Canada Unity is a group that campaigned against COVID-19 mask mandates and vaccine passports during the
Canada convoy protest
A series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, called the Freedom Convoy (french: Convoi de la liberté, links=no) by organizers, began in early 2022. The initial convoy movement was created t ...
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Co-lead by
James Bauder, the group attempted to have the federal government of Canada brought down by the Governor General during the 2022
Canada Convoy Protest
A series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions, called the Freedom Convoy (french: Convoi de la liberté, links=no) by organizers, began in early 2022. The initial convoy movement was created t ...
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It planned to organize a second convoy protest in 2023, but cancelled its own plans due to security concerns.
Organization
The group was founded by Sandra and James Bauder of
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
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The group's Facebook page was registered in late 2019.
By March 2021, the group's website had 30 members.
Activities
The group had a low profile until the January lead up to the Canada convoy protest, when the group organised protestor's movement to Ottawa and published routes to the protest location on its website.
During the Canada convoy protest, the group tried to advance a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with
Governor General of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, t ...
Mary Simon to bring down the federal government of Canada and revoke COVID-19 public health measures, despite that being legally impossible for a governor general to do.
At the 2022
Emergencies Act Inquiry, protest leader
Chris Barber said he did not like the undemocratic nature of the MOU.
The MOU attracted 320,000 signatures before being withdrawn by the Canada Unity.
By 2022, all other convoy protest leaders had disassociated themselves from Canada Unity.
The group planned a second convoy labeled "Freedom Convoy 2.0"
and also "World Unity Convoy" of vehicles to Ottawa for February 17 to 21, 2023, but changed their plans in favour of Winnipeg in late December 2022.
In early January 2023 the second convoy plans were cancelled due to security related issues.
See also
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COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Que ...
References
External links
Official website
{{COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Canada convoy protest
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2020s in Ottawa