“Prohibiting protesters from blockading Highway 104 near the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border.”
QUICK FACTS:
- Nova Scotia has made it illegal to gather alongside the interprovincial highway in support of the ‘Truckers for Freedom Convoy,’ according to True North.
- The Canadian provincial government in the region announced the directive Friday afternoon, claiming that “allowing people to gather in those areas would put themselves and others at risk.”
- Although called a “Highway Blockade Ban” on the government’s press release, and is nominally directed towards “prohibiting protesters from blockading Highway 104 near the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border,” the ban also covers supporters of trucking convoys, True North notes.
- Another section of the ban goes so far as to prohibit “financing” of such activities, the GoFundMe for the freedom convoy reaching at least $7.5 million.
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently claimed the truck convoy represented the views of only a “fringe minority,” despite there being so much support for the movement among Canadians that the government had to issue the ban.
WHAT ELSE THE DIRECTIVE BANS:
“The directive also applies to people who stop or gather alongside Highway 104, the Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border, or at the Cobequid Pass toll area in support of the 2022 Freedom Convoy, the Atlantic Hold the Line event, or others organized to interfere with traffic,” according to the govt. press release.
BACKGROUND:
- According to the government, fines for breaking the law “per incident” can reach $10,000 for individuals and $100,000 for corporations, True North reports.
- “I can’t believe they would do that,” Nova Scotia driver and convoy organizer Martin Brodmann told True North on Friday.
