Mackenzie Gray
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The Convoy just put out a “Road Map to Freedom.” It has 7 points
1) End vax mandates
2) Cancel local vax mandates
3) end state of emergencies
4) give people their jobs back
5) give kids back to their parents
6) more small business support
7) respect freedom of choice
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"I can't stress how disappointed I am with Pres. Trump for making this decision … I’m not going to rely on President Trump, or any PM or President of any other country again. Our manufacturing, we're gearing up and once they start, we’re never going to stop them" – Doug Ford
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Singh is asked if this deal might actually benefit the Liberals, who could say during the next election they delivered on phramacare or dental care
"People might say someone else did it, not us. Frankly, I don't care. I want this to be done because I think it's good for people"
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PMJT just went off on Bell, saying it was a “garbage decision from a corperation that should know better" to layoff journalists and other workers.
“I’m pretty pissed off about what's just happened”
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Joe Biden just took a shot at the Toronto Maple Leafs in his speech to Parliament
“I like your (hockey) teams, except the Leafs!”
Biden says he doesn't like them cause the Leafs beat the Flyers in January
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We just spoke with a man who was born in the Soviet Union and moved to Canada. He says he has two kids and he would rather them grow up the Soviet Union in the 80’s than in Canada today
#cdnpoli
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NEW - NDP Leader
@theJagmeetSingh
says that he is willing to join a coalition government with the Liberals if the Conservatives win the most seats in
#elxn43
. Singh reiterates that he won’t support a Conservative government
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In Sudbury, Trudeau gives his strongest push back on the anti-vaccine protesters yet.
"I'm not gonna back down, no matter how many of them show up to shout us down from what I know to be true, what science tells us and what Canadians have told us"
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Xi Jinping confronted PMJT at the end of the G20, upset that the details of their convo yesterday got out
“Everything we discussed has been leaked to the paper, that’s not appropriate” said Xi
Trudeau pushed back saying “we believe in free and open and frank dialogue”
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It is LOUD on Parliament Hill!
The truckers parked on Wellington are railing on their horns, as more and more protesters start to congregate on the Hill
#cdnpoli
#ottnews
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BREAKING – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Michael Kovrig and Micheal Spavor are on a plane back to Canada right now. After a 1000+ days in a Chinese prison, the two Michaels are on their way back home
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Liberal MP Han Dong is alleged to have been helped by the Chinese consulate in Toronto during his 2019 nomination race, by bussing in seniors & students to vote for him, according to CSIS docs & sources
CSIS asked the PM's senior staff to rescind Dong's nomination, per sources
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Here is the insane treatment my colleague
@EvanDyerCBC
received after finishing up a live hit tonight at Bank and Queen. It was even worse when he was live on air
#cdnpoli
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LPC House Leader Karina Gould sought unanimous consent to strike Anthony Rota's comments about Yaroslav Hunka from the record and the CPC denied it
CPC MP Marty Morantz says “deleting the words from Hansard would only have one purpose, to try and forget what happened"
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Tamara Lich's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, has argued in court this morning that the Convoy was not an occupation
Outside of court, Greenspon said “It’s an insult to (Ukrainians) and anybody else who’s survived an occupation to be calling what happened in Ottawa an occupation”
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Earlier while I was on Wellington St. during the original police surge this morning, I tweeted that police used tear gas. Now that I'm back at the office, I see that the police have tweeted they didn't use tear gas.
I've deleted the tweet and regret the error.
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Justin Trudeau spent some of his afternoon today out on a hike with school kids. He also answered a bunch of science questions from the kids and threw a quick pitch in for his 2 billion tree planting plan.
He also chopped all his hair off
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When asked a question by Rebel Media, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he does not take questions from the Rebel
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A good before and after from my buddy
@Cameracutter
on the state of Rideau and Sussex.
#cdnpoli
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A senior police sources tells our
@grahamctv
, that they expect to break the back of the protest today and that some family members of convoy folks have had difficulty banking because a family member has been involved in the protest
#cndpoli
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So whatever the reason for this arrest by the Ottawa Police, trespassing, obstruction, swearing at an officer and hurting their feelings, I'll say this.
If this was the standard for arrests during the convoy, thing would have been dealt with A LOT faster.
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NEW - A $9.8-million class-action lawsuit over relentless horn noise, filed on behalf of residents of the city’s downtown core
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As the trucks blast their horns and rev their engines, a single counter protestor holds a sign saying “We will not be held hostage in our own city”
#cdnpoli
#ottnews
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The two Michaels are in the House of Commons gallery for the Biden speech and they just got a standing ovation by both sides of the House
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PM Trudeau says immigration to Canada has "grown at a rate far beyond what Canada has been able to absorb," adding that "temporary immigration has caused so much pressure in our communities," in relation to housing
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In the closing argument for Freedom Corp, Eva Chipiuk ends her submission by saying "if there ever was a time for a Prime Minister to step down, now is that time"
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Manitoba and North Dakota have struck a deal to have Manitoban truckers vaccinated when they cross the border to ND. Pallister says 4K truckers will be fully vaccinated within 8 weeks. The vaccines are provided by the Americans, free of charge
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The Ottawa Police are arresting high school students who are protesting their school dress code out in Orleans today.
Wonder if the police would have acted differently if the high school kids parked their cars in the middle of the road instead?
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“I am just so, so disappointed right now. We have a great relationship with the US and then all of sudden, they pull these shenanigans? … When the cards are down you see who your friends are, and I think it’s very clear over the last couple days who are friends are" - Doug Ford
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A common refrain from protesters today and during the convoy was PM Trudeau was hiding, as this person referenced during the march down Elgin earlier today
Trudeau was at an event open to the public in Ottawa today. 1000's of people attended but no protesters showed up
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On
@CTV_PowerPlay
, Evan interviewed Maryam Sahar, a former Afghan interpreter who worked with Canadians and she had a message for Justin Trudeau
"If my family gets executed, or any other family gets executed, know that you have the blood on your hands"
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This is not true.
I am at Confederation Park right now and all the propane and fuel we got video of earlier is still here.
There is just a tarp on top of it some of it now
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#ottnews
#TruckerConvoy2020
@AnnieClaireBO
@CTVNews
The NCC is aware of this situation. We are working with the
@OttawaPolice
to seek assistance on securing the site. We can confirm that the cannisters have been removed from the site.
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The Transport Minister says continuing a mask mandate on planes and trains is "a small, minor inconvenience to ask of travelers who are sitting together in a small, tight, enclosed space"
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Lots of protestors have gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Ottawa to protest the war in Ukraine.
They are now going to walk down Laurier on the way to City Hall for more speeches
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Today a friend got a $110 ticket at Bank and Lisgar for stopping in a no stop zone.
A couple block away, trucks have been parked for days without tickets, fuel has been moving freely without the cops stopping it and fireworks have been going off non-stop at night
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A viewer just sent me a longer version of the arrest video from the dress code protest in Orleans today
Tough to see how the Ottawa Police explanation holds up that these “youths” were “trespassing” on the sidewalk, when they just wanted to cross the street and join the protest
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NEW - Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada has expelled a top Indian diplomat over the potential link between the India government and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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Friends, it’s time to check-in on Ottawa’s nightlife!
As I reported yesterday, Ottawa’s second hottest club, Wellington St, was undergoing renos but they’ve gone bigger than I could imagine
They’ve added a massive big screen behind the DJ, to accompany the VIP deck
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In Feb. 2021, LPC MP Han Dong allegedly advised China’s Consul General in Toronto that Beijing should hold off on immediately freeing the two Michaels because he believed their release would benefit the CPC, as per 2 independent national security sources who spoke with
@samcooper
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It’s a tad rich of Senator MacDonald who makes $160k per year, has a guaranteed job til 75, is unaccountable to no one and works in an institution that sits for less than a 100 days a year to criticize people working 20 hours a week making $100k (don’t know who these people…)
Conservative senator derides Ottawa residents unhappy with protests for their entitlement, “six-figure salaries and 20-hour work weeks.”
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At Queen and Metcalfe, a pickup truck with Alberta plates towing a camper, just got turned away by police, when they tried to go on to a street that is closed.
For folks who don’t know Ottawa, this is two blocks from Parliament
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Conservative Interim Leader Candice Bergen excuses Government House Leader Mark Holland of “mansplaining” when he points out that even if the trucking vaccine mandate was lifted in Canada, the US still has a reciprocal mandate in place
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Yesterday, Doug Ford said PMJT didn’t tell the Premiers they couldn’t spend the new health care cash with for-profit deals
In QP, PMJT says the 1st thing he told the Premiers was they need to support the public system and federal dollars have to abide by the Canada Health Act
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The Conservative opposition motion to end COVID-19 restrictions for travel just failed in the House.
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117 Yes - CPC MPs
202 No - Liberal, NDP, Bloc and Green MPs
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.
@glen_mcgregor
- You say you want to be transparent, I find it astounding that you can't answer a basic question about whether you hired (Warren Kinsella) or not. What is the great privacy or secrecy about this?
Here is Scheer's answer
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@ctvnews
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PSAC set up a hot dog stand right outside the PMO, to feed the Parliament Hill picket line.
Ottawa By-law came and gave them three $615 tickets
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Justin Trudeau arrives for Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton Flats. Crowd was happy to see him. No protesters that I could hear in the crowd
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We’ve got our first confederate flag of the day here on Parliament Hill
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#ottnews
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Tamara Lich is staying in jail.
It has been found she breached her bail conditions and that is necessary for her to be detained to restore the confidence in the administration of justice
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Speaking for the first time since a Ukrainian Nazi Veteran was appalled during the Zelensky speech, Justin Trudeau says “this is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians,” adding it is “extremely upsetting that this happened”
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Now that Telford is set to testify at PROC, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says the CPC oppo motion is useless, which he adds “is on brand for a party that is pretty useless”
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Last night our team reviewed the tape from the Convoy meeting on Parliament Hill yesterday and we counted that nearly 20% of the Conservative caucus attended.
We’ve got the details and the names of the Conservative MPs who attended below
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BREAKING – Justice Paul says the government met the threshold to bring in the Emergencies Act
“There was credible and compelling evidence supporting both subjective and objective reasonable belief in the existence of a public order emergency."
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The
#TruckersConvoy2022
organizers just had a press conference. Tamara Lich said the protestors plan to stay in Ottawa a long as it takes to remove all covid mandates.
#cdnpoli
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The Ottawa Police are mad at counter-protests who are upset that the convoy is back in Ottawa today.
A tad rich, coming from the police force that basically didn’t enforce the law in downtown Ottawa from January 28th to February 18th
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#ottnews
We are ensuring the safe movement of a convoy that originated in Quebec and are travelling through Ottawa en route to Vankleek Hill. Counter-protests are hindering the safe flow of traffic and putting public safety at risk.
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The Peace Tower is once again blue and yellow tonight for Ukraine 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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Despite the rain in Victoria, Green Party Leader
@ElizabethMay
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@kidderjohn
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CPC Interim Leader Candice Bergen now wants to the protests to end.
“I believe the time has come for you to take down the barricades, stop the disruptive action and come together. The economy you want to see re-opened, is hurting … I believe this is not what you want to do.”
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Police are now smashing truck windows as they push forward
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In QP, Government House Leader Mark Holland says the Privy Council offered CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre a briefing on electoral interference and he declined it.
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So GiveSendGo, the site raising money for the convoy, got hacked.
The hackers posted this video, addressed to “GiveSendGo Grifters and Hatriots” with the Frozen song in the background
They also posted what they allege to be all the info on who donated and how much
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The Rideau Centre has been closed in Ottawa because
#TruckerConvoy2022
protesters went into the mall and didn’t want to wear masks.
Ottawa Police is helping Rideau Centre management and security with their decision to close the mall due to crowds.
#ottnews
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The
#TruckerConvoy2022
protesters harassed staff at an Ottawa homeless shelter for food today and staff had to give them food to get them to leave.
Ottawa has a sizeable homeless population, not enough shelter spaces and it was -30 today.
#ottnews
#cdnpoli
@_rkgg
Hi everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention. Earlier today, our staff and volunteers experienced harassment from convoy protestors seeking meals from our soup kitchen. The individuals were given meals to diffuse the conflict. Management was then informed of the (1/2)
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Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says PMJT let his feelings and emotions go when he spoke about the
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yesterday and the comments didn’t help end the crisis.
Blanchet says he was hoping Trudeau would try and be a statesman
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Elizabeth May gave Joe Biden a
@Peacebychoco
chocolate bar when she met him.
Biden gives it to Trudeau when Biden sign a book, who then gives it to someone else.
But when Biden is about to leave, he asks for it back!
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CPC Finance Critic Dan Albas is not a fan of Chrystia Freeland’s speech on inflation today, saying Freeland is lecturing Canadians from a podium in Toronto at a $1000 a plate lunch.
He adds that nothing she says today will help Canadians immediately
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“In a complicated world her steady grace and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all. Canada is in mourning. She was one of my favourite people in the world and I will miss her so.” - Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
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BREAKING - GoFundMe says no further funds from the Trucker Convoy GoFundMe will be released, citing reports “that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity.”
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The City of Ottawa are having a press conference now on the expected Canada Day protests.
Mayor Jim Watson says there "aren't going to be warnings and second chances" for protestors who break the law
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