{"id":18383,"date":"2022-01-24T03:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=18383"},"modified":"2022-01-24T03:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:20:35","slug":"keep-on-trucking-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=18383","title":{"rendered":"keep on trucking&#8230;or not&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/01\/23\/canadian-trucking-alliance-condemns-protests-by-unvaccinated-truckers-4\/#.Ye4DmcSvCEO.twitter\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/01\/23\/canadian-trucking-alliance-condemns-protests-by-unvaccinated-truckers-4\/#.Ye4DmcSvCEO.twitter\">https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/01\/23\/canadian-trucking-alliance-condemns-protests-by-unvaccinated-truckers-4\/#.Ye4DmcSvCEO.twitter<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The Canadian Trucking Alliance does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways, and bridges.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><p>The CTA believes such actions \u2013 especially those that interfere with public safety \u2013 are not how disagreements with government policies should be expressed.<\/p><p>The &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of Canadian trucking industry members are vaccinated, the alliance said, noting the immunization rate among truck drivers is on par with that seen among the general public.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/news-source\/cp\/\"> <\/a>The Canadian Press\u2014 Jan 23 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 A federation representing truckers across Canada has denounced a series of planned protests against the federal government&#8217;s cross-border travel vaccine mandate, arguing such demonstrations aren&#8217;t a safe or effective way of resisting the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Trucking Alliance spoke out against the pending protests in a statement issued 24 hours before a convoy of unvaccinated truckers was set to leave British Columbia en route to Ottawa. They will be joined by fleets of other drivers from across Canada in the Nation&#8217;s capital on Jan. 29, where they plan to hold a rally decrying policies that require drivers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to cross the Canada-U.S. border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Canadian Trucking Alliance does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways, and bridges,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;CTA believes such actions \u2013 especially those that interfere with public safety \u2013 are not how disagreements with government policies should be expressed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The &#8220;vast majority&#8221; of Canadian trucking industry members are vaccinated<\/strong>, the alliance said, noting the immunization rate among truck drivers is on par with that seen among the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18393\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm-1200x852.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-some-truckers.protest-pxm.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18391\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/trucker-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-trucker-alliance-statement.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18394\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-trucker-alliance-statement.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-trucker-alliance-statement-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Court-Painter-trucker-alliance-statement-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/01\/23\/canadian-trucking-alliance-condemns-protests-by-unvaccinated-truckers-4\/#.Ye4DmcSvCEO.twitter &#8220;The Canadian Trucking Alliance does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways, and bridges.\u201d&nbsp; The CTA believes such actions \u2013 especially those that interfere with public safety \u2013 are not how disagreements with government policies should be expressed. 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