“Every year people come to the United States seeking protection,” the U.S. government explains, “because they have suffered persecution or fear that they will suffer persecution” due to race, religion, membership in a particular social group, and “political opinion.” That one now applies to citizens of Canada.
Many Canadians are of the opinion that the COVID mandates imposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau harm their ability to earn a living and restrict their rights of free speech and assembly. In recent weeks, thousands of Canadian workers have formed a “freedom convoy” led by truckers. In Ottawa, the nation’s capital, they conducted