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Federal Conservatives reverse course on supporting trucker blockades, call for an end to all barricades
The federal Conservatives are reversing course and for the first time on Thursday called for the blockades to end, as the crisis at border crossings grew ever bigger with a third blockade now at a border crossing in Manitoba, in addition to those in Alberta and Ontario.
“I am asking you to take down the blockades,†Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen said in the House of Commons Thursday morning. “It’s time to remove the barricades and the trucks, for the sake of the economy.â€
Before her election as interim leader, Ms. Bergen last week met with protesters blockading downtown Ottawa, calling them “passionate, patriotic and peaceful.†Since taking on her new post, she has called on Mr. Trudeau to extend an “olive branch†to the demonstrators and meet with them.
Federal Conservatives reverse course on supporting trucker blockades, call for an end to all barricades
The federal Conservatives are reversing course and for the first time on Thursday called for the blockades to end, as the crisis at border crossings grew ever bigger with a third blockade now at a border crossing in Manitoba, in addition to those in Alberta and Ontario.
“I am asking you to take down the blockades,†Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen said in the House of Commons Thursday morning. “It’s time to remove the barricades and the trucks, for the sake of the economy.â€
Before her election as interim leader, Ms. Bergen last week met with protesters blockading downtown Ottawa, calling them “passionate, patriotic and peaceful.†Since taking on her new post, she has called on Mr. Trudeau to extend an “olive branch†to the demonstrators and meet with them.
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