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If the Canadian Left Purports to Support the Working Class, Why Didn’t They Support Trucker Convoys?

If the Canadian Left Purports to Support the Working Class, Why Didn’t They Support Trucker Convoys?
A man waves Canadian flags out of a truck in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022, as part of the Freedom Convoy protest. Noé Chartier/The Epoch Times
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Since the 1900s, the coming together of workers in a powerful way in order to demand greater rights has been seen as a positive thing by “the left.” This includes the right to work, “to pursue the gaining of a livelihood,” as reflected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Dominion Labor Party, United Farmers of Alberta, Progressive Party of Canada, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), and the New Democratic Party (NDP) all supported powerful unions along with strikes and protests.
Ray McGinnis
Ray McGinnis
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Ray McGinnis is a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
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