[Ike Bana]

I've known plenty of big rig truckers...all those early years in as a plant managerand shipping manager in chemical factories and on the loading docks. I liked some of them, some were OK, and some were annoying at best. So, in my experience, it's no surprise that among the ranks of truckers there would be plenty of alt-right, anti-vaxx assholes more than willing to fuck up everybody else's life to get whatever it is they might want at the moment.

So...as in this country, the federal government has no authority over CDL or whatever they call trucker licensure in Canada. It's all under the control of the individual Provincial government licensure authorities. And what the Provincial leadership has the authority to do is tell these economic terrorists that they have 12 hours to move their equipment off this stretch of road. And if they don't, they won't be scolded, they won't be fined, they won't be laid off for two weeks...the Provincial licensure athorities will revoke their licenses to operate permanently...no appeal...no renewal ever. So...how many DeSantis/Abbott types are the provincial bosses...who can say? But this is happening in Ontario, and as far as I know the "Progressive Conservative" party led by Doug Ford is not going to risk their political standing by cracking down on alt-right, anti-vaxxer truck drivers. DeSantis/Abbott in spades.

As far as the Canadian people are concerned, polls taken in the last three days report that although 46% of Canadians are "sympathetic to truck driver's complaints", that 2/3 of Canadians oppose the convoy blockade and want it ended immediately. Will that make a difference to Doug Ford and the PC's in Ontario...if the people in Ontario are anything like the people in this country...it won't make a shit bit of difference.