Thursday, February 03, 2022
Political Mayhem Thursday: Canada Chaos!
Canada has handled the pandemic better than we Americans, with lower death and infection rates and higher rates of vaccination. That doesn't mean all is well north of the border, though.
Protesters against vaccine and mask mandates, some of them in long-haul trucks, have been creating mayhem in and around the capital city of Ottawa. They have blocked the border crossing with the US, taken over some streets, desecrated monuments, and apparently even swiped food from a homeless shelter. And it's not just in Ottawa-- out west, the northern terminus of I-15 in Montana comes to an abrupt halt, as truckers have blocked the entry into Canada.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Trudeau has COVID, and is confined at home.
In many nations, it seems there is a vocal minority for whom the biggest issue is resistance to public health measure. Someday, a good sociological study of all this will done, but for now we just have to wonder....
