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University of Toronto protesters dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment after injunction granted

A new chapter has been written regarding how protest encampments come to an end. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an injunction to the University of Toronto on July 2, which provides a justification for police action. University officials gave protesters until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 to…

The Conversation

Crackdown on Freedom Convoy Violated Canadians' Rights, Says Court

Opponents of pandemic restrictions had their day in court and won a victory for open dissent.

Reason

Trials of Canadian, U.S. uprising organizers show the limits of protest rights

The trial has begun for two major leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy that occupied parts of Canada’s capital in early 2022. Two organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation.

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Judge: Canada right to invoke emergency act in truck protest

A public commission says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions last winter

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Policing Their Ranks

Ottawa police officer Kristina Neilson is facing disciplinary proceedings for donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy of truckers who protested the nation's COVID-19 restrictions earlier this year. The department's internal investigators describe the protest as an "illegal occupation."

Reason

The transatlantic network connecting France's 'Freedom Convoy' to Canada

Canadian Alexis Cossette-Trudel, who is suspended from Facebook and Twitter for promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory, had a message he wanted to send from Canada to France.

Reuters

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are driving cross-country to protest vaccine mandates

Lorry drivers dimissed as ‘small fringe minority’ by Justin Trudeau undertake epic journey to demonstrate against loss of federal exemption from inoculation rules

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Hackers froze 'Freedom Convoy' donations gathered by crowdfunding site

GiveSendGo had been raising money for contingent of Canadian truckers who had been opposing vaccine mandates.

Input

Canada's Freedom Convoy Embodies Fatigue with Pandemic Authoritarianism

COVID-19 policies eroded liberty and many people want it back.

Reason

Police fire tear gas as anti-Covid restrictions ‘Freedom Convoy’ enters Paris

Police fired tear gas at demonstrators on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris on Saturday shortly after a "Freedom Convoy" protesting against Covid-19 restrictions made it into the French capital.

France 24

Is a MAGA "Freedom Convoy" coming?

Angry truckers have shut down Ottawa — but their U.S. counterparts dream of bigger things (on social media)

Salon

US urges Canada to end Freedom Convoy truckers’ blockade

Canada’s government should use its federal powers to bring an end to the blockade of truckers in protest of Covid curbs, the Biden administration said.

Evening Standard

Inspired by Ottawa protests, French motorists join ‘Freedom Convoy’ bound for Paris

A French version of Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” hit the roads on Thursday, with hundreds of motorists headed for the capital. Most members oppose France’s vaccine pass, but some see the protest as a continuation of the Yellow Vest movement that rocked the country before the pandemic.

France 24

Tyler Cowen: What happens in Ottawa may not stay in Ottawa

The nationwide truckers’ protest in Canada, known as the “Freedom Convoy” and centered in Ottawa, reflects so many global trends that it’s hard to say what it means. But the movement may well end up as the most consequential story of the year.

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Evening Standard

Canada trucker protest silenced with 10-day injunction to stop honking horns

Freedom Convoy started out as a movement opposing Canada’s vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers but now it has snowballed into a challenge of wider Covid curbs

The Independent UK

Trump says Facebook losing users because of his site ‘Truth Social’, which will welcome banned ‘Freedom Convoy’ truckers

Former president revelled in Facebook’s declining users, saying he welcomes them “with open arms” on his rival platform

Benzinga

Canadian Politician To Musk's Pro-Convoy Stance: 'STFU Elon'

A Canadian legislator has taken umbrage with Elon Musk’s support for the Freedom Convoy movement — to the point of telling the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) chief — who is a Canadian citizen — to “STFU.”

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Canberra via Canada: how the ‘Freedom Convoy’ pulled up outside Parliament House

Another day, another protest movement co-opted by the usual anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine suspects.

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The Independent UK

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are driving cross-country to protest vaccine mandates

Lorry drivers dimissed as ‘small fringe minority’ by Justin Trudeau undertake epic journey to demonstrate against loss of federal exemption from inoculation rules

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