A group of local truck drivers are setting off for Ottawa today (Friday) to join a protest against quarantine requirements for unvaccinated truckers.
The federal government now requires drivers returning to Canada from the United States who are not fully vaccinated to quarantine. The United States government also requires truckers to be vaccinated to enter the country.
A group calling itself the Grey Bruce Freedom Fighters is promoting local participation in the convoy that is traveling across the country. That particular group has held anti-lockdown, anti mandatory vaccination and anti vaccine passport protests throughout the region over the past several months.
Local truckers are set to depart from the MTO pulloff at Highway 6 & 10 on the south end of Owen Sound on Friday at 9 a.m. then it will go through Chatsworth and Flesherton on the way to Ottawa.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance has spoken out against the convoy of trucks heading from all over the country to the nation’s capital.
The Alliance said in a statement last Saturday, “The vast majority of the Canadian trucking industry is vaccinated with the overall industry vaccination rate among truck drivers closely mirroring that of the general public.”
It adds, “The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways, and bridges. CTA believes such actions – especially those that interfere with public safety – are not how disagreements with government policies should be expressed. Members of the trucking industry who want to publicly express displeasure over government policies can choose to hold an organized, lawful event on Parliament Hill or contact their local MP. What is not acceptable is disrupting the motoring public on highways and commerce at the border.”
