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By Canadian Press

Trucker convoy raises millions in funds

Jan 24, 2022 | 2:18 PM

A group of truckers is garnering millions in fundraising dollars as it drives across the country to protest vaccine mandates, despite the vast majority of big-riggers having been jabbed.

Setting off from Vancouver on Sunday, the group had raised $3.5 million from some 46,000 donors by Monday afternoon in support of truck drivers poised to converge on Ottawa this weekend, according to the campaign’s GoFundMe page.

The makeshift fleet aims to demonstrate against the federal requirement that essential workers, truckers included, be vaccinated if they want to avoid a 14-day quarantine after crossing the border from the United States.

Harwil Farms Mobile Feeds, whose dozen drivers deliver feed to farms and livestock to slaughterhouses in southern Ontario, donated $5,000 to the convoy, putting it among the top contributors.

Owner Wendy Metcalfe says she is against vaccine mandates and skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines, and that the convoy will draw attention to what she considers government encroachment on fundamental freedoms.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the mandate marks a key tool for keeping Canada’s economy on track and that the Conservatives are “fearmongering” about empty store shelves, while the Tories pressure Ottawa to lift a mandate they deem a risk to supply chains and the economy.

(The Canadian Press)