Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing heat for not meeting with the Freedom Convoy organizers and truckers who are currently protesting against COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa near Parliament Hill.

In an emergency debate on Monday, Trudeau said that “this pandemic has sucked” and that everyone is tired of COVID-19 restrictions but that Canadians chose vaccines as the way to fight the pandemic.

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