Brigitte Belton is a Canadian truck driver who started the Canada convoy protest.

Career and activism

Belton is a truck driver. On 16 November 2021

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officers refused Belton entry to Canada at the Detroit-Windor due to her failure to wear a face mask. At the October 2022

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, commission lawyer Stephen Armstrong stated that Belton vented her frustration via her

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feed before using the platform to connect with

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and then later initiating the planning of the Canada convoy protest. Armstrong said that Belton, Chris Barber, and

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all took part in a

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event on January 13, 2022 to plan the protest's route and logistics. The next day,

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started the fundraiser for the protest. Belton was one of the first witnesses to testify at the

in October 2022. During her testimony she questioned how fellow protest leader

would spend money raised to support the convoy protest, and was critical of a decision to buy a decommissioned church in Ottawa. In July 2022, Belton's social media connected Tamara Lich to the pending purchase of Saint Brigid's Church in Ottawa, which was being occupied by The United People of Canada. In May 2022, Belton was selected as the Ontario Party's candidate for the Elgin-Middlesex-London riding. She won 234 votes, representing 2.6% of the votes cast, losing to

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Personal life

Belton is from

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, Ontario. She is not vaccinated for COVID-19. She is married, and is both a mother and a grandmother.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belton, Brigitte Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian anti-vaccination activists Canadian truck drivers Protesters involved in the Canada convoy protest

Career and activism

Personal life

See also

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