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Truckers Freedom Convoy leader says he is seeking political asylum in the United States
(pressprogress.ca)
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Man has some golden quotes, but this takes the cake, with respect to him denying responsibility over the MOU the convoy released.
My man doesn't seem to realize that the MOU was publicly available and still is.
For those of you who haven't read it, basically it drastically misunderstands how the government works (no surprise there), including demands that the Senate create a council comprised of people the senate chooses, and people Canada Unity (convoy) chooses which then leads the country for decisions. That is so NOT how the Senate works, and this is the part that people say is an overthrow - there is no mention of the elected officials we chose, nor is there a mention of Trudeau or the Prime Minister.
Our system basically has two houses - the Senate, who are unelected and long term serving to mediate fluctuations in power and generally propose changes or modifications to bills passed by the Commons, where our elected officials are. Proposed bills (or directions) need to pass both houses to become law. This is easily discoverable by a google search "Canadian government".
He can claim its a misunderstanding, but dude, if you're getting over $10m in donations, you can afford to hire a lawyer that understands how our government is set up. Combined with the fact that the other co-signers from Canada Unity are all pro-separatist/Wexit members, I have a hard time believing it was an 'accident'.