Check it Out: Thousands of Canadians protest lockdowns

The riddle goes like this: Imagine you’re stuck in a locked room with no windows, no key, no tools, not even a door. How do you get out? Answer: Stop imagining it.

People living in Toronto and Ottawa are not imagining being under Stage 2 lockdowns since Thanksgiving, followed by more lockdowns enforced for York Region. This resulted in over 4,000 people participating in an anti-lockdown rally at Yonge-Dundas Square. The mainstream media reported the rally included about a hundred people, so it was fitting that one of the signs being carried at the rally said “Practice media distancing; they are lying to you”.

This is taking place in spite of Dr. David Navarro, Director-General of the World Health Organization recently saying “We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus.” He also pointed out the negative consequences caused by lockdowns all over the world, including increased hunger, devastated tourism industries and poverty. Not to mention damage to mental health causing anxiety disorders, depression and suicide.

These are some of the reasons why thousands of medical health experts signed a petition calling for the end of lockdowns. It also caused a police officer in Quebec to resign from the police force, ending his 12-year long career.

This officer said, “All my life I was working for the people. Now we (as police officers) can enter any homes without a warrant. I cannot enter a criminal’s home without a warrant, but now I can do that stuff with ordinary people. I said no, we are doing something wrong. I”m on the wrong side of the battle. What we are doing is not normal. I needed to take back my liberty and freedom. I needed to resign as a police officer.”

Prior to resigning he had visited hospitals and saw that they were not over run, realized the government wasn’t being transparent and the lockdowns were unwarranted. He also owned a tattoo business in Quebec that had been burned down the night after he had been on TV about resigning from the police force. The Montreal Gazette said the salon’s window had been broken and someone had tossed a Molotov cocktail inside, causing the fire.

There was also some interesting information on the Government of Canada website regarding Federal Quarantine/Isolation sites “used to house people for public health and other related federal requirements associated with the pandemic.” It said “The purpose of this Request for Information is to seek feedback from potential service providers in order to develop a strategy for the potential future management of these sites”.

If police officers are permitted to enter private residences without warrants, one wonders what the words “used to house people for public health and other related federal requirements” mean. Could the “other related federal requirements” refer to housing people who don’t adhere to government lockdowns and regulations?

Peter Coleman, CEO of the National Citizens Coalition said, “It’s never been about not taking Covid-19 seriously. It’s about taking everything seriously. Countless missed diagnoses matter. Our spike in overdose deaths and a mental health crisis matter. The impacts of poverty matter. We simply have to live with better balance going forward.”

The Canadian Taxpayers Association said, “We’re months into the pandemic and politicians are now reacting with policies that will have a huge impact for generations.”

Those more than 4,000 people are on the streets because they know the impact from more lockdowns will last for many years after the lockdowns are over.

You can contact me at joanjanzen@yahoo.com

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