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Serious comment: 1) This is a right-wing/centre-left issue. The Conservatives are looking for a hammer to hit the Minority Liberal government and decided the
by jleyank 5y ago
Serious comment:
1) This is a right-wing/centre-left issue. The Conservatives are looking for a hammer to hit the Minority Liberal government and decided the truckers were it. Most provincial premiers are Conservative or conservative, so they agreed with this approach and sorta disappeared when the truckers appeared. Unfortunately for this plan, the truckers decided to close the border and hurt Ontario (and Canada) pretty significantly. This goaded our premier to wake up and take some steps as he faces an election later this year. They also fear losing supporters to the PPC which is far-right which is one reason they tossed their former leader a few weeks ago.
2) The Bloc, the Federal version of the Quebec separatists, probably could not give two sh*ts about the truckers as they don't represent a problem for Quebec. I feel quite strongly that they welcome any Federal failure as proof that Quebec can go it alone. The LAST thing they ever want is to end up relying on them...
3) The left-centre (Liberals, NDP, Greens) oppose the mob. And it's a minority government propped up by some party voting with the Liberals. While they identified with the Indigenous folks who blockaded stuff just before Covid, they opposed the methodology and result.
So it's quite similar to much of the Western world, with the added spice of the Bloc being present.