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Far-Right ‘Save the Children Convoy’ Gathering at Rural Base Camp Outside Ottawa (pressprogress.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by bbbhltz@beehaw.org to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Elliot McDavid, another convoy organizer who made headlines harassing Chrystia Freeland last year, believes the Government of Alberta is colluding with insurance companies to produce child pornography and has claimed children are being “hunted down like animals” and “thrown in a rail car” by “degenerates on horseback.”

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[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, I think I moved away before they existed.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Depending how long ago this was, maybe you mean you moved away before they became so vocal? They only started to be noticed (in the mainstream press) during Harper's time but they were around even before that (particularly supporters of the Reform Party).

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

No way, guess we never heard too much out in the boonies of Nova Scotia. I took off during the Harper years.