Excuse me for quoting the Guardian, there are similar reports from other verifiable sources as my family and friends in Canada have confirmed. It's been an alt right highjack which you seem determined to deny.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/07/ottawa-protests-explainer-vaccine-mandates-whats-next
"Who’s protesting?
While there are certainly some members of the convoy who are in Ottawa to protest the trucker vaccine mandate, convoy members raise a varied list of complaints.
Canada Unity, which operates as an umbrella organization for many of the protesters, is collecting signatures for its “memorandum of understanding”,
a document that demands the Canadian government rescind all vaccine requirements or “RESIGN their lawful positions of authority immediately”.
The group’s founder, James Bauder – who has written on Facebook that Canada’s prime minister,
Justin Trudeau, ought to be tried for treason, and who has endorsed the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory – insists that, should the document get enough signatures, an election will be triggered.
Joining Canada Unity is a motley crew of anti-vaccine and rightwing activists. Tamara Lich, who has coordinated a wildly successful GoFundMe, and Pat King, who has coordinated with many of the truckers, were involved in efforts to declare the oil-rich Western provinces’ independence from Canada.
Others who have latched on to the movement include QAnon figure
Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada”.
Speakers and protesters have rejected the science behind vaccines, called for Trudeau’s arrest and trial, and waved Nazi and confederate flags.
What do they want?
The protesters say they will not leave Ottawa until all vaccine requirements and mandates have been abolished, a demand that is very unlikely to be met. Some have gone further and said they will camp out until Trudeau leaves office."
