A POSTCARD FROM OTTAWA-GLAD IT IS FREE AGAIN FOR ALL CANADIANS

 Ottawa strong and free. 

Anyone who has visited Ottawa loves it.

Our nation's capital.

Museums and art galleries and lovely Rideau Mall.

The canal for skating in the winter and viewing in the Summer.

The Tulip Festival. A reminder of our participation in sheltering the Royal Family from the Netherlands.

Photos from an Anniversary trip in 2011.

A place where students visits, where politicians from coast to coast to coast debate, laws are passed, the Supreme Court, people honeymoon and couples celebrate anniversaries.

For this Canadian to see the yahoos in an occupation? looking more like a Frat party.

What were children doing at the event?

What was a Confederate flag doing in Ottawa?

What was a Nazi flag doing in Ottawa?

Canadian flags, Provincial flags were visible.

Using honking as a torture technique. 

Harassing citizens. Making a mockery of all that is Canadian. Yet pretending with Canadians flags and telling reporters we are doing this for all Canadians.

Not this Canadian. Your efforts in Ottawa never represented me.

Gaslighting Canadians who wear masks, get vaccinated, trust the medical and scientific community worldwide that have been on the front line of this pandemic and every opinion that does not agree with a Far Right perspective. Some comments I made on Twitter were met by those individuals calling me many names and even equating my thinking to Nazi Germany. For wearing a mask and vaccination following Public Health Protocols. Oh Yeah. Whatever!!

Peaceful protests have been, are and will continue to be part of our democratic process. Both Toronto my provincial capital and Ottawa my nation's capital have hosted many protests over my lifetime. 

So Ottawa you are free again. My Nation's capital-  a beautiful city and a representative of Canadian democracy.

Maybe it is a time for another trip there!

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