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Why are Canadian truckers protesting?
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Why are Canadian truckers protesting?

https://youtu.be/IxxPbFYzIlU After a week-long drive across Canada, a convoy of thousands of trucks has arrived in the national capital Ottawa. The truckers protest involving nearly 16,000 drivers was sparked by a vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the US-Canada border. The truckers are protesting the new measure that would require unvaccinated Canadian truckers crossing the two nations' boundary to quarantine once they've returned home. A coalition of truckers and conservative groups began to organise the cross-country drive that began in western Canada. General public who have grown frustrated with Prime Minister Trudeau's pandemic measures are supporting the truckers. The protesters have said that they will gather and stay put at downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill for at l...