Greg Wycliffe - February 06, 2022


The Last to Leave Ottawa？ Romanian Trucker Speaks Out!


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Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

152.14507

Word count

1,376

Sentence count

192

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Summary

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In this episode, we have a special guest on the show, Chobo Vaz, who is a Hungarian-born Canadian living in the United States of America. He talks about his experience in the protest in Canada and what it means to be a Canadian.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello, sir. Do you have time or do you have time?
00:00:03.640 Yeah, go for it.
00:00:04.340 All right, great. I am here with...
00:00:06.820 Chobo VZ.
00:00:08.200 And where are you coming from, sir?
00:00:10.140 From Windsor, Ontario.
00:00:11.260 And how long have you been here?
00:00:15.240 Eight days and three hours.
00:00:17.460 Let's go. Let's go.
00:00:19.260 What does this protest, what does this convoy mean to you?
00:00:22.480 What is it all about?
00:00:23.580 What it means to me?
00:00:25.140 Maybe my hope for freedom.
00:00:28.460 I lost my house devastated.
00:00:32.200 I lost my job.
00:00:34.060 I am the only provider in the family.
00:00:38.000 So there is no way back for me.
00:00:42.080 I'm going home glorious like Caesar or in a body bag.
00:00:47.660 Let's go. And I'm sensing an accent.
00:00:50.480 From Romania.
00:00:51.720 I'm born in Romania and my nationality is Hungarian.
00:00:54.660 So I speak two languages and I broke the English.
00:00:58.460 Right.
00:00:59.280 And everything going on, what does it remind you of in this country?
00:01:03.380 Revolution, what we have in Romania.
00:01:05.680 When we take out our dictator, the Ceausescu, if you guys remember that.
00:01:11.500 I don't remember nearly as well as you.
00:01:14.440 When I was 18 and I was hauling an axe on the streets back in Romania.
00:01:20.780 Wow.
00:01:21.600 So how does that compare to Canada?
00:01:23.360 Are we very polite compared to that or what?
00:01:25.360 Well, it's quite a while, but I never felt the way I feel right here.
00:01:32.920 All these people get united.
00:01:35.360 You know, I got to say this.
00:01:37.020 Somebody from Quebec came to me and he said, you know what?
00:01:41.220 I'm from Quebec.
00:01:42.420 And until now, I always said I'm a Quebecian.
00:01:46.520 But now, I become a Canadian.
00:01:50.100 That's beautiful.
00:01:51.180 That's beautiful.
00:01:51.780 So, in one way, we have to say thank you to Justin Trudeau.
00:01:57.400 Because he made this happen.
00:02:00.540 All these people came together.
00:02:03.240 You know, all this love what's on the street.
00:02:06.040 We can thank him.
00:02:07.780 Thanks, Justin Trudeau.
00:02:09.580 Thank you so much for that.
00:02:11.180 You made us all come together.
00:02:12.840 It's beautiful.
00:02:14.120 Do you watch the news in this country?
00:02:17.880 I try to stay away from the fake ones.
00:02:20.720 Yeah.
00:02:22.060 But when I have time, yes.
00:02:24.400 And have you seen how they're covering this protest?
00:02:28.100 Oh, it's like nothing happens here.
00:02:30.120 A couple days ago, the CTV came.
00:02:33.320 And they tried to make pictures from the empty street.
00:02:36.320 And people, they get so mad, they kind of kick them home.
00:02:41.280 That was awesome.
00:02:42.780 Because they didn't turn to see where the real action is.
00:02:47.260 No, they film empty streets.
00:02:49.040 Like, probably say, oh, it's not that bad.
00:02:51.480 Something like that or whatever.
00:02:52.960 I don't know.
00:02:53.960 A little bit dishonest.
00:02:55.400 A little bit.
00:02:55.880 Yes.
00:02:56.440 Not a little bit.
00:02:57.460 Big time.
00:02:58.280 There are people who see these reports.
00:03:00.800 And they actually think it's a bunch of fringe.
00:03:02.880 They actually believe it's a fringe minority.
00:03:04.740 Or that it's like racist.
00:03:06.320 What would you say to people who think that?
00:03:09.040 Man, I have friends from any color.
00:03:12.920 I have Spanish people, Chinese people, all kind of colors.
00:03:18.320 I have lots of friends, and they are great.
00:03:21.880 So there is no racism here.
00:03:24.860 No, not at all.
00:03:25.760 And let's say you were prime minister.
00:03:29.740 No, let's say you're prime minister.
00:03:32.020 Other than ending the mandates, and other than ending restrictions, what would be your number one priority after that?
00:03:38.660 You're prime minister.
00:03:39.280 Okay.
00:03:40.500 I will put some washroom on the street, because there is nothing right now.
00:03:45.700 Okay, that's a joke.
00:03:47.820 No.
00:03:48.000 No.
00:03:48.040 No.
00:03:48.100 No.
00:03:48.160 Well, I will totally end this mandate, okay?
00:03:52.660 I will pack all the vaccine, send them from wherever they came from, and I will say sorry for the previous government, what they did with the people.
00:04:04.520 You know, because they break so many lives, you know?
00:04:08.560 Yeah.
00:04:09.500 So many people, they lost their job, they hope.
00:04:12.540 Yeah.
00:04:12.860 But I hope everything is coming back now.
00:04:16.820 Yeah.
00:04:17.300 You hear that, Trudeau?
00:04:18.480 We would be apologizing for you.
00:04:21.340 I would vote for you, sir.
00:04:23.000 And one last question, one last question.
00:04:26.620 Who is Justin Trudeau's daddy?
00:04:30.080 Castro.
00:04:31.160 Yeah.
00:04:32.480 Yeah.
00:04:32.700 Yeah.
00:04:32.740 They look alike.
00:04:36.700 They definitely look alike.
00:04:39.360 I don't disagree with that.
00:04:41.620 I'm wondering when I'm going to hear him talking Spanish on the TV, other than French and English.
00:04:47.540 That will be nice.
00:04:51.320 And any last things you want to say to Canadians or about the Canadian pride you're feeling right now?
00:04:57.220 Well, I want to tell Canadians to do not lose hope.
00:05:00.460 I came here to Ottawa.
00:05:02.480 I was delivering hope.
00:05:05.480 And I'm going to go back with freedom.
00:05:08.360 So I'm going to have a load back home too.
00:05:11.000 Yeah.
00:05:11.180 Don't lose hope.
00:05:14.240 Don't lose hope.
00:05:15.140 It's already over.
00:05:16.240 Because we are not leaving.
00:05:19.500 No, we are not leaving.
00:05:21.200 And by the way, I'm going to be the very last truck leaving Ottawa.
00:05:25.040 The very last one.
00:05:26.060 And I mean it.
00:05:29.680 Trudeau, Trudeau, just end the mandates. 0.85
00:05:32.800 You know, we can all get home early.
00:05:34.360 Like, that would be great if you just did that for us.
00:05:37.400 That's amazing.
00:05:38.620 You can't eat anything?
00:05:39.780 Like food, drinks?
00:05:41.320 Oh, no.
00:05:41.840 We're great.
00:05:42.440 Have you been getting a lot of donations from people?
00:05:44.560 Oh, yes.
00:05:45.220 I also get money.
00:05:46.320 Man, one day somebody walked to me with 50 bucks and I said, thank you very much.
00:05:51.120 I don't need your money.
00:05:52.000 He said, it's not my money.
00:05:53.860 A stranger gave him $5,000 to spread it to the people.
00:05:59.960 Man, can you believe that?
00:06:01.760 Yeah.
00:06:01.980 There's a lot of big donations and big hearts behind the scenes.
00:06:05.780 Oh, yeah.
00:06:06.480 Yeah.
00:06:07.060 Even an older lady, poorly dressed, came to me with 20 bucks. 1.00
00:06:13.300 I didn't want to accept it, but she didn't want to walk away with those.
00:06:19.220 Wow.
00:06:20.160 Wow.
00:06:20.560 You know.
00:06:21.340 It's so beautiful, everything happening here.
00:06:23.300 I could talk to you all day.
00:06:24.460 Oh, touchy.
00:06:26.340 Same time here, I cried like 978 times already.
00:06:31.180 Come on.
00:06:31.980 900 times?
00:06:33.500 Oh, probably even more.
00:06:36.260 That's beautiful.
00:06:37.040 I wear sometimes my sunglasses just to cover my eyes.
00:06:41.560 Oh, that's a good one.
00:06:42.320 Yeah, it's amazing, man.
00:06:45.580 I never thought Canada can do such things like that.
00:06:49.920 How are the cops treating you?
00:06:52.180 Are they trying to kick you out or what?
00:06:53.840 Well, no, not really.
00:06:55.860 Since I'm here, first night I spent it at the War Museum.
00:07:00.400 In the morning I have to drive through the blockade.
00:07:03.740 Then over there it was another one.
00:07:07.760 I drive through that too.
00:07:09.720 They are okay.
00:07:10.960 They are nice guys.
00:07:11.800 As long as you don't act like a fanatic crazy guy.
00:07:15.040 And you gotta know, a couple days ago, at noon, I was talking with the police officer.
00:07:21.300 And after like a 50 minutes conversation, both of you were crying over there.
00:07:25.860 Both.
00:07:26.180 Both police officers were?
00:07:29.180 The police officer and me.
00:07:31.740 He was lucky because his face mask, you know, his tears stopped right there.
00:07:37.960 But mine was dripping from here.
00:07:42.140 At noon, right there, here in the middle.
00:07:45.060 I went to ask him a question and he was talking, talking.
00:07:48.080 We came to a point, both of us, we were crying.
00:07:53.120 What were you guys crying over?
00:07:55.520 Please, don't make me cry.
00:07:57.180 I don't want to...
00:07:59.900 About the whole thing, the whole movement, the people and...
00:08:04.020 The sense of community.
00:08:05.360 Yes, that's wonderful what's here.
00:08:07.920 You can feel the love in the air, man.
00:08:11.800 I mean it, man.
00:08:15.780 Man, it's something I cannot, you know...
00:08:19.640 With my broken English, I can't even turn it to a word.
00:08:23.020 But it's a great feeling.
00:08:24.700 And I'm glad I'm part of this.
00:08:27.340 Thanks so much for your time, sir.
00:08:28.980 You're welcome.
00:08:29.260 Thank you so much.
00:08:30.860 You can stay warm.
00:08:31.960 We have to go warm up because we're freezing.
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00:08:57.500 You may not know this.
00:08:58.560 You missed Toronto Star.
00:09:00.200 Say again?
00:09:00.860 You missed Toronto Star, man.