"It's A Matter of Having A Choice," Says Trucker Participating in Slow Roll Convoy

Caption: (video footage submitted by Hank Enting)

Traffic through the Emerson Border crossing has been slow rolling this morning. A large number of truckers and their supporters are protesting vaccine mandates at the Canada/U.S. Border. Social media photos show semi-trailers 

"We're just slow rolling. We're not blocking things off, just keeping things moving very slowly," said Janzen. (Submitted/Joe Janzen) decorated with signs expressing opposition to not only newly enforced vaccination mandates, but also the carbon tax, and censorship.

On Saturday, the federal vaccination mandate for truck drivers came into effect. The new rules required truck drivers to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face a two-week quarantine and PCR testing upon crossing into Canada. The U.S. is preparing to impose similar restrictions on Canadian truckers on January 22nd.

Joe Janzen of Smoke N' Transport in Morden participated in today's convoy.

"Currently, I'm at the Emerson border supporting all the truckers. There's a lot of support here right now. We're just slow rolling. We're not blocking things off, just keeping things moving very slowly," he explained. "We're not stopping life in general," added Janzen, noting other traffic is still able to pass through just slowly. "We're just making it known that we're here to make a stand. Enough is enough."

Janzen estimated there were over one hundred vehicles in the convoy that included cars, farm tractors and semi trucks. The convoy started at 3 a.m. Monday morning.