“This cannot go for a long time”: Robert Fife on train blockades

With Via Rail cancelling train service across the country, The Scrum with Pam Palmater and Sara MacIntyre weigh in on the economic impacts.

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46 comments

  1. Isn’t it weird when the rail unions go on strike the government forces them back to work after 3 or 4 days, because rail traffic is an essential service, yet nothing gets done with illegal protesters?

  2. RCMP should clear all the blockades on roads and trains and PM should not leave the country before the order is restored.

  3. The protesters don’t speak for the actual indigenous bands. They are trespassing on railway land. Arrest them.

  4. Let me get this straight, eco terrorists are holding our entire nation hostage.
    But our law enforcement agencies are doing nothing.
    See a problem here?
    Having Blinky the skunk woman on the panel does not increase my confidence.

    1. Trudeau is not in the instpot. He is gleefully rubbing his hands together as his plan for destroying Canada is right on tract

    1. @Veronica Conroy Then those tribes shouldn’t be getting any Canadian taxpayer money.
      You cant have your cake and eat it too.

  5. Let them block lines in Quebec, then Trudeau will do something, if it just effects ontario and out west he doesn’t care.

    1. Hal Lives this was gonna happen no matter who was elected. I’m non partisan, I could care less what party wins elections. That being said, this is beyond a party issue. Like it or not.

    2. @J J I don’t believe you’re correct. It’s clear that this dispute would have been ended by a Conservative government because they are not beholden to these activists, and have been very clear that they would have prevented the blockades through law enforcement. Sorry, but you are wrong.

    1. Afraid this type of thing pre-dates Trudeau a few years….but it IS true that he is not handling it well so far and is unlikely to do better in the near-term.

  6. Remember this folks; the MSM is the enemy. They are the ones that are pushing the lies to support imposter hereditary chiefs and illegal protesters.
    THE MSM IS THE ENEMY AND MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

  7. Why were the BC blockages manned by professional environmental protesters and not aboriginals? Something smells like an organized work stoppage that has little to do with land claims or the aboriginals would have a clear presents.

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