Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. ~Benjamin Franklin
To justify vicious state violence against his own people, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau portrayed the nonviolent act of civil disobedience undertaken by the Canadian Truckers’ Freedom Convoy as a societal threat from a fringe minority with “unacceptable views.” In a move copied from the playbook of brutal dictatorships throughout history, Trudeau’s government granted itself the authority to bestow or withhold the very fundamental, God-given human rights which they’ve sworn an oath to uphold and protect. US President Joe Biden telegraphed tacit agreement by his failure to condemn the brutality of the riot police unleashed at Trudeau’s behest.
While Trudeau does what he likes, the leaders of the West remain silent...Canada has metamorphosed into something between a banana republic and a totalitarian regime on our leaders’ watch, and none has raised so much as an eyebrow.~ Neil Oliver
As Canadian citizens gathered in Ottawa, their nation’s capital, to lawfully and peacefully exercise their God-given rights, the Prime Minister assumed a godlike stance: Instead of employing dialogue and the extensive powers already granted to the Canadian government to address the legitimate grievances of the truckers and their supporters, he invoked The Emergencies Act. Formerly known as the War Measures Act, its passage effectively declared war on ordinary citizens, granting the Canadian government permission to suspend democracy and due process, seize both personal bank accounts and donated funds, and cruelly deploy a militarized show of force that terrorized the truckers into withdrawing.
Shocking live footage from Ottawa revealed the recklessness and ruthlessness with which protesters were dispersed by warriors without badge numbers or name tags. Rows of militarized men with clubs and assault weapons relentlessly pushed into rows of unarmed human beings. Tear gas and rubber bullets were deployed to intimidate and disorient people as the Canadian mounted police swept aside the crowd with sheer horse power, indifferent to the cries of people crushed or trampled in their wake.
Freedom Convoy Press Conference Feb.19, 2020 "Time to regroup and revaluate"
This is one battle in a larger war for our freedoms. This is not a white flag of surrender by any means, at all... Time to regroup and reevaluate what's next for us. ~ Tom Marazzo February 19, 2022.
The Freedom Convoy, portrayed pejoratively in media as an antivax trucker occupation, is in fact an organic, grassroots, working class movement that stands for freedom from intrusive government restrictions imposed on lives and livelihoods since covid. Unable to earn their living on a laptop, these ordinary workers bear the physical and financial brunt of the strict covid restrictions imposed by governments. Praised as essential and heroic by their Prime Minister in the spring of 2020, these truckers are now being demeaned by him as dangerous deplorables. Of the four prominent organizers, three have been arrested and charged with the crime of…wait for it … Mischief. A fourth, Tom Marazzo, has had his bank accounts seized, and all of his credit cards closed, despite being neither charged nor convicted of a crime. He held a press conference on February 19, 2022 where he explained that the truckers’ decision to peacefully withdraw their trucks from Ottawa was to deescalate the violence unleashed by Trudeau’s government:
We were peaceful. They brought the violence. ~ Tom Marazzo.
Who or what is Trudeau protecting with this overwhelming show of force? Surely not the working class citizens braving frigid conditions to demand the restoration of their democracy. Live feed showed people kneeling in the snow to pray while faced with a sea of menacing, unidentifiable riot police hidden behind darkened face shields. By rejecting peaceful dialogue and the democratic process in favor of a fierce government crackdown, Trudeau murdered democracy and declared himself sovereign. By daring to normalize the enactment of emergency powers that cancel civil liberties, he encouraged other repressive leaders in the so-called free world to follow suit.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Clergy Stand With Truckers to Condemn Politicians Who Think They Can Play God
Representative pastors of Christian congregations across Canada are literally standing shoulder to shoulder with the truckers of the Freedom Convoy to demand the immediate restoration of democracy. They criticize Trudeau for his harsh treatment of Canadian citizens and for his stubborn refusal of dialogue, despite their repeated efforts through proper channels.
You have not displayed a brotherly care and love for these honest hard-working people who have tried to peacefully bring their very serious concerns to your attention. Our hope and prayer for you and your government is that you will lift the emergency measures, end these lawless mandates, and enact justice for the people who elected you to that purpose. ~Liberty Coalition, Canada
In an open letter to the Trudeau government, the Christian pastors of Liberty Coalition Canada have expressed their support for the aims of the Canadian truckers and to condemn the Prime Minister in the strongest possible terms for his unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies Act to forcibly abolish the Freedom Convoy protests. They criticize the Canadian government’s indefinite suspension of civil liberties, coercive mandates and interference in the life, freedom and worship of the church:
There is no national emergency and to invoke one to crush peaceful political dissent is a totalitarian act of repression displaying weakness not strength. Your government does not grant people the right to their bodily integrity, the right to work or earn a living, the right to decide for their children or to be with their families or dying loved ones, the right to gather to worship and obey God, the right to travel in their own land or enter and leave. Civil government exists to protect these pre-political and fundamental freedoms, not bestow and remove them as if it can function in the place of God. ~ Liberty Coalition, Canada
As representatives of Christian congregants across Canada, these pastors are urging Trudeau to uphold the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and implore him to meet with representatives of the Freedom Convoy to discuss their legitimate concerns.
The Ottawa protest has presented your government with a wonderful opportunity to meet with and speak to ordinary Canadians lawfully and peaceably requiring the restoration of their constitutional rights. However, in response to their singing, praying, dancing, candy floss, bouncy castles, speeches about the constitution and outpourings of patriotic love for the country, your government has not only refused to meet with these citizens to hear their concerns, you have insulted, denigrated and lied about them, further dividing a hurting and broken nation.~ Liberty Coalition, Canada
Trudeau first ignored, then smeared and finally deployed riot police against the peacefully protesting truckers. He rejected earnest requests for dialogue in favor of mobilizing warlike powers that bypass ordinary democratic processes. These repressive tactics have robbed Canadians of their democratic right to freedom of speech and the right to public assembly. Trudeau’s power grabbing attack on civil society is more likely to spread and intensify than to abate if history is a guide. He has ignored the message of the truckers and the clergy. He refuses to lift the restrictive emergency measures and mandates. He has proven himself to be a dictator by suspending democratic processes and invoking the emergency powers that impose martial law.
Historically, when a would-be dictator has reached this point in the suspension of democratic processes and has sought this level of a power grab, his arrests of the opposition’s leaders, on trumped-up charges, come next. Also arrested at this point are labor leaders, outspoken members of the clergy, and independent journalists and editors. Parliamentarians in Canada also do not seem to understand that “dictator” is no longer rhetorical. A member of Parliament was shushed when he cried out this epithet, but the fact is that this is not a slur at this point. Justin Trudeau is by definition now in fact a dictator. ~ Naomi Wolf
Think it Can’t Happen Here?
In a statement released by the White House, President Biden stressed the need to combat COVID-19 with the full capacity of the federal government:
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health and safety of the Nation. For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, and beginning March 1, 2020, must continue in effect beyond March 1, 2022.
What Will Biden the Self-Proclaimed Uniter Do?
Stay tuned. We will soon find out. The People’s Convoy, a non-partisan, American trucker-led effort supported by a cross-cultural and multi-faith contingent of supporters of truckers and blue-collar workers of the United States will be joined by freedom-loving supporters from all walks of life – frontline doctors, lawyers, first- responders, former military servicemen and women, students, retirees, mothers, fathers and children – on a peaceful and law-abiding transcontinental journey toward the east coast. This convoy is about freedom and unity and is planned to depart from Adelanto Stadium in Southern California on Wednesday, February 22 and arrive in Washington, DC on March 5.
What will Biden do? Please pray for the highest outcome for all of us and study the US Bill of Rights.
To support the truckers, see the routes, or find out more, please visit: www.ThePeoplesConvoy.org This website and the official social media handles are the ONLY source of accurate data about this peaceful, law-abiding convoy – we hope to see America there!
Notes:
https://news.yahoo.com/canadian-clergy-rebuke-trudeau-invoking-000224869.html