Like the Biggest Rock Concert, Down the Main Highway of Canada
Alberta podcaster who traveled with the trucker convoy says it restored his faith in humanity.
Shaun Newman is a podcaster based in Lloydminister, Alberta. He’s a former Junior A hockey player, and the father of three young children. Shortly after the convoy passed through his part of the country, he and his sister jumped in a vehicle, drove through the night, and caught up to it. He wanted, he said, to see it “with my own eyes.”
Shaun was interviewed by Anita Krishna on Friday, Jan. 28th, some hours before the Western arm of the convoy reached Ottawa. When asked what he’d observed along the way, he replies:
Well, I would say this. It’s restored my faith in humanity. It’s like a Bob Marley song. It’s love. Hope. Peace. Unity. The people in the convoy are amazing…
He talks about passing through Blind River, Ontario - population 3,500:
The amount of people out supporting [the truckers], and the group of people that are in it, it’s…moving. It’s emotional. Everybody can feel that.
When asked what he expects will happen once the convoy arrives in Ottawa, Shaun says:
I’m assuming we’re going to see the exact same thing we’ve seen across all of Canada - and that’s the people. The people have been coming out, you know…Winnipeg is a real big one. It’s minus 40 and there is thousands upon thousands of people standing out in minus 40 with their children, with their grandparents, with their parents. And everybody is just so excited.
I try and explain it in the sense that it’s like the biggest rock concert you’ve ever gone to all down the main highway of Canada. People [on] every corner. You can’t go a mile without seeing people on the side of the highway cheering you on.
I’ve never seen so many Canadian flags in my life. It is such a powerful movement…Everybody just wants their freedom back. That’s it. This isn’t anything more than that. It’s about freedom.