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Moving past the convoy occupation requires transformational human rights change

Have lessons been learned? That is far from evident. There has been little effort by any order of government to even reach out and hear community-member views firsthand.

Freedom Convoy supporters gather along Wellington Street on Jan. 29, 2022. We overwhelmingly heard from people who felt harmed and abused by the convoy, write commissioners with the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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