One of the most humanity affirming things I’ve ever done. I’ve never experienced so much fellowship and what it feels like when good people get behind a truth and justice. To walk around and freely insert yourself into conversations with any group, and instantly find yourself surrounded by brothers and sisters of the same mind. It really was electric. A buddy and I plastered his black crew cab with bright orange signage and two tall masts with Canadian flags, and we did a 5 dayer. One night on the worst roads and freezing rain imaginable doing 30km/h on the Deerfoot to get down, three nights freezing our asses off in the truck, then a nicer cruise home. At least 10 locals back home who wanted to go but couldn’t gave us enough cash before we left that it covered all of our food and fuel for the trip. I was so fired up after that experience I grabbed another buddy 3-4 weeks later and we drove to Ottawa. It took us 48 hours in even worse driving conditions over a three day period to get there, and we arrived right on the grounds of parliament just as the UN goons and the RCMP started cracking heads. We ended up spending most of the time at a trucker camp west of Ottawa in Arnprior. So many good people. That whole trip, including a super sketchy hotel and shower stop in downtown Saskatoon, all of our fuel and food, and a couple hole in the wall motel nights in Arnprior were all crowdfunded by people that reached out to us back home. One lady from the hospital gave us $800 because she couldn’t go herself. Others, a couple hundred or more. It was really touching and we were so humbled.
It is energy like I saw in Coutts and Ottawa that makes me think we may have a shot at Alberta separation. I’m cautiously optimistic however, based on the demographic in our two largest cities. And the dirty pool tactics that the media and the government will no doubt be coordinating against us. Just in case it needs to be said (and it doesn’t in present company), CBC, Global, CTV and any radio station owned by Standard Radio are not your friends. They were our biggest enemies during the protests. Same goes for the algo-driven social media platforms.
