[Timestamps below] On April 23, more than a thousand British Columbians gathered in the capital Victoria B.C. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a journalist from the Vancouver area, I was pleasantly…
[Timestamps below] On April 23, more than a thousand British Columbians gathered in the capital Victoria B.C. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a journalist from the Vancouver area, I was pleasantly surprised by how well organized the pro vaccine choice movement is on Vancouver island. Event organizers informed me that convoys have been regularly coming from as far as Campbell River, leaving at 6:30am, before passing through Cortenay at 7:10am and moving on to other cities. Different initiatives have been started on the island including "Walk the Flag" where small groups of activists display their Canadian flags and banners on highway overpasses in their area at 4 pm daily. Another movement is the "unity chain." The idea is to have millions of Canadians link arms across the entire country in solidarity with unvaccinated people. If there is anything positive that has come from this alleged ongoing pandemic it is the unification of people with like values.
I interview a couple of pro mandate protesters who regularly come to counter protest the Saturday events at the parliament building. They say they have been treated well and nobody has tried to stop their free speech. Their signs indicate they think the Pro freedom activists are an "occupation" and they told me that Pro freedom activists who gathered that day were "complaining for the sake of complaining," that the mask mandate and vaccine passports had ended, and "if they want to travel, they can just drive."
After that, I interview some passerbyers and then some of the event organizers including Maria Sanchez and David Gilroy.
To top it off, I record a man screaming from his truck at pro freedom activists that he "loves Bonnie Henry." Bonnie Henry is the not elected, but appointed health czar under whose influence British Columbia has instituted severe lockdowns which crippled small businesses and instituted medical apartheid through the vaccine passport program. The C19 pandemic has brought to question whether Provincial Health Officers should have so much power over our lives. This man got angry that I was recording him and after 30 seconds or so stole my microphone into his truck saying, "that's mine."
---Timestamps:
Intro:
0:00 Pro mandate protester: "If they want to cross the border, they can just drive, but they are complaining!"
0:10 Man says he "loves Bonnie Henry." Proceeds to try to steal my mic.
0:45 Dr. Anna Kindy
3:11 Bodily autonomy march starts
4:51 Interview with pro mandate protesters
6:32 Interview older gentleman who is pro mandate
7:42 Interview with pro vaccine choice activist
9:42 Interview with David4freedom, event organizer in Courtenay
12:50 Interview with Maria Sanchez, event organizer on Vancouver Island
