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Many truckers, including young couples from Alberta who had to halt their livelihoods, found themselves forced into impossible choices: comply with mandates or risk losing their jobs and livelihoods. Recognizing their power to disrupt national infrastructure, truckers assembled en masse, blocking key border crossings and roads, to make their voices heard.
Nick underscores truckers' resilience, describing their extensive logistics capabilities—living in rigs equipped with supplies, beds, microwaves, and fridges—ready to endure prolonged protests in icy conditions. Their collective action aims to challenge what they see as violations of the Canadian Charter, asserting that “these are the people who keep the country running.”