How anger, faith and conspiracy theories fuelled the trucker convoy - The Fifth Estate

Our investigation reveals how months of planning drew convoys to Canada’s capital, leading to an unprecedented weeks-long occupation of some streets around Parliament Hill. It spawned spinoff protests across the country and around the world. The protests were ostensibly about a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers, but 90 per cent of Canadian truckers are vaccinated. The movement drew other actors with goals far beyond vaccine mandates and links to hate groups and white supremacists. Host Gillian Findlay talks to the early organizers of the Freedom Convoy, including Pat King. Organizers first attempted a protest like this back in 2019. We ask what they thought would happen and why police and politicians were both seemingly unaware and unable to maintain control. #FreedomConvoy #Canada #CBCFifthEstate producer/directors LINDA GUERRIERO SCOTT ANDERSON additional producing RONNA SYED written by GILLIAN FINDLAY associate producers ROXANNA WOLOSHYN RACHEL WARD IVAN ANGELOVSKI JASMINE MANI additional research ANDREW CULBERT editing SHELDON BELDICK LORETTA HICKS DAVID NEW additional editing AILEEN MCBRIDE principal cinematography JOHN BADCOCK csc ANDY HINCENBERGS additional cinematography JAMIE ROSS archival material CANADIAN ANTI-HATE NETWORK CP IMAGES FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM PARLVU REUTERS RCMP RUMBLE TELEGRAM THE 4K GUY TIKTOK TWITTER TWITTER/CARYMA SA’D YOUTUBE graphic designers TIM KINDRACHUK DAVID MORGAN FROILAN UNTALASCO graphic director JEFF GOLDHAR visual research LESLIE MORRISON media management MATT GUERIN post audio RON SEARLES RICK STARKS colourist SCOTT McINTYRE rollout producer ROXANNA WOLOSHYN social media producer AVNEET DHILLON theme music STEVE D'ANGELO project manager VICTOR KERR associate directors NANCI KING GIM ARDAL packaging editor NANCY DIMENNA resource coordinators JORDAN ABRAHAM CHAHAT DESAI coordinating associate director RHONDA KIRKPATRICK senior producers ALLYA DAVIDSON EMMANUAL MARCHAND executive producer DIANA SWAIN original broadcast FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Subscribe for more videos from The Fifth Estate: http://bit.ly/25W8cpn Connect with The Fifth Estate online: Website : http://bit.ly/1d0FBxq Facebook : http://bit.ly/1UO9B8S Twitter : http://bit.ly/237VM8P Instagram : http://bit.ly/25W8SLs About The Fifth Estate: For four decades The Fifth Estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.