The recent nationwide protests against COVID-19 mandates and other restrictions, especially the weekslong one in downtown Ottawa, have largely been characterized by the Liberals and NDP as being racist and hateful, with several politicians implying, without having met with the protesters, that the main premise of the movement was to bring down the government.
“What we are dealing with is not a protest. It is not peaceful,” NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in the House of Commons on Feb. 17.
