Juno News - February 12, 2022


What do the truckers think of Ontario's state of emergency？


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

174.53683

Word Count

515

Sentence Count

37


Summary

In response to the protests behind me, as well as the blockade in Windsor, Ontario, Premier Doug Ford declared a provincial state of emergency, which puts the truckers behind me at risk of a fine or even jail time if they continue blocking these roads. So today, I will go and speak to protesters here and get their thoughts on the Premier's announcement.


Transcript

00:00:00.640 Hi, I'm Ili Capet-Nartel here for True North in downtown Ottawa on this Friday evening.
00:00:06.320 The truckers behind me have been blocking Wellington Street for two weeks now,
00:00:10.640 demanding that the federal government and provincial governments and all COVID-19 restrictions and
00:00:15.440 mandates. In response to the protests behind me, as well as the blockade in Windsor, Ontario,
00:00:20.640 Premier Doug Ford declared a provincial state of emergency, which puts the truckers behind me
00:00:25.840 at risk of a fine or even jail time if they continue blocking these roads. So today,
00:00:31.440 I will go and speak to protesters here and get their thoughts on the Premier's announcement.
00:00:36.240 So what do you think of Doug Ford's state of emergency, which, you know,
00:00:38.880 the truckers could be put in jail. They're fined $100,000. I think it's a scare tactic. I mean,
00:00:45.760 they could try, I guess, but I don't think anyone's taking it seriously. I think they're here for the
00:00:51.440 long haul. Too much love out here to be throwing people in prison.
00:01:02.720 This is outrageous. You know, what would you think about it? What do you say? I say that this is
00:01:10.880 wrong. This is basically like crushing the liberty of the individuals. It's just, it's just something
00:01:19.600 that it's kind of childish. They come up with some, you know, random measures, random things that will
00:01:28.880 threaten the guys to leave the place, pretty much. You know, it's a scare tactic. What else can it be?
00:01:34.560 So, but would the people that are here budge? No. They came here very determined. Like, if you come here,
00:01:43.200 look at them. They're, they're not scared. Moi, je pense que le monde se soutienne tellement. On est
00:01:48.880 tellement plein d'amour. C'est tellement un gros mouvement que je pense pas que ça arrive. Je pense pas qu'il y ait des…
00:01:54.480 On demande un débat. Fait que, d'après moi, il va y avoir un débat. On demande pas grand-chose. C'est pas,
00:02:00.160 oui, la baisse de tous les… de toutes les mesures, là. Mais quand même, s'il y a pas ça, on demande juste un débat. Fait que, moi,
00:02:08.480 je pense qu'on va se rendre sans agressivité, sans rien d'autre qu'on va prendre un débat.
00:02:12.720 Is he gonna deal and unlock up every single truck driver in Canada? Does he not have shame? Has he been
00:02:19.600 here? Has he walked with the people? Has he come over here and, and been with the crowd that's here? The
00:02:27.200 nice, wonderful people, the peace and love. Has he been here? That's my question. He should come here
00:02:32.960 direct if he's a man. So, as you saw, the people didn't agree with Doug Ford's decision to
00:02:37.760 enact a state of emergency. A lot of people stated how peaceful and loving this event has been,
00:02:42.160 and I can confirm that that is true. To all the people I spoke tonight, even those who didn't want
00:02:46.480 to be interviewed, I had great conversations. This is really a friendly event with a lot of
00:02:51.840 patriotic Canadians who simply want their freedoms back. So, for True North, Amélie Quentin Nantel.