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Source on 300M in damages? Is this real damage or "opportunity cost"?

• bryanlarsen 5y ago
  Thousands of people were out of work for most of a month. For example, the Rideau Centre, which employs 1500, was shut down. Thousands of people had to move out of their homes because they couldn't sleep with the continuous honking. One idiot even brought a train horn. And that was just Ottawa. The ambassador bridge shutdown was much worse. For instance, Ford shut down an Ohio plant employing 1600 due to lack of parts made in Canada.
  • pseudo0 5y ago
    Were businesses pressured to close by the city and the police because people were allegedly flouting mask mandates, or to deny the protestors food, water, heat, and washrooms in -20 Celsius weather? The business closures advised by the city and police certainly furthered their war of attrition against the protestors, despite the lack of evidence of any real threat. On the contrary, a number of small businesses remained open during the protests and experienced relatively few disruptions. The border protests were certainly more economically disruptive, and it's remarkable that it took days to clear out a handful of vehicles.
    • iudqnolq 5y ago
      It's fundamentally non-serious to claim the protestors were following all applicable mask mandates. You're the first person I've seen to claim that. Take a look at any picture in the news, or that the protestors have posted.
      • pseudo0 5y ago
        I'm sure some people were ignoring the mask mandates. My point though was that it's fundamentally non-serious to claim that is sufficient reason to shut down blocks of businesses for weeks during a non-violent protest. I find the alternative explanation, that it was a tactical move to starve the protestors out, far more compelling.
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