Canada Protest: Different Kind of Revolution

Ottawa — Jenna slept in a truck here the other night. Not her truck, mind you; the 20-something Vancouver native crashed in an 18-wheeler owned by a friendly fellow convoyer. If she can’t find a better place to sleep soon, she says she’ll find a different truck to sleep in. I ask if she’s a little worried about that arrangement. She shrugs. “I just feel safe here. I trust them.”

Helen, seen on Jenna’s Instagram story later that night, says she’s from Ottawa and “felt unsafe walking down the streets at night” before the convoy arrived to protest pandemic restrictions three weeks ago. “But I’ve never felt more safe before in my life — single girl, I’m 20 years old, and I’ve never felt more safe in my life. . . . I’ve been out every day, and every person I’ve met or passed by has hugged me or high-fived or smiled at me.”

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Ottawa — Jenna slept in a truck here the other night. Not her truck, mind you; the 20-something Vancouver native crashed in an 18-wheeler owned by a friendly fellow convoyer. If she can’t find a better place to sleep soon, she says she’ll find a different truck to sleep in. I ask if she’s a little worried about that arrangement. She shrugs. “I just feel safe here. I trust them.”

Helen, seen on Jenna’s Instagram story later that night, says she’s from Ottawa and “felt unsafe walking down the streets at night” before the convoy arrived to protest pandemic restrictions three weeks ago. “But I’ve never felt more safe before in my life — single girl, I’m 20 years old, and I’ve never felt more safe in my life. . . . I’ve been out every day, and every person I’ve met or passed by has hugged me or high-fived or smiled at me.”