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Where on earth did this 50,000 number come from? There may not be that many trucks in all of Canada. The number in this convoy is probably more like 300. Also the effort has been hijacked by all kinds of looney fringe types. One group plans to meet with the Governor General and convince her to fire the government and dissolve parliament if they don’t reverse the mask mandate.
This started when some truckers were disturbed by a new mandate that truckers crossing the border from the US be vaccinated. Drivers within Canada are not affected. Ironically, the US has a similar rule for truckers driving south, so removing the Canadian mandate would not make any difference.
randall g, Vancouver BC
Don’t forget what Dick Cheney did when he was placed on Bush’s vice president selection team. Kamala still has a chance.
The 50,000 number came from Tamara Lich, one of the organizers. It is, indeed, a ridiculous number.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/theres-a-lot-of-trucks-in-freedom-convoy-2022-but-not-nearly-50000
The Ottawa Police say they expect between 1,000 and 2,000 vehicles. Not semis, vehicles. The Ontario Provincial Police say the majority of the vehicles they’ve counted have been minivans, pickup trucks, and automobiles.
Let’s be honest though. That’s still a very impressible number of vehicles. 2,000 Honda Civics lined end-to-end would stretch for about nine kilometres. The streets in downtown Ottawa are about 1.3 kilometres long, so 2,000 Honda Civics would fill up the first seven streets out from Parliament Hill.
All the streets in downtown Ottawa only add up to about 34 kilometres. 2,000 vehicles of mixed size will fill up almost all of that space.