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Supporters cheered on a procession of trucks on Sunday morning, Jan. 23, as they passed through Langley en route to Ottawa to protest a requirement that cross-border drivers must be vaccinated or quarantine for 14 days.. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

 

When a convoy of trucks passed through the Lower Mainland on Sunday, Jan. 23, heading for Ottawa to protest a vaccine mandate that requires cross-border drivers to be vaccinated, hundreds turned out along the route to show support, waving flags and signs.

 

Since the “Freedom Convoy” was first announced, many have also contributed to a GoFundMe campaign, which had raised close to $4 million as of Monday.

 

It was launched by Tamara Lich, secretary and member of the western Canadian governing council of the Alberta-based Maverick party, which has supported separation from Canada by the western provinces and creation of a “western nation.”

 

On Monday, the party issued a statement saying it was not “directly involved” with the convoy.

 

Interim leader Jay Hill said “some Maverick members and supporters have chosen to support the convoy.”

 

“Maverick does not support anti-vaccination but does support freedom-of-choice and a citizen’s right to decide what they do with their own bodies,” Hill said.

 

”Like the majority of Canadians, most Maverick members have chosen to be vaccinated, some have not. Our party will not condemn either for their choice.”

 

It included a statement by Lich, who said the convoy was “not about vax or anti-vax or covid. It is about restoring Canada’s rights and freedoms. Freedom to open businesses, freedom to hug your friends, go to restaurants and movies, etc.”

 

https://www.theprogress.com/news/alberta-based-maverick-party-denies-involvement-in-fund-raising-for-freedom-convoy-that-left-b-c-for-ottawa-on-sunday/