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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Canadian protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 regulations have forced two of the world&#8217;s biggest carmakers, Ford and Toyota, to halt production at plants on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.</p>
<p>The plants are shut down because workers there can&#8217;t get parts that are being delayed at two U.S. border points blocked by truckers, including the most trafficked bridge in North America.</p>
<p>The trade disruption is estimated to be costing $300 million a day, according to the BBC.</p>
<p>&#8220;Truckers blocking the most important border crossing, the Ambassador Bridge, waved Canadian flags and banners denouncing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has refused to scrap a rule requiring truckers entering Canada to be fully immunised against coronavirus,&#8221; the BBC said. &#8220;The demonstrators have also voiced opposition to Covid passports and the requirement to wear masks.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The shutdowns came after four Canadian provinces moved to lift their COVID-19 restrictions, a response to the massive protest by truckers that has blockaded Ottawa, paralyzing the capital city.</p>
<p>Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island provinces have all announced plans to eliminate or roll back some or all measures. For instance, Alberta &#8220;dropped its vaccine passport for places such as restaurants immediately and getting rid of masks at the end of the month,&#8221; the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-prince-edward-canada-6f60c879c0c2eff82235e3157ad79bb0">reported</a>.</p>
<p>The moves came this week after a throng of truckers shut down Ottawa, protesting a January 15 rule requiring truckers entering Canada to be fully-immunized against COVID-19. On Wednesday, more than 400 trucks gridlocked the downtown area. And a blockade by fed-up Canadians entered its third day at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, the busiest trade bridge in North America.</p>
<p>Some of the protesters say they are willing to die for their cause, the AP said, citing Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens.</p>
<p>“I’ll be brutally honest: You are trying to have a rational conversation and not everyone on the ground is a rational actor,” the mayor said. “Police are doing what is right by taking a moderate approach, trying to sensibly work through this situation where everyone can walk away, nobody gets hurt, and the bridge can open.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Trudeau derided the thousands of citizens protesting lockdowns and mask mandates as &#8220;a few people shouting and waving swastikas.&#8221;</p>
<p>As the huge protest, dubbed the &#8220;Freedom Convoy,&#8221; raged, Trudeau took aim at the opponents of nationwide regulations enacted over COVID-19 policies. During an emergency debate in Parliament on Monday, he blasted the trucker-led protests, accusing them of trying to derail Canada&#8217;s democracy.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8220;Individuals are trying to blockade our economy, our democracy, and our fellow citizens&#8217; daily lives. It has to stop. The people of Ottawa don&#8217;t deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods,&#8221; Trudeau said.</p>
<p>Trudeau also made accusations that there are racist elements among the protesters. &#8220;This is a story of a country that got through this pandemic by being united, and a few people shouting and waving swastikas does not define who Canadians are.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This pandemic has sucked for all Canadians,&#8221; the prime minister said. &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s tired of COVID, but these protests are not the way to get through it,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com.</em></p>
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