Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-04 14:18:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6D574AD914BBBEED909A235E68EF1E678411596AB6E8EA258E4611703131A520
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The Freedom Convoy blockaded several roads disrupting around $3.9 billion in trade https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/winter-freedom-convoy-blockades-cost-billions-to-canada-s-economy-inquiry-hears-1.6156134#:~:text=Winter%20'Freedom%20Convoy'%20blockades%20cost,to%20Canada's%20economy%2C%20inquiry%20hears&text=Transport%20Canada%20estimates%20as%20much,a%20public%20inquiry%20heard%20Wednesday. Blockading a public road is illegal and not recognized as speech https://www.criminal-code.ca/criminal-code-of-canada-section-423-1-intimidation/index.html#:~:text=Section%20423(1)%20of%20the%20Criminal%20Code%20of%20Canada%20criminalizes,right%20to%20abstain%20from%20doing. There was also an alleged plot to kill RCMP officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_alleged_plot_to_kill_Coutts_RCMP_officers
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