It is understandable that the Canadian government would like to end the trucker blockade, although there is a difference between a blockade on the border and in the capital, Ottawa. The latter may be a nuisance to many – perhaps not just left-liberal – citizens. But the border blockade is of great economic importance.
The police left no stone unturned to clear the Ambassador Bridge on the Ontario border. The border crossing into the village of Coutts in the province of Alberta is also free again. When asked, the mayor said that there is no cleaning work. It is only in Ottawa that something has been achieved that has not been achieved so far. Police officers showed solidarity with the protesting truck drivers – even as they said goodbye warmly at the couts. Meanwhile, critics speak of the cost of the millions that this blockade alone caused in the western province of Alberta. Is this an exaggeration? In any case, the debate is highly ideological.
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If one can understand the goals of the rulers, some chosen means become more ambiguous and repeatedly prove their inability to communicate. Rather, the Canadian “Covid Surveillance State” relies on pressure, freezing accounts (ie forfeitures for a limited period of time). Added to this have been – as if by magic – data leaks and the publication of personal data by journalists and other collaborators.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also appears to lack intellectual prowess, as he speaks relatively indifferently about the fact that the blockade “hurts” many Canadians—somehow from pain-trauma-stricken rhetoric. Related to what waking prime ministers like to use there are the strokes of luck used.
Quebec Institute of Health: Vaccination certificates had no effect
But what about the other segment of the population – who, like many police officers – represent the protests? Let’s recap: In October, Justin Trudeau and his deputy Chrystia Freeland — together again — announced mandatory vaccinations for transportation workers. For Canadian truckers, this meant that the borders of the United States were finally re-open to them after months of isolation, but they could not cross them without a valid vaccination card entry. The optionally required quarantine of 14 days after re-entering Canada is likely to blow up each freight forwarder’s operating accounts.
Meanwhile, the Quebec Provincial Institute of Health found that there was no evidence that the lockdown and/or vaccination certificates were effective in fighting the disease. Incidentally, 90 percent of Canada’s population is considered “vaccinated against Covid.” Hence one cannot fully understand the extent of anxiety. In some cases, the political views of “left-liberal” circles – not just in Canada – seem to border on frenzy.
Events around the last Valentine’s Day in Canada show that those in power in a narrow sense are not alone with this attitude. Rather, some citizens support politicians and give them back. And over the past few days, the limit has been crossed that it is just rattle.
Doxxing: the modern online pillar at the heart of democracy
Various users are now posting the full list of donors for the trucker movement on Twitter. The complete catalog with over 92,000 entries (!) is now freely available. Any resourceful person can download it. The practice of publishing private data is called doxing, but you can probably more successfully Germanize it as an online column. Readers are encouraged to draw their own conclusions from the information provided. It is not accidental who it kills – as can be seen at the end of this lesson.
The list includes not only the names of donors, but also their e-mail addresses, the amount donated and messages some donors have sent to truck drivers. These are donations that were transferred through the GiveSendGo portal after another portal (GoFundMe) stopped transferring donations. Reportedly, GoFundMe donations were not paid for but were used for other campaigns. Despite this, many donors have doubled their donations to GiveSendGo. The list of hacked donors circulated in journalistic circles over the weekend.
However, most of these charities are – as their numbers suggest – small charities ranging from $5 to $100. Donors associated with a company aroused special interest. But the responses were again divided: Some swore by the brands and businesses mentioned, others now knew which provider they would chance in the future. Some assumptions are based only on names, which opens the door to speculation. The same happened with David Tea, the popular tea brand founded by David Segal. His wife, psychologist Emily Segal, thanked the truck drivers for their protest and made a medium-sized donation.
Threatened bricks on shop windows – intimidation
Some users felt asked to “educate” citizens about local business people – for example in the metropolis of Toronto – in the form of a list. The blasphemous character of such lists cannot escape any observer and this gives the impression that their publication may also be punishable. Some people still feel some doubt about whether this kind of behavior is allowed. Some Twitter accounts have already been changed to “private,” indicating a headwind.
Tammy Giuliani’s example shows that businessmen in Ottawa were not completely opposed to the truck driver’s protest. The owner of two Ottawa ice cream parlors donated $250 to the protest on February 5. Today she regrets the donation as she had to close her cafe in the meantime. His employees had to call and threatened to break bricks in the windows of the shop.
Giuliani also initially donated $100 through GoFundMe, which never came, but was never returned. In your message to the truckers She wrote in early February: “I’m donating $250 this time and I’m bringing groceries to the truckers every day. Thank you for continuing to fight for Canadians across the country.” The trucker’s “grassroots movement” was exactly what she had been waiting for. Truck drivers sent a “message of solidarity”. Today Giuliani considers it a wrong decision (if it is not part of her crisis communication), but she still cannot accept the lynchings of her opponents.
The Man Who Hacked GivesendGo: Half Antifa, Half 3 Letters Agency
Reportedly, it is now also clear who hacked the GivesendGo platform. According to statements that seem plausible, it is Aubrey Cottle, also known by the username “Kirtner”, who recently Appeared in a CNN report, After hacking the US website Epic, Joe Cottle says it served the most right-wing and “internal extremists”. He tries to put a similar label on the Canadian trucker’s protest.
Others say that he was by no means a “founder” of Anonymous and was expelled from the movement after he began working for “3 letter agencies”. In his reaction to the revelation, Cottle seems happy, to say the least. According to his statements, he also hacked gab, parlor and other sites.
The picture that appeared after the GivesendGo site was hacked also seemed somehow closer to the government: “GivesendGo is now frozen!” It also includes a picture from the Disney movie of the same name. A day later, Justin Trudeau announced that he would freeze trucker and supporter accounts. Cottle’s connections, which open up in the thread mentioned, delve deeper into the leftist radical antifa milieu.
Here too, as in the case of journalist Emma Best, proximity to US federal authorities (such as the CIA) is not disputed, but proudly emphasized. Cottle himself also seems to stand out for his heartfelt language: he loves the N-word and makes funny jokes about “the Jew and his duties” (“Kill civilians…cry for the Holocaust”).
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