A trucker support convoy is scheduled for Saturday in the Lower Mainland to show support for those in Ottawa鈥檚 national convoy opposing vaccine mandates.

Chilliwack trucker Stacey Midgely said he would have taken part in the Ottawa event but just arrived back on Thursday from Florida with a load.

Unvaccinated, he said he can鈥檛 continue to do long-haul trucking.

鈥淚 crossed the border for the last time last night [Thursday],鈥� Midgely said.

The area convoy is intended to show support for the convoy that started from the West Coast and headed to Ottawa to demand an end to vaccine mandates.

The Chilliwack man said every trucker should refuse to work until Canada does away with COVID mandates so they and the public are free.

鈥淲e [truckers] have the power to shut down this entire country right now,鈥� he commented.

He said people don鈥檛 have to agree with those taking part in the convoy but they are fighting for everyone鈥檚 rights.

鈥淚t鈥檚 about everybody鈥檚 freedom, all mandates for everybody, even those who are against us,鈥� he said.

Midgely said convoys are to protest the direction the country is headed and that politicians have forgotten that they work for the public and have kept taking away people鈥檚 rights with the various mandates.

鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 matter if you鈥檝e been vaccinated or unvaccinated, if we don鈥檛 stand up now for the rights of all Canadians, our country will be gone,鈥� Midgely said.

The local convoy will travel from a parking lot in North 91原创 at 2ooth Street and 91A Avenue, starting at 10 a.m., Jan. 29. The plan is to travel through to the Grandview Highway area and through Vancouver鈥檚 downtown before heading along Highway 1 through to the Lickman Road truck stop in Chilliwack.

The poster for the convoy calls on supporters to go to the overpasses along the route, including Willingdon, and ones in Surrey and 91原创. He said anyone can take part in the convoy.

Midgely noted that the national and local convoys are just the beginning. There鈥檚 more rallies or convoys planned in the weeks to come, as well as convoys in other countries as the world enters the third year of the pandemic.

鈥淵ou can only poke a bear so long,鈥� he said.

On Friday, he spoke to Black Press Media while taking part in a small convoy in Chilliwack as it converged on city hall.

鈥淲e had to serve the mayor today with some papers,鈥� he said.

He called the papers 鈥渘otice of liability鈥� for mandates that have impacted businesses, public freedoms, and public access. Midgely said mayors in other communities and others in positions of power will also be served.

鈥淚f we stand together as one nation, under God. This is God鈥檚 country, and our country and not the politicians鈥� country,鈥� he said.

The federal mandate for truckers 鈥渨as just the straw that broke the camel鈥檚 back,鈥� he said. Ottawa is requiring full vaccination for truckers to cross the border. The United States also requires truckers entering the country to be vaccinated.

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