We estimate that the impact on that is about 600 million dollars over the last two weeks very few of the protesters here in southern alberta are commercial truckers in fact many of the people we have spoken with work in agriculture or oil and gas industries that now say they are hurting because of this blockade if manufacturers can't provide the materials needed in oil and gas then ultimately it's going to impact our biggest sector which is the energy industry it's days not weeks before we start to see shutdowns alberta's cattle industry is hurting too eighty percent of beef produced here is exported it's why the president of the canadian cattlemen's association is calling for the protest to end i believe it's gone too far,
Now it started to disrupt trade it started to disrupt commerce there's people that lost their jobs because they would not take an experimental vaccine so i just think it's time to share the pain at the end of the day we're talking profits but i think profits are not above freedom and so the protest continues as the blockade at alberta's busiest border crossing enters week three heather urex west global news near milk river alberta the protests have largely been about covid restrictions well it looks like some changes are coming the federal health minister said today the worst of the omicron wave is behind us and ottawa could tweak travel restrictions by next week our government is actively reviewing the measures in place at our borders,
And we should be able to communicate changes on this next week the government currently advises against all non-essential trips outside this country those who do travel are subject to covet 19 measures when they return including testing chief public health officer dr teresa tam says because omicron is so infectious it is too hard to stop every case at the border overseas protesters in france are headed for paris inspired by the demonstrations in this country thousands of police officers and armored vehicles are positioned around the capitol waiting for the convoy gatherings are banned in paris but as crystal gomezing reports many protesters there are also willing to risk the consequences the french prime minister warned anyone blocking the streets of paris would be arrested keeping to that word police and armored vehicles moved into place friday,
As the so-called european freedom convoy was expected to arrive those in the french convoy and their supporters at locations outside of paris appear unfazed jovial even when asked about the convoy and support for it there are some common talking points canadians they uh kind of federate all the people so that's why they're in australia in new zealand and now in europe and france the people look at it and uh i guess it really pushed them to to go on the street the words canadians freedom and fairer world are often cited it's unclear if there's any coordination between all of the convoys there is cross-promotion of different country events on the european social media page the demonstrators call for freedom but in france many covet 19 restrictions have been removed outdoor masking was dropped earlier this month and by the end of february,
There won't be any requirements indoors at bars or restaurants although the vaccine passport will still be needed i see that we've had significant loss of freedom in the past two years and it's important that people mobilize those who have mobilized have so far been prevented from entering city limits crystal gomansing global news london a sharp warning from the white house tonight that a russian invasion of ukraine could happen at any moment canada joined several other nations today urging its citizens to leave ukraine now top u.s security officials have laid out what a russian attack could look like starting with an aerial bombing campaign jackson proskow joins us now from washington jackson what more do we know tonight,
Hi eric the white house insists that it does not believe vladimir putin has made a final decision on an invasion but the tone today was unmistakable president biden's national security adviser told reporters that russia is in position to mount a major military campaign any day now and it could happen while the olympics are still ongoing in addition to urging americans to leave within the next 24 to 48 hours they warned no u.s military personnel will step onto ukrainian soil to assist with evacuating citizens in the event of an invasion the u.s embassy continues its drawdown of staff and there is growing concern that a bloody assault beginning with missiles and airstrikes and bombings could be the first salvo in any russian attack,
It could take a range of different forms but i want to be equally clear that one of those forms is a rapid assault on the city of kyiv that is a possible line of attack course of action that the russian forces could choose to take now tonight we're learning that the u.s is ordering an additional 3 000 troops to poland that's on top of the nearly 2 000 dispatch there last week they are not meant to fight russia in ukraine but rather to deter any advance on nato members today there was an 80 minute long phone call between the u.s canada and european allies the white house insists they're all united and ready to levy sanctions and other countermeasures against vladimir putin and his inner circle if needed but eric officially they aren't giving up on diplomacy yet,
And the white house expects that president biden will speak with putin by phone this weekend thanks jackson jackson proskow in washington tonight breaking rank from the canadian armed forces coming up the military officer being investigated for speaking out against pandemic mandates and above the olympics wanted back a fan chosen welcome back a foremost in the canadian fortified forces is under exploration tonight for seeming in a video talking about covet 19 mandates he is the latest army member to say out and as ross lord reports the canadian forces says proper exploit,
Will be taken it's almost unheard of for a serving member of the canadian armed forces to speak out against government policy especially like this canadians have been lulled into believing that the same government who suppresses your freedoms in the name of safety will one day just reward you back with your freedoms army major stephen schladowski adopting a popular buzzword of those protesting covet 19 rules and vaccines that folks is the very definition of tyranny schledowsky says he's served in the forces for almost 21 years including in canada's mission to afghanistan.
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