Planners for a convoy-type gathering in Winnipeg in February say the event will still take place after a key organizer said he was pulling out over security concerns and personal attacks against him.
“I have had several security breaches, and personal character attacks made against me and others on Team Canada Unity,” Bauder said in explaining why he was cancelling his attempt to organize the Freedom Convoy 2.0.
In reacting to Bauder’s statement, Clark linked it to people thinking the event had been cancelled.
“I’m going to make sure to tell you very clearly that this has not been cancelled in any way,” he said.
“This was never a Canada Unity event,” she said. “We are many voices, whom we use those different organizations or those brands or those names or those titles ... but this was not brought to you by those groups.”
She said she would be involved to “weave” the different visions surrounding the event.
Those different visions have apparently led to some infighting, as revealed by Facebook posts from organizers.
Clark said in his video that no convoy had been “hijacked” and that issues were proceeding according to a “group decision of like-minded individuals.”
Meanwhile Bauder told The Epoch Times he was “heartbroken” about pulling out.
Bauder faces charges such as mischief over his participation in the Freedom Convoy last year and he said beating those would be key before getting involved anew in a similar event.
Meanwhile the Winnipeg Police Service told The Epoch Times it is currently assessing the online information related to the planned event and that it would not comment further.
Clark says activities such as speeches, entertainment with DJs, and a “sacred ceremony” will be on the program.
