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As someone who cannot stand to be stuck in traffic, I've been thinking about how much I would

hate to be an Ottawa candidate these days. Hundreds of big rigs have poured into the city

and parked right in front of Parliament to protest COVID restrictions. They call themselves

the Freedom Convoy. There's been a lot of honking involved.

They even erected a little structure where they kept diesel fuel and they have people

bringing them fuel so they can basically live in their vehicles indefinitely.

Jesse Brown is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Canada Land. That's a news site and podcast

network.

There have only been a few hundred trucks at the height of it, but these are big rig

trucks and it's, you got to hand it to them at least in terms of like political theater

and just the physics of this.

When I read about what's happening in Ottawa, to me, it seems like shitposting come to life.

By which I mean, there are so many absurd things happening, but also kind of on the edge

of danger, like I've read about bouncy castles being set up and hot tubs, but then also

local residents who are really aggrieved and have real complaints.

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