A group of Western University students hold a protest against the school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Aug. 27, 2022.

Parent and student protests against mandatory masking erupted that month in New York, California, and Massachusetts. The combination of public school mask policies and state vaccine mandates drove some parents to seek alternatives.

She then cited Trudeau's more recent characterization of those who don't want to get COVID-19 vaccination in a French-language interview in 2021, and his more recent remarks on those protesting against COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa and other parts of the

Similar Events Held in the Past The upcoming event is one of several similar protests that have been held since the original 2022 Freedom Convoy, which was started in response to a COVID-19 vaccination mandate and other pandemic restrictions and culminated

The Freedom Convoy protest began to oppose the federal government's vaccine mandate for cross-border truck drivers.

As early as Sept. 11, six LAPD officers filed a lawsuit against the city on the vaccine mandate, which they say violated employees' constitutional rights to privacy and due process.

The protest started in late January as a demonstration by truckers against the federal government’s requirement for cross-border truck drivers to be vaccinated, but has since evolved into a large movement joined by people from across Canada to oppose

The Freedom Convoy started as a demonstration against the federal's mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on all cross-border truck drivers, which came into effect in January.

Protesters gather in Grand Park outside Los Angeles City Hall, at a March for Freedom rally, demonstrating against the Los Angeles City Council’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees and contractors, on Nov. 8, 2021.

The trucker convoy movement started as a protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements for cross-border truck drivers.

(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) The protest was initiated by truck drivers opposed to COVID-19 vaccination mandates for cross-border travel.

-Canada border must be vaccinated for COVID-19. As large convoys of trucks and other vehicles drove to Ottawa to protest the mandate, more people who are opposed to various mandates and restrictions joined the movement.

The Freedom Convoy started as a demonstration against the federal government’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on all cross-border truck drivers, which came into effect in January.

The rally supported the “Convoy to Ottawa,” a prominent protest action in Canada that opposes mandates.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre pushed back today against reporting that portrays the trucker’s “Freedom Convoy” against the government’s vaccine mandate as extremist in nature based on some comments from individuals who don't represent the group.

Vaccine passports have drawn significant numbers of protesters in France over the past two months.

Protesters gather during a protest against government-imposed COVID-19 measures in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Sept. 29, 2021.

The Freedom Convoy protest started in response to a mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccination for truck drivers crossing the Canada–U.S. border and resulted in encampments of trucks in the nation's capital.

Many protesters were also concerned over suggestions about wider vaccine mandates and a potential nationwide rollout of a COVID-19 pass, dubbed the “Covid Safe Ticket.”

The protest started as a demonstration by truckers against the federal government's requirement for cross-border truck drivers to be vaccinated, but has since evolved into a large movement joined by people from across Canada to oppose different COVID-

Republicans loudly protested against these mandates—particularly the private sector mandates, saying that Americans should be free to make their own healthcare decisions.

Australian politician George Christensen MP has called for COVID-19 vaccine mandates to end while attending the "Convoy to Canberra" protests at the nation's capital held in solidarity with the Canadian and U.S. truckers' convoys.

“This protest speech was a protest against the double standard being enforced by Defendants, the well-founded beliefs shared by Plaintiffs that mask wearing is not scientifically based, that mask wearing is not necessary for the vaccinated or naturally

Attendees also told The Epoch Times they were not anti-vaxxers, and many had also been vaccinated, but they were against forced vaccinations.

The blockades were in solidarity with the protests in Ottawa, which initially began to oppose the federal government's vaccine mandate requiring truck drivers crossing back into Canada from the United States to be fully vaccinated if they wish to avoid

(Linda Jiang/The Epoch Times) Another local resident, Katey T., told The Epoch Times she was against mandated vaccines.

Harper said her husband had emerged a leader in the “freedom movement” in Sudbury protesting lockdowns and mandates and that he felt strongly he should not be forced to take an untested vaccine.

Accountability The Freedom Convoy protest began in late January to protest the federal government's COVID-19 restrictions and the mandatory vaccination mandate.

During the pandemic, the Victorian Labor government imposed strict vaccine mandates and pandemic rules on the state residents, resulting in a series of protests in the capital city of Melbourne in 2021.

The French government on Monday expanded more activities requiring the use of a COVID-19 “health pass” despite large-scale protests against such measures.