A large number of truckers and supporting residents have reportedly been protesting vaccine mandates at the Emerson/Pembina border crossing.
Photos show semi-trailers decorated with signs fighting not only newly enforced vaccination mandates, but also the carbon tax, and censorship.
Early reports indicate the circle of slow-moving trucks and vehicles involved in the protest is several kilometres long and holding up traffic.
Trucker rally today at Emerson MB on hwy75, protesting the unjust discrimination of a medical procedure border crossing mandate! #holdtheline #freedom @bsfarmzeldon @LifeChanger76 pic.twitter.com/fd6UVbuVTc
— Cameron Hildebrand (@CameronHild) January 17, 2022
On Saturday, the federal vaccination mandate for truck drivers came into effect. The new rules required truck drivers to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face a two-week quarantine and PCR testing.
According to a number of reports, organizers plan to keep the protest going all day Monday and may even extend it into Tuesday if they can get enough trucks involved.
More to come.
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