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- 1 2 3 "Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns protests by unvaccinated truckers". National Post. 23 January 2022. Retrieved Jan 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Provincial Associations". Canadian Trucking Alliance. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ↑ "National truckers group denounces highway protests by anti-vaccine-mandate truck convoy" . Retrieved January 24, 2022.