Western Standard - February 19, 2022


LIVE: Calgary rally


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In this episode, Cory gives an update on the situation in Ottawa and the protests that are going on all across the country, including one in Calgary, Alberta, and another in Chilliwack, BC.

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00:00:00.000 in calgary i'm cory morgan i just want to give an update to people you know we're watching
00:00:04.740 ottawa we're focused on what's going on there but we want to remind people these rallies and
00:00:09.520 protests are going on all around the country you can see we've got well over a thousand people
00:00:14.340 behind me people are still pouring into this park downtown in calgary right now even if even if
00:00:20.700 things get cleared out in ottawa we can see this is far from done this is not over people are
00:00:25.540 pushing back they're rallying these are going to be happening as far as i could tell and talking
00:00:29.160 to organizers every weekend as the weather gets better as people get more frustrated this is going
00:00:34.720 to keep going justin trudeau can bring in whatever he likes his acts his war measures acts his a
00:00:41.160 version of it it doesn't matter people are going to keep coming out shutting down ottawa is just
00:00:47.160 scattering it i've talked to others i guess there's a rally that got going in drum heller today
00:00:51.160 it sounds like uh people are moving up to edmonton to the legislature today i imagine there's rallies
00:00:56.040 across the country. There was another one at Chilliwack this morning I saw was getting going.
00:01:00.560 The atmosphere is just excellent. There's a lot of police presence there around the outside. There
00:01:05.740 are some horses here, which even kind of surprised me considering how badly that went yesterday in
00:01:10.640 Ottawa as the horses came in and trampled peaceful protesters. There's been no tension between the
00:01:15.740 police and the people here at all, though. Of course, there's not a blockage. This isn't an
00:01:19.520 illegal demonstration yet anyways a lot of families children dogs it's a a good attitude
00:01:27.180 it's not like the one i saw a couple weeks ago though people are still optimistic they're peaceful
00:01:32.240 but there's more anger here this time there's there definitely is people are upset they're not
00:01:37.620 happy with what's been going on in ottawa but uh or in canada in general i mean that's the thing
00:01:44.000 not everybody can get out there but these protests are spreading and and uh it's just great to see
00:01:49.000 people aren't letting go they're not giving up and more and more pouring in as i speak right now
00:01:54.920 uh they're going to be marching around the city in a little while i don't see how this would go
00:02:00.280 poorly at all you know i mean again people saying protests could get out of control or not peaceful
00:02:04.440 well ottawa's uh going differently right now the only way this would go badly was if the police
00:02:09.560 tried to get into anybody's face and they have to their credit been polite so far though standoffish
00:02:14.280 not as jovial as they have been in other protests I've seen.
00:02:18.880 By the way, lots of honking, lots of people, lots of speeches going on.
00:02:22.680 Thousands, I would say, at this point of Calgarians down here,
00:02:26.020 and they're going to start marching soon.
00:02:28.160 We're going to interview some more people.
00:02:29.980 We'll have stuff coming up.
00:02:31.260 And if anything breaks out, we'll go live with it as we go.
00:02:34.640 And look forward to the coverage interviews and pictures in the days to come
00:02:38.920 as these protests keep unfolding.
00:02:40.700 So thanks for tuning in and we will talk to you all later and I'll have the show going live on Tuesday