Ottawa busybodies claim human rights to block truck traffic

Ecojustice Canada is attempting to say the existing approved truck route through the nations' capital violates the Constitutional guarantees of residents to 'life, liberty and security of the person.'

Ottawa busybodies claim human rights to block truck traffic
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A group of citizens living near the existing trucking route that bisects the downtown core want the trucking route eliminated because it violates their rights as Canadians. The route has been in place for years. 

A former staff lawyer for the environmental law charity and registered lobby group, Lynda Collins, told CTV NEWS that proximity to truck traffic violates human rights. 

"The Constitution guarantees every Canadian's right to life, liberty and security of the person. And it can be violated when a government knowingly creates a serious threat to public health as they're doing in this case," said Collins.

Natasha Bakht, a resident of Cumberland Street near the truck route, told CTV, "I am pretty sensitive to exhaust fumes, and I find that when I'm walking down Rideau Street if I take a big inhale, I'll often feel sick," Bakht said. 

This is not the first time a small group of Ottawa residents, including city councillor Mathieu Fleury, exhibited an irrational fear of trucks. During his testimony before the Public Order Emergency Commission, Fleury claimed the presence of large trucks as part of the anti-mandate Convoy for Freedom protests last February amounted to serious micro-aggressions. 

Residents in neighbourhoods where convoy trucks were parked for days testified at the POEC to exhaust fumes moving upward into their apartments forcing them to sleep in masks.

A similarly small and fragile group of Ottawa residents are suing the Freedom Convoy for inconvenience and loss of income during the extended traffic snarl the convoy protests caused. 

To support Rebel News' coverage of the POEC and to see all our reports from the POEC, please visit www.TruckerCommission.com.

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