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Today, Explained

What the truck is happening in Canada?

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A convoy of truckers angry over Covid-19 mandates is disrupting life in Canada’s capital city. Their movement is gaining traction in cities around the globe. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh with Haleema Shah and Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Richard Sima with Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This trucker-convoy situation in Canada has become so bad that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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The federal government has invoked the Emergency's Act to supplement provincial and territorial

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capacity to address the blockades and occupations.

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