I have been waiting for Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson to testify before the Emergencies Act Inquiry. Give this man enough rope and he always hangs himself. His contempt for the truckers was visible and evident from day one of the protest and he made absolutely no effort to conceal it. .Evidence submitted to the inquiry revealed during a call between Watson and and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Watson described the Freedom Convoy protesters as “very nasty people” who “don’t represent Canada.” ."Can't reason with them, so vulgar, and hateful. Attacking people, ripping their masks off, honking their horns," Watson said. .Does that remind you of anything? Sounds precisely like failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who infamously described those people who supported then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a “basket of deplorables.” It was a remark Clinton never quite lived down because she revealed both the depth of contempt she felt and feels for working class people and the hypocrisy of the current Democratic Party that pretends to trumpet the concerns of the downtrodden, but actually only has an ear for the elite. .That is exactly what the Emergencies Act was all about. Watson could talk all he wanted about fireworks going off and the stories of people with masks being harassed by card-carrying convoy members and even of a pig roast, but he knows this has to do with the contempt the Ottawa elite has for anyone coming into town who doesn’t speak the language of the fossilized bureaucracy and know how to play the political game. . Castle"People started to realize this was turning into a very volatile situation when we saw fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in." Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, testifying October 18th to the Emergencies Act Inquiry. ."These are not made-up stories. They are all documented cases during the occupation," Watson said. "People started to realize this was turning into a very volatile situation when we saw fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in." .Ah, did you hear that? The hot tubs really got under the mayor’s skin. Along with his absurd paranoia over bouncy castles for the kids he incessantly chattered about during this awful occupation of the downtown core.In truth, Ottawa had never had so much fun in February and Watson really resented he was "not as responsive” as he could have been in crushing dissent in Ottawa. Well, Ford eventually got with the program when his pollsters and backroom boys apparently told him it was the politically astute thing to crush the Freedom Convoy and get onboard. .Ford showed his absolute contempt for negotiation — at least with nasty truckers — by saying, "What's it going to accomplish, a bunch of people sitting around a table talking?""That sounds like a cabinet meeting," Watson replied. A Ford cabinet meeting is when Doug is talking to himself. .Unfortunately, although Watson was given sufficient rope to demonstrate his absolute hatred of riff-raff tuckers, he wasn’t able to continue to explain why he apparently made up, or was so willing to believe such nonsense about the Freedom Convoy while they were here. He's never apologized for smearing the protesters with trying to start a fire in an Ottawa apartment complex. .But when nasty people are involved, you just assume such things. .You can bet Trudeau was thinking the same things about the convoy as Watson was. These were people who just “didn’t represent Canada.” .But what is Canada for people like Trudeau, Watson or even Ford? Well, it’s the real estate around Parliament Hill and all the surrounding area where bureaucrats are employed. And you could include Toronto in that microcosm of Canada. .The Freedom Convoy protest was about more than opposition to COVID-19 mandates; it focused the country on the divide between Canada’s political elites and political have-nots.So far, as this inquiry continues, the have-nots are winning.
I have been waiting for Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson to testify before the Emergencies Act Inquiry. Give this man enough rope and he always hangs himself. His contempt for the truckers was visible and evident from day one of the protest and he made absolutely no effort to conceal it. .Evidence submitted to the inquiry revealed during a call between Watson and and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Watson described the Freedom Convoy protesters as “very nasty people” who “don’t represent Canada.” ."Can't reason with them, so vulgar, and hateful. Attacking people, ripping their masks off, honking their horns," Watson said. .Does that remind you of anything? Sounds precisely like failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who infamously described those people who supported then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as a “basket of deplorables.” It was a remark Clinton never quite lived down because she revealed both the depth of contempt she felt and feels for working class people and the hypocrisy of the current Democratic Party that pretends to trumpet the concerns of the downtrodden, but actually only has an ear for the elite. .That is exactly what the Emergencies Act was all about. Watson could talk all he wanted about fireworks going off and the stories of people with masks being harassed by card-carrying convoy members and even of a pig roast, but he knows this has to do with the contempt the Ottawa elite has for anyone coming into town who doesn’t speak the language of the fossilized bureaucracy and know how to play the political game. . Castle"People started to realize this was turning into a very volatile situation when we saw fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in." Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, testifying October 18th to the Emergencies Act Inquiry. ."These are not made-up stories. They are all documented cases during the occupation," Watson said. "People started to realize this was turning into a very volatile situation when we saw fireworks going off and hot tubs being brought in." .Ah, did you hear that? The hot tubs really got under the mayor’s skin. Along with his absurd paranoia over bouncy castles for the kids he incessantly chattered about during this awful occupation of the downtown core.In truth, Ottawa had never had so much fun in February and Watson really resented he was "not as responsive” as he could have been in crushing dissent in Ottawa. Well, Ford eventually got with the program when his pollsters and backroom boys apparently told him it was the politically astute thing to crush the Freedom Convoy and get onboard. .Ford showed his absolute contempt for negotiation — at least with nasty truckers — by saying, "What's it going to accomplish, a bunch of people sitting around a table talking?""That sounds like a cabinet meeting," Watson replied. A Ford cabinet meeting is when Doug is talking to himself. .Unfortunately, although Watson was given sufficient rope to demonstrate his absolute hatred of riff-raff tuckers, he wasn’t able to continue to explain why he apparently made up, or was so willing to believe such nonsense about the Freedom Convoy while they were here. He's never apologized for smearing the protesters with trying to start a fire in an Ottawa apartment complex. .But when nasty people are involved, you just assume such things. .You can bet Trudeau was thinking the same things about the convoy as Watson was. These were people who just “didn’t represent Canada.” .But what is Canada for people like Trudeau, Watson or even Ford? Well, it’s the real estate around Parliament Hill and all the surrounding area where bureaucrats are employed. And you could include Toronto in that microcosm of Canada. .The Freedom Convoy protest was about more than opposition to COVID-19 mandates; it focused the country on the divide between Canada’s political elites and political have-nots.So far, as this inquiry continues, the have-nots are winning.
