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Feb 12 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I spoke to folks there. They say because the war memorial had been barricaded, it wasn’t being maintained by the city. They say they wanted to show their respect to the monument by cleaning the ice, snow and debris around it. Couple of videos follow.
Found this couple cleaning the plaque at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
More cleaning up at the War Memorial. Notice the flowers and folks standing around paying homage to it.
I just spoke to these four veterans who are cleaning up the area around the War Memorial and this is what they had to say.

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Feb 13
This was my assessment Jan 29, the first day of the protests. Some folks derided my assessment saying the protests would be very minor and have no impact. But here we are two weeks later...😐
Having spent part of the day and evening y'day at the protests, I was struck by how much more diverse it's become. Many more kids, seniors, people of colour, etc. On a day with an extreme cold warning (again), there were according to some news reports about 4000 people there.
A lot of people have underestimated the commitment of the protestors who've come far and wide. They're outside all day in freezing temps, can't rest up anywhere, can't go into a restaurant and have a hot meal because of the vaccine passport system.
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Feb 13
My adventures from the Wild Wild West aka Ottawa continues.Warmed up by a makeshift fire pit where I found a group of English & French Canadians finding common ground. One said if we’re coming together those guys (the politicians) either doing something right or something wrong.
More depraved stuff from the Ottawa badlands: FIREWORKS.
More disturbing images from Ottawa…I’m literally shaking. Image
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Feb 12
Except in certain settings like event halls, Israelis no longer have to show their Green Passes,which show proof of vaxx or a recent negative test at restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and hotels. If Israel can do this, what's stopping Canadian provinces?
timesofisrael.com/green-pass-cov…
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Feb 12
Things have gotten so bad in Ottawa that I saw some masked young women dancing in one of the main block parties. They took their masks off while dancing. Clearly the virus behaves differently based on different moods.
You think it couldn’t get worse but it did. The crowd erupts into the national anthem.

P.S ran into Ormond Chalmers who I interviewed yesterday, belting out the national anthem. You can see him towards the end of this clip.
The violent protests continue…
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Feb 10
There's a diverse group of truckers and protesters, vaccinated and unvaccinated, and of many different ethnicities and backgrounds, at Freedom Convoy. Their stories haven't been told. I meet some of the people at the protests and try to tell their stories. bariweiss.substack.com/p/what-the-tru…
The piece is so much richer thanks to the powerful and evocative photography by Dan Aponte, @just_dan_thingz bariweiss.substack.com/p/what-the-tru…
Many truckers at FreedomConvoy are vaccinated but oppose the mandates.Protestors are a mix of vaxxed and unvaxxed and not all of the unvaxxed are anti-vaxxers.They've taken other vaccines.Their problem is with the COVID19 vaccine,the circumstances of its rollout and the mandates.
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Feb 8
Placards outside Parliament from where @JustinTrudeau and his minority government (which lost the plurality vote) rule the country on a day when he doubles down demonizing a peaceful protest. The contrast couldn't be starker.
Anyway more tales from the badlands...saw a young convoy supporter go up to a senior citizen counter protestor carrying a Go Home sign. He said "I know we disagree with each other but I respect your opinion and thank you for being here."Terrible what's happening to today's youth.
Kids playing after two blissful years of restrictions and lockdowns that kept them mostly at home. They were smiling, laughing and being kids while ignoring their parents. None of this makes any sense to me but then again I'm close to giving up on today's kids. Hopeless.
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