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Hello everyone, I’m here today with Mr. Benjamin Dichter, who is the owner operator of his own reg and Integrally involved with the organization and ongoing activities of the truckers convoy in Ottawa and so Mr. Dichter has something to read to us today which outlines what the truckers have accomplished and Wanted to accomplish and hope to still accomplish and I thought this would be a really good way of informing everyone in as direct A manner as possible of what the aims of this protest movement What what are the aims of this protest movement so Mr. Dichter thank you for Will it be willing to talk to me and i’ll let you Say anything you want and also to take it from here Okay. Thank you jordan and uh, so we just prepared a statement that uh can really solidify some of the basics So nobody’s confused. So i’m going to read exactly what our statement is The freedom convoy is a peaceful and loving demonstration based on the principles of unity and respect for all canadians We have come to Ottawa with two very simple demands one the government and all covid mandates And two the federal government remove its digital covid tracking app Called arrive can as a requirement to re-enter canada We have not anticipated the thirst for freedom in all canadians after two long years of restrictions and harsh lockdowns Which in the midst of a in the minds of a sense of sensible canadians Are not in the spirit of the charter of rights and freedoms And our esteemed constitution The supporters of our convoy have come from all walks of life And have been a source of unification for canadians from across all provinces and cultures We are not a group interested in identity politics or racial divisions We are in fact open to all people who want to share their love And help with the revival of the canadian identity The freedom convoy leadership spans the country and comes from various indigenous rural and urban communities All who have an ambition for unification and freedom Our demands have not changed from day one End the mandates and end the passports and we will all go back home to our communities and our businesses And help canada heal from the covid years There have been many demands attributed to us That are not our demands primarily from the uh legacy media We do not want to overthrow the government We do not want to remove any of our elected officials From power. That’s what elections are for We do not want to confront We do not want confrontation with the good people of law enforcement Within our organization and within our crowds We have countless first responders and military veterans who are all proud of the ottawa police We do not wish for military action We want nothing other than for our peaceful and loving demonstrations As well as our community outreach to help inspire our fellow canadians To have a voice and to appreciate the freedoms which we are fortunate enough to have And which many others in the world struggle to achieve We also would ask that our political class And the legacy media tone down their rhetoric The era of slander and indiscriminately labeling fellow citizens with pejoratives or as racists Needs to come to an end We need to talk openly and respect one another but we cannot achieve this if our political political class Continues to behave in such an unparliamentary manner While the legacy media attacks the very people they are supposed to reach The unifying goal that all canadians have is we want to a return to a normal life A free life No matter where one lies on the political spectrum Now is the time And the first courageous step would be for the federal government to remove these divisive policies of mandates And data tracking of our citizens allow us all to heal together Peace love and unity is the future of the canadian identity Let’s inspire the world to follow us on this journey of enlightenment That’s all All right Well, so that in a nutshell is what the truckers protest and the leaders of the truckers protest in Ottawa Do and don’t want and that’s as clear a statement as we’re likely to Manage and to receive at this point in time. So mr. Dichter. Thank you very much for your Willingness to share that and for your forthrightness with me and with your fellow canadians No, my pleasure my pleasure All right. Well, we can all pray for peace and stability and sanity to prevail and with any luck We’ll get the country on its feet again and get moving forward as we all should indeed indeed