As thousands of truckers gathered in Canada’s capital of Ottawa this weekend as part of a “Freedom Convoy,” the Saskatchewan premier wrote a letter thanking them for their commitment to delivering food and goods throughout the pandemic.
In the letter, Premier Scott Moe also called for an end to the vaccination mandates for truckers to cross the Canadian border.
“Because vaccination is not reducing transmission, the current federal border policy for truckers makes no sense,” Moe said. “An unvaccinated trucker does not pose any greater risk of transmission than a vaccinated trucker.”
Moe stated that he is fully vaccinated and believes in the COVID-19 vaccine’s ability to “prevent people from becoming seriously ill.”
He encouraged everyone to get vaccinated but recanted his position on the vaccination mandates, saying they are an economic liability.
“The current federal policy does pose a significant risk to Canada’s economy and to the supply chain in our Saskatchewan communities,” Moe wrote. “This federal policy will increase the cost of living, which is now rising at a rate that is creating significant hardship for many Canadians.”
Because of the hardship, Moe added that the Saskatchewan government would soon end its “proof of negative test/proof of vaccination policy.”
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump also spoke in support of the Canadian truckers’ demonstration during his “Save America” rally in Conroe, Texas, Saturday night.
“[They] are resisting bravely these lawless mandates and doing more to defend American freedom than our own leaders by far, and we want those great Canadian truckers to know that we are with them all the way,” Trump said.
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Moe’s and Trump’s comments come as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were reportedly moved to an undisclosed location amid security concerns at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
