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NEW YORK (LifeSiteNews) — An opinion piece published last week by the heavily left-leaning New York Times’ editorial board cautiously affirmed the right of Canadian truckers to rally against COVID mandates in the ongoing demonstrations that have gained international attention.
While the newspaper’s editors stated they “disagree with the protesters’ cause,” they acknowledged that the Freedom Convoy has “a right to be noisy and even disruptive.”
Protests are a necessary form of expression in a democratic society and, by the standards of mass protests around the world, the “Freedom Convoy” snarling downtown Ottawa ranks as a nuisance: @nytimes editorial https://t.co/Kg1MaQrFYU #COVID19 #cdnpoli
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) February 11, 2022
Published February 10, The New York Times op-ed weighed in on the now-famous Canadian trucker convoy, which has brought Ottawa to a standstill and had temporarily shut down a major trade route between the United States and Canada to protest ongoing COVID-19 jab mandates, lockdowns, and other restrictions.
According to the writers, the movement is a “test of democracy.”
The editors began the column by downplaying the size and impact of
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