Re: Protest

by **Spider** Thu 10 Feb 2022, 9:42 am

How organizers with police and military expertise
may be helping Ottawa convoy protest dig in

Those involved with organizing protest include former RCMP and military officers

Judy Trinh · CBC News · Posted: Feb 09, 2022

Protest - Page 16 Coventry-camp-drone-shot

CBC News

by **Forcell** Fri 11 Feb 2022, 11:07 am

Military investigates officer who is calling on soldiers to fight government's pandemic "tyranny"

Author of the article:David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date:Feb 11, 2022

The Canadian military has launched an investigation after an army officer called on police and fellow military personnel to rise up against the federal and provincial governments over pandemic regulations.

Maj. Steve Chledowski, an artillery officer, appears in a nine-minute video in which he accuses federal and provincial politicians of being traitors and suppressing the rights of Canadians. “I am calling on my military and police comrades to now stand up and protect your loved ones against this government forced medical tyranny,” he said in the video downloaded on various social media outlets.

Department of National Defence spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier said Friday the Canadian Forces is investigating and will take action. “Discipline is another key principle that underpins our effectiveness as a military,” Le Bouthillier said. “Those who disregard these principles undermine the very foundation of our institution,” he added. “We all must be trusted to serve.”

Defence Watch

by **Zoneforce** Sat 12 Feb 2022, 9:05 pm

Wave of COVID-19 mandate protests sweeps southwestern Ontario

Kate Dubinski, Amanda Margison · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2022

Canadian Forces veteran Robert Thorogood underneath the Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia, Ont., during a protest of COVID-19 mandates. (Kate Dubinski/CBC)

CBC News

by NCIOP Sun 13 Feb 2022, 10:23 am

BRAVO ZULU VETERANS!

by Ringo Sun 13 Feb 2022, 9:09 pm

2 special forces members under investigation for allegedly taking part in convoy protest

CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2022

Protest - Page 16 Military-misconduct-20181003

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/special-forces-investigation-protest-1.6350458

by Armoured Mon 14 Feb 2022, 9:18 pm

Federal government invokes Emergencies Act for first time ever in response to protests, blockades

Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2022

CBC News

by **Spider** Tue 15 Feb 2022, 10:00 am

02.15.2022

by **Spider** Tue 15 Feb 2022, 10:06 am

Military investigating at least 6 active soldiers for supporting convoy protests

Judy Trinh · CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2022

CBC News

by Ironman Wed 16 Feb 2022, 9:26 pm

More military members under investigation for their alleged support of protests

David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Feb 16, 2022

Defence Watch

by Dolland Thu 17 Feb 2022, 9:15 am

17.02.2022

by Firefox Sun 20 Feb 2022, 9:38 pm

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by **Accer** Tue 22 Feb 2022, 2:12 pm

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by **Rockarm** Tue 19 Apr 2022, 5:55 am

Military vet marching across Canada to protest Ottawa’s ‘overreach’ during pandemic

James Topp, a 28-year member of the Canadian Forces, kicked off his 4,293-kilometre “Canada Marches” pilgrimage on Feb. 20 in Vancouver and hopes to reach Ottawa by June 22.

Jason G. Antonio April 19. 2022

Military veteran James Topp is marching across Canada to protest the federal government’s pandemic mandates that he believes eroded Canadians’ freedoms and has led to his release from the Canadian Forces.

Topp, a 28-year member of the Forces, kicked off his 4,293-kilometre “Canada Marches” pilgrimage on Feb. 20 in Vancouver. Since then, he has averaged 30 kilometres a day as he makes his way to Ottawa and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which he hopes to reach by June 22.

“This has to do with government overreach that has spread into all of our personal lives,” Topp said.

While parts of the march have been physically excruciating, public support has been overwhelming, he stated on April 18 after stopping briefly on Highway 1 outside Moose Jaw. Canadians and communities have reached out and provided him and his team with warm meals, supplies, fuel cards, and enhanced nightly accommodations.

Sometimes people will stop on the highway and thank him, while others will join him for part or all of the march. A trio from Saskatoon — including a veteran — walked with him on this day. The goal was to reach Belle Plaine by the evening.

“So, it’s been a very positive experience for me actually after living through three years of pandemic response and having lost my employment and everything else,” he added.

There are three main reasons for this march, Topp explained.

The first is he is protesting federal mandates that require vaccination, testing, quarantine, and/or isolation as a condition for employment or continued employment.

Secondly, he is speaking for federal employees and those who have been denied access to employment and services, lost income, and suffered from damaged relationships due to the imposition of a medical procedure.

Thirdly, he is speaking for those who have, through the introduction of “false constructs surrounding choices and consequences,” been pressured into taking part in medical procedures they would not otherwise have accepted.

Topp sent a letter and email to every federal MP and the prime minister explaining the reasons for his journey and inviting them to meet with him in Ottawa. The goal would be to resolve how best to repair and unite Canadians after more than two years of mandates.

“We’re going to go and hopefully have a conversation that wasn’t had earlier this year (during the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protest),” Topp said. “… they were luxurily ignored, and then furthermore, they were insulted.”

He also didn’t like the heavy-handed response from police in Ottawa during the protest, specifically when they arrested veterans peacefully standing at the war memorial.

Several veterans and veterans’ organizations have told Topp they will meet with him once he reaches Ottawa. He pointed out it will look bad for the federal government if it ignores this group and refuses to meet with them.

Topp is a serving member of the Canadian Forces, but the organization is preparing to release him because he refused to disclose his vaccination status or take the vaccine. He is not happy with that, he said, since he spent 28 years in the regular forces and was serving in the reserves when the mandates came down.

“I wasn’t exactly a model soldier when I was a young guy, but I spent 20 years trying to keep my nose clean and doing the best I could,” he said. “So, this is my payback? Because I have issues and questions and I’m not willing to just go along with things right off the bat?”

Added Topp, “Can’t we all just have respect and compassion for each other and call it a day?”

Topp will give a presentation tonight at 7 p.m. at the Prairie Storm Paintball course.

Moosejaw Today

by **Colter** Tue 26 Apr 2022, 4:11 pm

Convoy organizer warns of 'free-for-all' if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa

Published April 26, 2022

CTV News

by **Colter** Wed 27 Apr 2022, 4:11 pm

Canadian Forces veteran James Topp makes it to Manitoba

April 27, 2022

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veteran James Topp has crossed from Saskatchewan into Manitoba, reaching the second-to-last province of his protest march to Ottawa and facing the nastiest weather his team has seen yet.

Topp gave an update just outside of the village of Kirkella before calling it a day on Tuesday evening.

“Well, it’s been another amazing day, and met some great people,” he said. “And we say goodbye to Saskatchewan and hello to Manitoba for the next – foreseeable – future.”

“Thanks everybody in Saskatchewan. It was a hell of a ride. And like I said in my other video, time for another province to abuse me with weird weather.”

Topp entered Saskatchewan on Apr. 9 and soon ran into a massive blizzard that blanketed some areas of the province with as much as 50cm of snow. The bad weather only continued during his two-week trek toward Manitoba, requiring him on days to call an early stop to his march in order to hunker down.

“This isn’t a suicide mission,” Topp said on Saturday amidst fierce winds. “It’s about us getting to Ottawa.”

Topp – a 28-year veteran of the CAF – is marching to the nation’s capital to protest government mandates during COVID. He began his trek from Vancouver’s B.C. Place on Feb. 20, the same day a joint force of national, provincial and municipal police ended the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa.

Having been forced from his job due to vaccine mandates, Topp told True North before he began that the truckers’ show of courage had brought him back from the brink of despair, and showed him what he owes to the working people who built this country.

His protest he has dedicated to all those who have suffered under vaccine mandates – whether those who lost their jobs, those who were coerced into getting the shots, or those who saw their relationships damaged due to their vaccination status.

His goals – and progress – can be found on his website, CanadaMarches.ca.

Topp also spoke to True North’s Andrew Lawton from the road on Apr. 21.

Topp intends to reach the National War Memorial in Ottawa some time in June, where he hopes politicians will meet with him and discuss with him the reasons behind his march.

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