N.S. ‘freedom convoy’ departs Halifax region for Ottawa to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Global News
Truckers from P.E.I. and N.B. will meet with the Nova Scotia group in Moncton, and make their way to Fredericton.
About a hundred “Save Canada” supporters gathered in Enfield, N.S., early Thursday to send off truckers heading to Ottawa to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The gathering was held at The Big Stop, less than an hour outside of Halifax. Global News was at the scene at 5:30 a.m. local time.
The convoy of truckers left for Ottawa at 7 a.m., set to arrive at the New Brunswick border around 9 a.m.
Truckers from P.E.I. and N.B. will meet with the Nova Scotia group in Moncton, and make their way to Fredericton.
One of the organizers in Nova Scotia, Samantha Monaghan, tells Global News the group wants Ottawa to end all mandates.
“Were pro-choice, we’re not anti-vax,” said Monaghan in Enfield.
