The Farmers Behind the Truckers

Farm boys with 'big strapping muscles' pay a visit to Ottawa.

Sep 14, 2023

Last month I told you about Martin - the Quebec grain farmer who spent three weeks smuggling fuel to the truckers during their Ottawa protest. How he took a relative’s $5,000 cheque, had fuel delivered to a secret location, and then smuggled it into the city late at night or early in the morning. If you missed it, you can read it here:

Bootlegging Fuel into Ottawa

Donna Laframboise

August 24, 2023

"I was one of the guys who brought the tractors in," says Martin, a Quebec grain farmer whose first language is German. "We got them in at three in the morning," on the second Saturday. "The police have shift change at two o'clock, right. It's kind of a quiet time. We had no flashers, no beacon lights on."

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Having set out to interview the ordinary Joe trucker who took part in the Freedom Convoy, I’m also accumulating a number of stories about farmers. Including this one - The Milk Jug Boys - written a year ago. Every Canadian child deserves to know that this happened:

The Milk Jug Boys

Donna Laframboise

August 17, 2022

For most of the three weeks she protested in Ottawa, Stephanie Pituley slept in a nearby hotel room, rather than in the sleeper compartment of the truck she’d driven from Manitoba. Early in the morning, she’d go down to the truck while daughter Kyra frequently remained behind to complete sch…

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Thank You, Truckers!

Bootlegging Fuel into Ottawa

The Milk Jug Boys

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