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Feb 2022
18m 56s

What’s next for Canada’s COVID convoy?

Al Jazeera
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Canadian tolerance for Ottawa's 'Freedom Convoy" is dropping dramatically. The capital’s downtown has been occupied for over a week by protesters opposed to vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers and other pandemic restrictions. Officials and residents say it's getting out of control. So what's at the root of the protest, and what could it mean for anti-vaccine protests worldwide? 

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Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling), investigative journalist 

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