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U.S. truckers are reportedly lending their support, both physically and philosophically, to their counterparts in Canada who are protesting overly restrictive coronavirus-related drug mandates.
If Canadian truckers reject the vaccine injection, they face a two-week quarantine — an action that impacts their livelihoods and the economic supply chain.
Multiple U.S. trucking company employees have spoken out about how they have a “sometimes dangerous, often hard” job.
Canadian truck drivers deserve everyone’s respect, they said.
62-year-old John Brubaker of Iowa works as a transportation supervisor for a Tennessee-based trucking company.
“It’s dead wrong for Canadian leaders to use emergency powers to impact these truckers,” he told Fox News Digital in a phone interview.
“It shows no respect for the enormous role truckers play in the economy — and it’s dictatorial.”
“You’ve got to be pretty smart to do that,” he said, referring to how Canadian truckers caught the world’s attention through their blockade.
More on this story via Fox News:
The Ottawa border protests began several weeks ago when truckers decided to take a stand and oppose Canada’s new rule requiring them to be fully vaccinated against COVID…
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau invoked that country’s Emergencies Act, a rare move that gives that government temporary powers to deal with the border blockades, including using tough legal and financial measures against participating truckers.
On Tuesday, Peter Sloly, Ottawa’s police chief, resigned after criticism for failing to disrupt the “Freedom Convoy.”
Brubaker believes truckers in the U.S. would protest, too, if they were denied their freedoms.
“We live under enough rules in our industry, and we don’t want to be pushed too far,” he told Fox News Digital. “Trudeau is treating these hard-working people trying to earn a living like they’re juveniles who need to be told how to be safe,” he added.
Calling the truckers “very skilled, highly trained professionals,” Brubaker said they are the ones to know best how to take care of themselves and their families, “including their own health and safety while at work.”
— Advertisement — “The truckers just want to be heard.”
