Freedom Movement Convenes in Ottawa for Two-Year Anniversary of Convoy Protest

Published on February 17, 2024

OTTAWA—Near the two-year anniversary of the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, hundreds of people gathered on Parliament Hill on Feb. 17 to celebrate the original Freedom Convoy and a recent victory in Federal Court. People gather on Parliament Hill for the two-year anniversary of the Freedom Convoy protest, on Feb. 17, 2024. (Matthew Horwood/The Epoch Times) “This is like coming home again. It’s a big family reunion,” said Edward Vachon, who attended the original trucker protest in early 2022. “The spirit that was there two years ago is still here. We still have the same convictions and we’re standing up.”...

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