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MartianManchild posted...

Calling the truckers terrorists, in my opinion, is rather ignorant.

Once again, they're being called terrorists because they're committing terrorism, not because of what/why they're protesting. If they weren't committing mass violence (forcibly preventing people from sleeping is violent, whether direct contact is involved or not) and causing significant economic damage in an effort to force political change, they wouldn't be terrorists.

MartianManchild posted...

Also if they are such a fringe minority then why does it matter if they are vaccinated?

Because minimizing the risk of importing new infections is a crucial part of controlling the spread moving forward. We can't control other countries' case rates, but we can control who can bring cases back into Canada from those countries. Those at higher risk (the unvaccinated) must take additional precautions (testing/isolation) to offset that risk. Until recently, the economic disruption of requiring unvaccinated truckers to isolate was considered more damaging than the infection risk they posed, so they were granted a specific exemption from the rules that everyone else had to follow, but they've reached a high enough vaccination rate that having this fringe minority isolate upon returning (not that they can leave in the first place, given that the US won't let them in, so it's really a moot point) is no longer a major problem.

It only takes one inadequately-contained case to trigger an outbreak, especially as other precautions are lifted. If you want to avoid that, you need to keep on top of every possible new case.