In late december, early january, justin tr Trudeau and the bidon administration announced they were going to abasicly remove an exemption for trucker's crossing the border. This doesn't actually impact that many canadians. About 85 % of truckers are fully vaccinated. Because it's getting so much public attention, you see a bunch of anti vacine groups take advantage of this. They realize it's kind of theirther great opportunity to get some coverage, to get some news. And i it gets really big. It's super effective.
A convoy of truckers angry over Covid-19 mandates is disrupting life in Canada’s capital city. Their movement is gaining traction in cities around the globe.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh with Haleema Shah and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Richard Sima with Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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