Truck Convoy -- The Canadian Press

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Truckers vaccine mandate not causing food shortage: Transport Minister

Jan 26, 2022 | 1:22 PM

OTTAWA, ONT. – Donald Trump Jr. is endorsing the Canadian truck convoy that’s making its way to Ottawa

He took to social media yesterday to praise what he called the convoy’s fight against “tyranny” and to urge Americans to follow suit.

Some big rig drivers are refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate in order to cross the Canada-U.S. border.

A group called Canada Unity is organizing the movement, which its members refer to as the “freedom convoy.”

A “memorandum of understanding,” posted on the Canada Unity website, says its coalition is opposed to restrictions and mandates related to COVID-19, which it deems are “unconstitutional, discriminatory and segregating.”

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The goal, it says, is to form a committee with the Senate and Governor General in order to reverse pandemic-related restrictions and penalties, including stopping the use of vaccine passports.

While highly unlikely, the group still believes this would work to bypass existing systems of governance and compel the government to carry out its demands.

If the Senate and Governor General refuse to join such a committee, the group says, they should “resign their lawful positions of authority immediately.”

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he’s — quote — “concerned about the small number of far-right, vocal opposition that is polluting much of our political debate.”

He is reassuring Canadians there’s no reason to fear the protest will result in food shortages.