Canadian Politics Today

Yes, they hate Trudeau because in large part of the mandate.  That's why you didn't see protesters say, a year ago, or 6 months ago.  Amazing huh?

The lead organizer of the United We Roll convoy says rallies held in Ottawa last week were "100 per cent, unequivocally," a success.

"Bigger than we even expected," said Glen Carritt, who organized the convoy which saw nearly 170 semis and trucks leave Red Deer, Alta., on Feb. 14 bound for the nation's capital where they held rallies over two days on Parliament Hill.

"Because of all the Canadian people we met along the way, right from the day we left … and all the people we saw in Ontario. That's what it was all about, all of those people we saw."

The group has said its chief complaint was that the federal government's energy and environmental policies are hurting Alberta's beleaguered oil and gas sector, but members also protested the Liberal government more broadly, globalism and migration.

The lead driver of a "Freedom Convoy" of trucks that travelled through central Alberta last week is facing assault and mischief charges following an altercation with a motorist, RCMP say.

On Feb. 3, the truckers were travelling from Eckville to Sylvan Lake when Mounties say a pickup truck pulled in front of the lead truck, effectively "blocking the convoy."

Police claim Glen Daniel Carritt, 56, exited the truck he was driving at the head of the convoy, and approached the driver of the pickup before an altercation ensued.

Carritt is a former Innisfail councillor who was defeated in an effort to become the town's mayor in last October's election.

He has been a vocal opponent of COVID-19 measures and was a lead organizer for the 2019 United We Roll truck convoy that trucked to Ottawa.