OTTAWA – “Freedom convoy” supporters convinced that the Governor General can dissolve Parliament on a whim have “absolutely inundated” Rideau Hall with calls over the past week, National Post has learned.
Since the beginning of the week, the phones at Rideau Hall have been ringing off the hook.
But instead of the usual calls regarding guided tours, questions about honours bestowed annually to chosen Canadians, or requests to meet with Governor General Mary Simon, callers have been asking the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG) to dissolve the government.
“The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General has received a high volume of calls and emails in recent days related to the protest. Due to this high volume, we are aware of the long wait times and appreciate the public’s patience,” spokesperson Josephine Laframboise said in a short email statement.
The callers are participants and supporters of the so-called “freedom convoy” that has been occupying the streets around Parliament for a week, demanding that the Trudeau government put an end to all public heath measures (even though the majority of them are under the provincial government’s purview.)
Last week, organizers also published a manifesto billed a “memorandum of understanding” demanding that the Governor General and the Senate unite to force all levels of government to end any COVID-19 measures and vaccine passports, and re-instate all workers laid off due to vaccine requirements.
That has seemingly pushed protesters and their supporters to flood Rideau Hall’s phone and email lines demanding that Mary Simon act, going as far as demanding that she dissolve government and remove Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from power.
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(2) How Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ is inspiring protests in other countries
(3) B.C. admits that half of “COVID hospitalizations” aren’t because of COVID
(4) Endlessly complying with pointless COVID measures socializes us against freedom
(5) Canada loses 200,000 jobs, nearly double the blow economists expected
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