The snow and rain in Ottawa on Feb. 10 didn’t deter protesters who are still in the nation’s capital protesting COVID-19 mandates and restrictions.
With trucks and vehicles parked in the city’s downtown core for nearly two weeks, the “Freedom Convoy” continues to demand the federal government end its restrictions.
Joe MacDonald, an 81 year old military veteran who joined the protest for the second time since it started on Jan. 29, said he supports the truckers as he is “here in support of freedom.”
“I spent 30 years in the Canadian military, and for freedom, we can’t lose that,” MacDonald said in an interview with NTD Television, an Epoch Times affiliate media on Feb. 10.
“The vaccines I don’t care [about]. You can take it or not take it. It’s the freedom that we need back, and that’s what’s been taken away from us by our government.”
With the federal, provincial, and municipal governments determine dot remove the trucer demonstrations, MacDonald said he hopes the truckers can continue to protest.
The protesters in Ottawa say they are willing to talk with government representatives about their grievances, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to meet with them or send any representatives.
“I know the government and the city [have] been very bad to them, and not cooperating, and nobody is talking to them,” he said. “We have to keep fighting.”
Claire Forgie, a retired resident from Southern Ontario, said “enough is enough.”
“I want our civil rights and freedoms to be returned,” she told NTD Television in an interview on Feb. 10.
“This is not the Canada that I know that I was born into. And I want my Canada back again, not only for me, but for my mother, and my children, my grandchildren and my great grandchildren. We are here for all these generations. And we want to end to this now.”
