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Originally Posted by jayswin

Could you provide the full context of that Trudeau quote, please? At what point was this statement made? Was it days/weeks after any country in the world would have made arrests/shut down protests due the protest crippling a city/economy/border? Or was it made on day 1?

So context was this was the same day as Biden called Trudeau and he came out with some very strong language that the Federal government was at the end of allowing this to go on, and were about to impose some real consequences if it continued. His focus on this quote was to separate those protesting Covid restrictions from the convidiots and give those people peacefully protesting a chance to go home before the crack down. It was a recognition that many people were there with very real concerns and had a very real right to protest and he didn't want them to get caught up in the crackdown against those who turned a protest into an occupation.

The comparison to China is an unfair characterization, because he believed that the people peacefully protesting Covid had a right to be there. And he acknowledged them and that they had been heard. He wasn't trying to stifle their protest, he was trying to protect them against the measures about to be placed to deal with the blockade.

"I want to make something very clear. The illegal blockades seeking to take our neighborhoods and economy hostage and the collective Covid fatigue we are facing are two very separate things. If you joined the protests because you are tired of Covid, you now need to understand, you are breaking laws. The consequences are becoming more and more severe. You don't want to end up losing your license ... we've heard your frustration with Covid, with the measures there to keep people safe, we've heard you. It's time to go home now."

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