Canada truckers protest - convoys to Ottawa
Discussion
This started last week - thousands of trucks from all over Canada heading in multiple convoys on multiple routes towards Ottawa arriving on Saturday the 29th - "To turn Ottawa into the biggest truck stop in history, and get rid of Trudeau". There are loads of videos on FB showing huge truck convoys with hundreds of people at each town along the way and the highway bridges waving flags and supporting the truckers. Search for Ottawa convoy 2022 or BEARHUG and you will find. One example:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=496900...
Could get interesting!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=496900...
Could get interesting!
Getragdogleg said:
No idea but it's a bad idea to have unhappy truckers, if the trucks stopped in this country we'd have about 2 days before empty shelves, closed factories and fuel run out.
Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
Or, back in the real world, not.Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
iphonedyou said:
Getragdogleg said:
No idea but it's a bad idea to have unhappy truckers, if the trucks stopped in this country we'd have about 2 days before empty shelves, closed factories and fuel run out.
Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
Or, back in the real world, not.Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
How does the food get to the shops ?
Is there some magic spell that protects supply chains from truck strikes ?
Just because we haven't had one doesn't mean if we did it wouldn't be a huge problem.
BabySharkDooDooDooDooDooDoo said:
AJL308 said:
What are they actually protesting against?
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/truckers-heading-to-ottawa-to-protest-vaccine-mandate-1.5752933Getragdogleg said:
Idiot, how did it go with the last fuel shortage when the trucks were running pretty much as usual ?
How does the food get to the shops ?
Is there some magic spell that protects supply chains from truck strikes ?
Just because we haven't had one doesn't mean if we did it wouldn't be a huge problem.
Goodness, we've an angry one here. And so eloquent, so erudite!How does the food get to the shops ?
Is there some magic spell that protects supply chains from truck strikes ?
Just because we haven't had one doesn't mean if we did it wouldn't be a huge problem.
The last time there was a fuel shortage we didn't end up on the brink of civil war, we didn't have the army out and we weren't locked down on account of it.
iphonedyou said:
Goodness, we've an angry one here. And so eloquent, so erudite!
The last time there was a fuel shortage we didn't end up on the brink of civil war, we didn't have the army out and we weren't locked down on account of it.
I could call you worse.The last time there was a fuel shortage we didn't end up on the brink of civil war, we didn't have the army out and we weren't locked down on account of it.
In case you hadn't noticed we haven't had a lorry driver strike in this country so you suggesting that we were ok during the last fuel shortage makes utterly no sense as a discussion point about driver strikes.
If we had driver strikes, proper ones, there would be nothing in the shops and no fuel really quickly, I don't understand why you can't see the reality of this.
NRS said:
Canada seems to have gone more properly crazy about Covid and basically shutting people out of society who aren't jabbed - a lot more than most countries.
Trudeau is a seriously nasty piece of work. I've seen a few Clips of assorted speeches & his hatred (absolutely the correct word) of the "Unvaccinated" (I absolutely loathe this term, we're all the Blo*dy same!) is unapologetically blatant, passionate. Very much like Macron in this respect. He's very much positioning them as an underclass, "undesirables" to be purged, maybe even eliminated. Appears to be very similar to the living hell that is Austria or parts of Australia. Truly awful, genuinely evil, nasty little creature. Justice needs to catch up with him very, very soon. Getragdogleg said:
so you suggesting that we were ok during the last fuel shortage makes utterly no sense as a discussion point about driver strikes.
I can only hit what's put in front of me.Getragdogleg said:
how did it go with the last fuel shortage when the trucks were running pretty much as usual?
iphonedyou said:
Getragdogleg said:
No idea but it's a bad idea to have unhappy truckers, if the trucks stopped in this country we'd have about 2 days before empty shelves, closed factories and fuel run out.
Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
Or, back in the real world, not.Brink of civil war inside 3 days, army out and population lockdown by day 4.
We are 67 million people on this island, and we require vast amounts of fuel, food, and other daily supplies to remain functioning.
Supermarkets receive deliveries on a daily basis, and fuel stations receive deliveries every few days.
If all lorries stopped tomorrow, we would probably run out of food and fuel within 5 days. Then we would be reliant on what food we had in our cupboards at home. For some people that would be no more than a few days, for other people who have more food in the freezer, it could be 2 or 3 weeks.
Then you have bigger problems. If cars and busses have stopped because there is no fuel, then how do all the power station operatives get to work? How do all the water and gas supply operators get to work? Do these stop functioning or run at reduced capacity?
I can easily see how it could be utter chaos, riots, and looting within only a couple of weeks of a total supply chain failure.
iphonedyou said:
Getragdogleg said:
so you suggesting that we were ok during the last fuel shortage makes utterly no sense as a discussion point about driver strikes.
I can only hit what's put in front of me.Getragdogleg said:
how did it go with the last fuel shortage when the trucks were running pretty much as usual?
But, you are now arguing my replies to your original dismissal of my first post and using selective quotes to try and bolster your position as if that's what you were discussing right from the get go.
Your not "hitting" anything, just making yourself look daft.
KR158 said:
NRS said:
Canada seems to have gone more properly crazy about Covid and basically shutting people out of society who aren't jabbed - a lot more than most countries.
Trudeau is a seriously nasty piece of work. I've seen a few Clips of assorted speeches & his hatred (absolutely the correct word) of the "Unvaccinated" (I absolutely loathe this term, we're all the Blo*dy same!) is unapologetically blatant, passionate. Very much like Macron in this respect. He's very much positioning them as an underclass, "undesirables" to be purged, maybe even eliminated. Appears to be very similar to the living hell that is Austria or parts of Australia. Truly awful, genuinely evil, nasty little creature. Justice needs to catch up with him very, very soon. He is behaving just as you would expect one of his ilk to. See also Macron.
Getragdogleg said:
It went badly for many people during the last fuel shortage, so, my point was that if it went badly then (with no driver strikes) how much worse would it be under full strike situation.
But, you are now arguing my replies to your original dismissal of my first post and using selective quotes to try and bolster your position as if that's what you were discussing right from the get go.
Your not "hitting" anything, just making yourself look daft.
You asked me what happened the last time we had a fuel shortage when the trucks were running pretty much as usual, and I answered you. You then told me that discussing the last time we had a fuel shortage 'makes absolutely no sense' - despite literally asking me a question about what happened the last time we had a fuel shortage.But, you are now arguing my replies to your original dismissal of my first post and using selective quotes to try and bolster your position as if that's what you were discussing right from the get go.
Your not "hitting" anything, just making yourself look daft.
But sure, selective quotes and I look daft. Knock yourself out.
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