Thread by @invigilator4

This is the most insidious part of the whole thing. The act was declared Feb 15th. They created a new set of rules and are retroactively punishing people harshly for doing something they had no idea, at the time they donated, was going to grow into something "illegal" 1/

Does anyone know, what date was the protest declared "illegal" by the authorities?
I don't mean what day a politician or police chief Tweeted it
I mean when was any official documentation signed & presented to the public? Or was Feb 15 the 1st time it was declared officially? 2/

Our nation, and every province and territory in it, has an Emergency Broadcast system.
Did anyone receive a message regarding the "National State of Emergency"?
How about Ford's Provincial one?
I know I received them back in 2020 for the pandemic 3/

Are we supposed to believe messages via the MSM, that a majority of the people impacted have made it very clear they don't follow, or Tweets & posts on social media platforms that many of those people have been banned from, are sufficient notice of a national emergency? 4/

When exactly did the official warnings start to extend to donors? There was a lot of mumbling about foreign support, but when were Canadians OFFICIALLY made aware they would face devastating consequences for a $25 donation to a protest? What date? Feb 15th? 5/

How many donations were made before they even arrived in Ottawa? How many before their wheels hit the pavement?
The implications of this for future protests of any kind is massive. Who will donate to a protest that could be deemed illegal & retroactive punishment be ordered? 6/

This incentivizes bad actors
You may think the left approved protesters will be sheltered but I can think of causes that will pay the price for this. ie Israel vs Palestine
They have found a way to silence dissent, conservative messages but all dissent will be stifled 7/

What evidence did CDNs have that all the propaganda is what deemed it "illegal". The MSM told us all kinds of exaggerated tales before the Truckers even left home. Trudeau himself downplayed the convoy even as they sat on his doorstep 8/

When was the first arrest made? I don't mean "in relation to the convoy", I mean of an actual convoy participant?
The Ambassador Bridge holdouts who defied the organizers decision to peacefully leave? Or the Coutts arrest of people for protesting while owning guns ... 9/

and running off at the mouth, but not bringing them to the blockade and who were denounced by the organizers? 10/

My biggest question is, if this "illegal" "siege/insurrection" has sat in Ottawa for 3 weeks without scores of people being arrested and the only court injunction was for a noise bylaw, how are CDNs to believe their donations supporting the protestors where ... 11/

..."Supporting an illegal action" if the local authorities clearly didn't treat it as one?
The only "illegal actions" CDNs (and potential donors) saw enforced for the first two weeks were bylaws. 12/

Ford was off sledding, Trudeau skiing & tucked away watching the Olympics
Take away their angry words and shit-Tweeting at CDNs & not one politician acted like there was a national security issue sitting on the steps of Parliament

Actions speak louder than words 13/

By Feb 15th, the Ambassador Bridge was reopened, the Coutts blockade was in the process of ending with a statement from the organizers it was, in part, as means to formally denounce those arrested & backed by the AB premier's assurance that Fed intervention was not necessary 14/

Multiple provinces denounced the using teh Emergencies Act and stated they could handle their own local protests 15/

So that sends us back to the main Ottawa occupation, (plus BC). Back to what amounts to nothing more than a sit-in. With bouncy castles.
One who's numbers drop as low as 160 people during the week.
One where not one person has attempted to "storm the castle". 16/

This protest has changed Canada.
It gave hope to people who had lost all hope.
It proved what many of us have been saying all along, that our health, our freedoms and our rights are nothing to our government except a political tool for them to manipulate as they please. 17/

And it has changed the world. Along with the hope it has spread to other countries, it had exposed the inhumanity that has taken a deep seated root in our "leaders" and .
It's no longer Left vs Right
This fight is the Givers vs the Takers, the Instigators and the Users 18/

Canadians and people around the world have stood up and said;

We will no longer allow you to be the ones who shake the jar

19/End/
#FreedomConvoyCanada

Addendum:
Upon declaration of the Emergencies Act, the Ottawa Police distributed this flier.
Note that, though they talk of criminal activity, the only actual crime they point to for prior to Feb 15th is "Mischief".
Our country is in a State of Emergency over "Mischief".

A very well written letter sent to Scott Moe by an RN on the front lines.

https://twitter.com/kenny_sherlock/status/1494113175402213377?s=20&t=PZTMl6FNdKhKsjMga7DTHA