Coronavirus: Protesting truckers
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
For the past fortnight, the world has watched Canadian truckers block roads to protest against Covid restrictions. A rule that required any truckers entering Canada from the US to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or face a 14-day quarantine triggered the demonstations. The protests then grew to include different people who are angry at other Covid restrictions and also at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. Host Karnie Sharp hears perspectives on the protest in Ottawa, and brings together two residents on what it’s like to live and work in the capital, amid the trucks and the wailing horns.
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| 0:00.0 | Today I want to talk about a topic that I think deserves more coverage. |
| 0:04.1 | The comb is back. |
| 0:05.6 | I don't think it's familiar. |
| 0:07.6 | OK. |
| 0:08.1 | The show that unpicks the stories that matter to you from all over Africa. |
| 0:12.5 | We are most affected by it. |
| 0:14.6 | We are new people that are growing up, watching all these changes. |
| 0:18.2 | The comb from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:20.4 | Hey, they're talking to me. |
| 0:22.8 | Search for the comb wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:25.3 | Hello, I'm Kani Sharpe on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:31.8 | And this is BBC OS Conversations, protesting truckers. |
| 0:38.0 | Now in a moment we'll take you to the Canadian capital |
| 0:40.8 | after two weeks of protests that began by opposing vaccine mandates for truckers. |
| 0:46.8 | Plus, as some of us start to return to the office, |
| 0:50.4 | we hear from Nigeria, the United States, and South Africa |
| 0:54.0 | on the positive side of being a home worker during a pandemic. |
| 0:57.9 | One of the biggest benefits is getting that time back for commuting, |
| 1:01.5 | avoiding the anxiety of actually having to get to the office |
| 1:06.0 | because it's traffic and road rage and all sorts of crazy things going on. |
| 1:11.1 | Over the past couple of weeks, we've been watching the situation in Canada |
| 1:15.0 | where thousands of people and trucks converged on Ottawa to demonstrate. |
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