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Girard442

(6,902 posts) Wed Feb 9, 2022, 09:22 PM Feb 2022

Could someone who's been following the Ottawa trucker protest minutely enlighten me? [View all]

If the truck tractors and trailers are just O-Os (owner operated), don't those owners have enormous financial and legal exposure? And if those are fleet tractors and/or trailers, don't the fleet owners have even more financial/legal exposure?

Makes me me wonder if the whole thing isn't a massive astroturf operation.

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Could someone who's been following the Ottawa trucker protest minutely enlighten me? [View all] Girard442 Feb 2022 OP

At the Winsor/Detroit border they are actually hurting the trucking industry applegrove Feb 2022 #1

Is this all over not getting vaccinated? Is it? Man, how can fwvinson Feb 2022 #6

We'll know more in a few months. I'm sure there are lots of journalists on the job and people applegrove Feb 2022 #7

I really don't believe it's about vaccinations at all. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #11

Organized funded astroturf, just like the teabaggers. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #2

Just like Trump's "tariff war" it will back fire. nt Samrob Feb 2022 #3

Here's a good article on it jmbar2 Feb 2022 #4

If they follow the Trump model, they promised to cover all the truckers' extraordinary expenses... Girard442 Feb 2022 #5

Apparently Meowmee Feb 2022 #8

More like 90% Disaffected Feb 2022 #9

I don't know Meowmee Feb 2022 #10

Soon they will whine that their trucking firms reassessed and moved to use driverless trucks. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #12