THE TRUCKERS BLOCKADE.
REBEL NEWS REPORTS THIS CLAIM IS NOT TRUE...REBEL NEWS VIDEO
OTTAWA PROTEST UPDATE: POLICE CHARACTERIZE REMAINING PROTESTERS AS 'HIGHLY VOLATILE'
That is some of what police are saying about the protest in Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly speaking of "injured" officers and officers who are "pushed to the limit"...CTV NEWS CANADA
Very toxic and questionable comments coming from Ottawa Police today one wonders what they have their sleeves in the days ahead.
Is "highly volatile" a polite Canadian way of saying "domestic terrorist" or "extremist" or "insurrectionist" etc. etc?
CANBERRA CONVOY PROTEST: DAY 4 UPDATE
(1205 PM THURSDAY IN CANBERA, 805 PM EASTERN US TIME WEDNESDAY)
New video has been posted in the last hour with police continuing to operate in the encampments tying to coerce or intimidate people to leave moving from vehicle to vehicle tent to tent engaging in conversations...
Three arrests yesterday in Canberra and I am seeing a live feed video of another arrest in progress today at 1210 pm local time Thursday, its 810 pm here in the Eastern US Wednesday.
This live feed stays up all day and I link to it not sure of its origins but its there...
LIVE VIDEO FEED CANBERRA PROTEST DAY 4
There have been regular updates from "Reignite Democracy Australia" You Tube page the last one posted though was 17 hours ago yesterday....REIGNITE DEMOCRACY AUSTRALIA YOU TUBE VIDEOS
OTTAWA TRUCKER CONVOY PROTEST: ALL OPTIONS 'INCLUDING MILITARY AID' ON THE TABLE ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF
More on Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly's comments to the media today...REUTERS-METRO US
If you read the story Chief Sloly says Americans are a "significant element" in organizing and funding this protest. Oh wow! Well he actually says that it's "from the United States" but the implication is clear.
The use of the military in Canada happened a couple of times in my lifetime and memory.
The first time being the October Crisis of 1970 the FLQ terrorist group that staged bombings during the 1960's kidnapped a British trade representative and a Quebec cabinet minister and the cabinet minister would end up being killed.
In the face of those real crimes and acts of violence the "War Powers Act" invoked by then Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, yes Justin Trudeau's father.
Thousands of troops sent to back up police deployed in Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa.
Raids staged on the homes of hundreds of people considered threats in Quebec. They were arrested and jailed without bail.
And the second time in 1990 the incident when protesters occupied ground on an Indian reservation in Oka, Quebec. The military laid siege to force the group of protesters out over several months time.
OTTAWA TONIGHT THE LIVE VIEW FROM 'OTTAWALKS'
"Ottawalks" existed before the trucker's protest came to town and it's thrived in recent days with record hits on You Tube and elsewhere.
A big moment for this everyday Canadian who posted walks through Ottawa on a regular basis.
OTTAWA TRUCKERS CONVOY PROTEST WEDNESDAY EVENING 2/2/2022
And the beer is being handed out on Kent Street where a street party is going on.
A local resident offering the beer as he explained on the video. Hopefully not an illegal act that police can use to make arrests?
ALBERTA BLOCKADE: THE TRUCKERS PROTEST MEETING THAT DECIDED TO MAKE A DEAL
Alberta is supposed to lift some COVID mandates restrictions in exchange for the opening of a lane of traffic either way on what is normally a four-lane highway in Coutts, Alberta.
That's what the RCMP offered to truckers today and they voted to accept it but its conditional on the lifting of those COVID restrictions so Premier Jason Kenney must follow through or the blockade will be reestablished on all lanes.
This is the video of that meeting earlier today...
A Canadian Press roundup of the story today indicates that a large number of Canadians want to join this protest and have positioned themselves in front of the road block nine miles north of Coutts established by the RCMP....
CANADIAN PRESS-NATIONAL POST ALBERTA TRUCKER PROTEST
CANBERRA AUSTRALIA CONVOY PROTEST-THE LATEST
The police continue to "engage" with the campers who are centered around the National Library of Australia close to Australia's Parliament House....VIDEO LINK
They are trying to get them to leave but more protesters are on the way videos posted on Telegram show these folks loading vehicles and moving out.
Also videos of convoys on the roads of Victoria and New South Wales and Queensland all making the long journey to Canberra.
This one on the Bruce Highway in northern Queensland...
And here is a convoy leaving Helensvale in southern Queensland....
Now police telling the media they expect protests in Canberra through early next week...CITY NEWS
That's all for today.
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