Related Research Articles
A class action lawsuit, also known as a class suit, class-action, representative action, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group. The class action originated in the United States and is still predominantly an American phenomenon, but Canada, as well as several European countries with civil law, have made changes in recent years to allow consumer organizations to bring claims on behalf of consumers.
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
Free Dominion was a Canadian conservative internet forum. The site used the phrase "Principled Conservativism" to describe its ideology.
Peter John Michael Sloly is a Canadian former police officer who served as the chief of police for the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) from 2019 to 2022. Before joining the OPS, Sloly was a member of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) for 27 years, including as a deputy chief of police from 2009 to 2016.
The COVID-19 protests in Canada are protests that began in April 2020, with protests in Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, and Ottawa against the Government of Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent measures.
GiveSendGo is a Christian crowdfunding website.
A series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, called the Freedom Convoy by organizers, began in early 2022. The initial convoy movement was created to protest vaccine mandates for crossing the United States border, but later evolved into a protest about COVID-19 mandates in general. Beginning January 22, hundreds of vehicles formed convoys from several points and traversed Canadian provinces before converging on Ottawa on January 29, 2022, with a rally at Parliament Hill. The convoys were joined by thousands of pedestrian protesters. Several offshoot protests blockaded provincial capitals and border crossings with the United States.
"Ram Ranch" is a song by Canadian outsider musician Grant MacDonald. The song features a heavy metal musical backdrop with explicit homoerotic spoken-word lyrics about an orgy of gay cowboys taking place at the titular ranch. Released in 2012, the song became an internet meme later in the 2010s, inspiring remixes, parodies, fan-made music videos and reaction videos, and has also been used for bait-and-switch trolling. In 2022, the song gained mainstream attention for its use by counter-protesters against the Canada convoy protest. Since 2018, MacDonald has produced more than seven hundred "Ram Ranch" sequels, expanding on the story by adding new characters and locations.
The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events surrounding the Canada convoy protest, a series of protests and blockades in Canada in early 2022. The protest, which was called the Freedom Convoy by organizers, was "first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers" when the convoy of hundreds of vehicles, including semi-trailers, headed towards Ottawa, Ontario the nation's capital, starting on January 22. The protesters quickly changed their messaging to include demands that all COVID-19-related public health restrictions be lifted.
Patrick James King is a Canadian far-right activist, and conspiracy theorist from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who lives near Red Deer, Alberta.
Tamara Lich is a Canadian activist who has organised for the Canada convoy protest in Ottawa, the Maverick Party, and Yellow Vest protests in Canada. She is a musician and a former logistics worker.
Benjamin Joseph Dichter was a leader in the 2022 Canadian convoy protest. He is a truck driver, author, and podcaster and a former gemologist, former print shop operator from Toronto, Canada. He is the founder of the LGBTQ conservative group LGBTory.
Brigitte Belton is a Canadian truck driver who started the Canada convoy protest.
Christopher John Barber, and usually known as Chris Barber, is a Canadian trucking company operator, and activist who co-led the Canadian convoy protest. He was arrested on February 17, 2022 and released on bail the next day. His courtroom defence had yet to be heard as of January 2024.
The United People of Canada is a Canadian not-for-profit organisation, based in London, Ontario.
Canada Unity is a group that campaigned against COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine passports during the Canada convoy protest.
James Ralph Bauder is a Albertan truck driver, the cofounder of Canada Unity and an organizer of the Canada convoy protest.
Tom Marazzo is a Canadian military veteran, former teacher, and leader in the 2022 Canadian convoy protest.
Zexi Li is a Canadian government data analyst who lives in Ottawa and who was the lead complainant of the Freedom Convoy class action lawsuit.
The Public Order Emergency Commission, also known as the Rouleau inquiry or the Inquiry into Emergencies Act was a public inquiry in Canada that investigated the invoking of the Emergencies Act on February 14, 2022, by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the Canada convoy protests. It was the first time the Emergencies Act had been invoked and it remained in place from February 14–23, 2022, the POEC investigated the rationale for invoking the Emergencies Act and the measures taken for dealing with the emergency". The inquiry was led by commissioner Justice Paul Rouleau, who was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 25, 2022. Justice Rouleau had a surgical intervention which delayed the inquiry from September 19, 2022, to mid-October. The inquiry is independent of the parliamentary review committee.
References
- 1 2 Keown, Mary Katherine (27 May 2022). "'You ain't getting a dime,' vows Freedom Convoy organizer named in class action lawsuit". National Post . Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- 1 2 3 4 Duffy, Andrew (20 Dec 2022). "Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ seeking to expand list of defendants in 'Freedom Convoy' class action lawsuit". Ottawa Citizen . Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- 1 2 "Convoy organizers try to quash $300 million lawsuit". CBC. 29 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Crawford, Blair (18 Feb 2022). "Convoy class action claim increased to $306M as downtown restaurateurs join lawsuit". Ottawa Citizen . Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ↑ Bessner, Ellin (2022-12-08). "'Freedom is sometimes a messy business': The Freedom Convoy's former spokesman Benjamin Dichter's view of three weeks that paralyzed Ottawa". The Canadian Jewish News . Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-24.