The world is watching the ongoing standoff between a grassroots movement of Canadian truckers and their government oppressors in the nation’s capital of Ottawa. Freedom Convoy 2022 arrived on January 29 after a week-long trek from British Columbia’s Pacific coast, to demand medical freedom. Others who could not join the cross-country journey are blocking major U.S./Canada border crossings, such as that on Highway 4 in Alberta near the town of Coutts, with the help of area farmers and residents. The truckers vow they will stay until their government removes all Covid restrictions. Author and podcast host Sheila Zilinsky has been a major player in the trucker movement and helped kick it off. Inspired with the idea by her trucker father, she continues to help the freedom fighters despite persecution from government authorities. Listen as she tells The New American her fascinating story and provides updates from the trenches.
