OF KEEPING THE BORDER OPEN.
IT MAY BE HE COULDN’T CLEAR THE
TRUCKS.
A TRUCKER WITH OVER 25 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE RECENTLY PENNED AN
OP-ED FOR "NEWSWEEK" TITLED
ELITES ARE SMEARING TRUCKERS
BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THEIR JOB
REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE.
AND I LOVED THAT OP-ED.
WE ARE HAPPY GORDON IS WITH US
TONIGHT WHO JOINS US.
YOUR REACTION TO THIS FREAK OUT
AMONG THE ELITES IN CANADA AND
THE MEDIA AND THE POLITICALLY
POWERFUL HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON,
LAURA.
IT’S BEEN A VERY ILLUMINATING TO
SEE HOW POORLY ME AND MY FELLOW
ROAD WARRIORS HAVE BEEN TREATED
IN THE MEDIA.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO SMEAR US WITH
A COUPLE OF GUYS WITH FLAGS TWO
SATURDAYS AGO IN OTTAWA, TWO
BEDS OUT OF 100,000 PEOPLE ON
THE CAPITAL AND USING THIS TO
BASICALLY SAY WE ARE ALL THESE
FRINGE RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PEOPLE AT
THE PROTEST FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE, PEOPLE AT THE PROTEST WHO
AREN’T EVEN TRUCKERS.
THE TRUCKERS HAVE SET UP A
COMMUNITY KITCHEN IN DOWNTOWN
OTTAWA, RAVERS HAVE SHOWED UP IN
THE EVENINGS AND SET UP SOUND
SYSTEMS ON THE WEEKENDS AND
PEOPLE HAVE COME AND DANCED
BECAUSE THERE IS SO JOYOUS
BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR FREEDOM
BACK IN CELEBRATION, YET THE
MEDIA WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE WE
ARE BASICALLY AND IT’S
RIDICULOUS AND SO I HAD TO SAY
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> Laura: ANYONE WHO IS NOT IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE ELITES ON ALL
THESE ISSUES WITH THE TRADE OR
COVID MANDATES, THEY GET
TOGETHER AND ENJOY THEMSELVES AT
A PROTEST PEACEFULLY, IT’S A
BIGGER THREAT TO THE ELITES THAN
ANYTHING CHINA WILL EVER DO.
SO THAT’S WHY I SAID THE FEAR
THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IS THEIR
FEAR, FEAR OF LOSING POWER AND
SPEAKING OF THIS, THE SO-CALLED
POPULIST IS ANNOUNCING THIS
MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON ALL OF YOU
TRUCKERS.
WATCH.
>> TODAY, I AM USING MY
AUTHORITY AS PREMIER OF ONTARIO
TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN OUR PROVINCE AND I WILL
CONVENE TO USE LEGAL AUTHORITIES
TO URGENTLY ENACT ORDERS THAT
WILL MAKE CRYSTAL CLEAR IT IS
ILLEGAL AND PUNISHABLE THE BLOCK
AND IMPEDE THE MOVEMENT OF
GOODS, PEOPLE, AND SERVICES
ALONG CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I EMPHASIZE, CANNOT HAVE
PEOPLE OCCUPYING CITIES HOLDING
THEM HOSTAGE.
>> Laura: I DON’T REMEMBER
THOSE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE
CITIES BEING OCCUPIED BY VIOLENT
PROTESTERS IN THE SUMMER OF
LOVE, BUT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO
START GOING TO JAIL, GETTING PUT
IN JAIL?
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THE
POLICE REACT TO THIS, BUT THE
PREMIER’S CHOICE IS VERY
INDICATIVE, CONSIDERING OTTAWA
UNDER SIEGE AND THEY DO SEE THEY
HAVE INCREDIBLE LEVERAGE, THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, BLUE WATER
BRIDGE, AUTOMOTIVE PLANS ARE
RUNNING OUT OF PARTS ALL ACROSS
THE ECONOMY, WE ARE AFFECTING IT
AND THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE AFRAID
OF, THEY ARE AFRAID OF A
LEGITIMATE, SPONTANEOUSLY
ORGANIZED WORKERS UPRISING THAT
HAS MORE POWER THAN THEY DO.
>> Laura: THEN WHY DON’T THEY
JUST DROP THE MANDATE?
THAT WOULD SOLVE IT.
>> THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION AND I
KNOW I WATCHED THAT PRESS HERE
WITH PREMIER FORWARDS AND NONE
OF THE MEDIA PEOPLE WHO WERE
THERE ASKED HIM WHETHER HE OR
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU HAD
SPOKEN WITH ANY OF THE
ORGANIZERS OF THE CONVOY, NOBODY
HAS TALKED TO US YET.
WHERE’S THE DISCUSSION, WHERE’S
THE NEGOTIATIONS?
>> Laura: VERY LEGITIMATE AND
THEY THINK YOU ARE A TERRORIST,