Looking Northward at the Canadian Truckers

I have been watching the Canadian Trucker's protest with great interest. The truckers realized that they could tie Ottawa in knots by acting together, and did so. The Canadian governments, at a number of levels, have acted in many cases unlawfully, such as stealing truckers fuel, and tying up donations to the truckers through GoFundMe and GiveSendGo. Justin Trudeau has shown himself to be a petty tyrant of the worst kind, both cowardly and at the same time determined to put the boot on the necks of Canadian truckers.

Cliff Nichols has a piece on all this at Townhall.com today asking Is the Canadian goverment starting a civil war? The usual suspects constantly stress that protests must remain peaceful and lawful. Nichols points out that while these are generally good, there comes a point when to do right, one must fight. You never want to be the one to start a fight, but you must be prepared to finish it.

The Premier of Ontario has declared what he calls a “state of emergency” to justify the Canadian government’s removal of the truckers and their trucks from Ottawa.

Others, however, could view his statement to more closely resemble a Declaration of War.

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What are Trudeau and his minions thinking? Why are they willing to unleash possibly lethal force to enforce a diktat on unwilling people that, by all reports is, at best, an ineffective medical experiment. As such, their mandate should more likely be found not only immoral, but unlawful. On this point, Trudeau’s government need go no further than a consideration of the moral, ethical and legal predicates underlying the Nuremburg Code that, in reference to medical experimentation on humans -- like the Covid vaccinations -- provides, in pertinent part: The voluntary consent of the human subject -- i.e. each individual trucker -- is absolutely essential. (emphasis added)

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Of course, the gaping question this leaves for the world to reflect upon yet again is how should the people of any nation be able to define what it is to properly “protest” against the evils of such a regime in defense of one’s unalienable rights?

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If tyrannies throughout history have proven anything, it is that sometimes to achieve success, actions must be taken by those on the side of “good” that necessarily must often fall far short of what may be considered “peaceful.” For instance, consider World War II. To successfully protest the evils of Hitler’s Nazi regime required actions to be taken by U.S. forces that were about as “peaceful” as those that were taken by George Washington to successfully protest the evils practices of the British Crown. Clearly, neither of these stands taken by Americans to “protest” the evil of their day were remotely even “mostly peaceful.” Yet, both are undeniable instances where violence was absolutely necessary and appropriate to defeat the evils presented at those moments in our nation’s history.

In the end, Nichols makes clear that he doesn't think the Canadian government is declaring a civil war...yet. And it is certainly not time for the protestors to resort to violence. But if the government doesn't soon de-escalate the situation, the time for violence might well come.