This story was originally published by the Conversation. 

The truck convoy that’s taken over Ottawa is protesting a requirement that truck drivers crossing the Canada-United States border are vaccinated against COVID-19.

The trucker vaccine mandate is not a widespread concern among Canadian truck drivers. Both the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the Ontario Trucking Association, among others, have criticized the convoy and pointed out that 90 per cent of their members are vaccinated.

But regardless of what anyone thinks about vaccine mandates, the convoy and its organizers have gone far beyond this narrow mission. In addition to more