Negative. Don't negotiate with terrorists, they'll just do it again.
If they were protesting without being organized by those associated with the alt-right and had a history of being associated with homegrown terrorist organizations that Canada has identified back in 2020...
Had they peacefully protested without using their horns as a weapon to terrorize citizens living in the area and had Canada not followed through on their statement back in early January that they were going to remove mandates/ease restrictions for the general population...
- The government did in fact remove mandates/ease restrictions as soon as they saw the data that the Covid numbers came down...dramatically down like pouring water on a fire. Yet, truckers refusal to be tested while crossing from one country into another country in a Pandemic...absolutely ridiculous.
Anyways, the organizers' association prevented the truckers from having support from their CTA and the government. Both would have sat down to listen to their concerns as the government did do several months ago with other protesters that were not associated with alt-right or terrorist organizations...
For example, I remember health care workers protesting about mandates. The MPs, mayors, provincial prime ministers sat down and listen to them. The government then put the ball in the court of the hospitals and long-care home facilities owners...there was then an adjustment in the mandate.
Horn honking 24/7, especially throughout the night is
not peaceful protesting...its harassment at the minimum of the citizens that reside in the area and horn honking is therefore being used as a weapon.
No different than home owners filing a complaint against a neighbor allows their car alarm to continue beeping all night long. The police shows up to warn the person to turn off their alarm or fix it...if they don't...the neighbour gets a very expensive ticket. If it continues after that, the auto is then towed away.
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