Joint statement from Canada’s unions on the Ottawa occupation | Canadian Labour Congress
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Canada’s unions have fought for generations for the right to protest. This is a cornerstone of our democratic system. But what we have witnessed on the streets of Canada’s capital over the past thirteen days is something different altogether. This is not a protest, it is an occupation by an angry mob trying to disguise itself as a peaceful protest We have seen an occupation of city streets and parks, disrupting workers, businesses and residents. Frontline workers, from retail to health workers, have been bullied and harassed. We have witnessed noise attacks keeping families up at all hours. We have...
  • upvotebot4
    39·
    3 years ago

    The leaders of this occupation include people who espoused Islamophobic, Anti-Semitic and racist hate on social media, organizers of the notorious far-right yellow vest protests, and people spreading extreme conspiracy theories and calls for violence.

    Lol this is his you know this article is trash. Zero argument so they jump to racist.

    I stand with the truckers.

    • abbenm
      6·
      3 years ago

      On the contrary, the statement contains several paragraphs of argument clarifying that these do not represent the interests of Canadian unions, that their demands are unhinged (the downfall of a democratically elected government) and their actions and motivations are rooted in ideological extremism. The racism etc illustrates the thing they are talking about. These are all perfectly legitimate as arguments.

    • Kinetix@lemmy.ca
      11·
      3 years ago

      You’re showing deep ignorance about this occupation, probably just willful because you’re frustrated with COVID like absolutely everyone else and this fits your narrative. But, just take a second and see who’s behind it. This is just one of many resources on this:

      https://www.antihate.ca/the_freedom_convoy_is_nothing_but_a_vehicle_for_the_far_right

      BTW - “The Truckers” denounced the Ottawa crap early on. If you stand with truckers, you stand against this bullshit.