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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Usaid Siddiqui

Canada border blockades, protests ‘nothing to do with trucking’

A vast majority of Canadian truckers, approximately 90 percent according to the government and an industry group, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 [File: Chris Helgren/Reuters]

Toronto, Canada – As Canada strengthens its push to disperse so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters after weeks in the capital Ottawa, trucker Lovepreet Singh Gill says he never had an interest in participating.

While the convoy was billed as a response to mandatory vaccinations for truck drivers crossing the border with the United States, Gill says there are “major issues” in the trucking industry, such as unpaid wages and exploitation of foreign workers, that warrant more attention.

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