I'd like to set the record straight on some of the controversies of which I've been made away at today's freedom convoy rally. Oddly, I've only learned of these things on Twitter now that I'm back at my hotel, because they are genuine outliers.
The adornments on the Terry Fox statue were wrong, and shouldn't be there. Fortunately there doesn't appear to be anything on there that isn't removable. (The pearl-clutching from those backing permanent defacement of statues is cute).
No one should ever treat a war memorial like a parking lot. It looked from the photo like there were two cars, both of which were swiftly removed. Good.
Swastikas. I've learned of two – one being carried around as a flag, another drawn on a Canadian flag. Whatever the motivation, it's despicable.
I'm sure there are others, but it's interesting that these pictures become representative of the whole through some eyes, when on the ground you'd never know about them.
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