As Truck Horns Shriek
Protesters stand between truckers and police, singing the national anthem.
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Tomorrow is Canada Day. Our country’s national anthem talks about standing ‘on guard’ with ‘true patriot love’ for our ‘glorious and free’ nation.
Above is a video recorded on Friday, February 18th. That’s the day police horses trampled an indigenous woman, sending her to hospital with a broken collarbone.
The video shows a small group of protesters - women and men, French and English-speaking, younger and older - supporting the truckers arm-in-arm. Several people are recording events with their mobile phones.
Behind the police are military-looking vehicles. As the police line advances, protesters defiantly sing the national anthem. A few approach the officers and attempt to speak to them. A man repeatedly urges those in the vicinity to form a line - and to hold that line.
Truck horns shriek in distress.
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This is what Canada looks like in 2022. Many reasons to be alarmed. But many reasons to feel optimistic.