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Barry Prentice, transportation economy professor at [[University of Manitoba]], stated that the truckers should be treated differently than flight crews or passenger-train employees, and that the positive aspects of vaccine mandates should be evaluated against the disruptions they would cause to the freight industry.<ref name="GMJan23">{{Cite web |date= January 23, 2022 |title= COVID-19 vaccine mandates will worsen trucker shortage, affecting consumers, experts say|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-vaccine-mandates-will-worsen-trucker-shortage-impact-consumers-at/ | access-date=January 30, 2022 |website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> English comedian [[Russell Brand]] released a video decrying the media for ignoring reporting on the protest. Brand also said in the video that "truckers, who were previously regarded as heroes when they were delivering vital goods and working during the lockdown, are now villains as they protest vaccine mandates".<ref name="American media personalities">{{Cite web|title=American media personalities have jumped onto the convoy story. Here's what that could mean for Canada|url=https://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/10562962-american-media-personalities-have-jumped-onto-the-convoy-story-here-s-what-that-could-mean-for-canada/|access-date=January 29, 2022|website=OurWindsor.ca|language=en-CA|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129032433/https://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/10562962-american-media-personalities-have-jumped-onto-the-convoy-story-here-s-what-that-could-mean-for-canada/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CRBVSFCT">{{Cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=January 28, 2022|title=Comedian Russell Brand voices support for Canadian truckers|language=en|work=National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/elon-musk-tweets-in-support-of-canadian-truckers-ahead-of-freedom-rally-protest|access-date=January 29, 2022}}</ref> [[Krista Haynes]], daughter of Ontario Premier [[Doug Ford]] and active anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine campaigner,<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Neil |first=Lauren |title=Doug Ford's daughter tells people not to snitch on big illegal Christmas parties|url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/doug-fords-daughter-asks-people-not-snitch-neighbours-who-have-big/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=www.blogto.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=DiManno |first=Rosie |date=November 26, 2021 |title=Opinion {{!}} At this point in the pandemic, there's no more time for nonsense|language=en-CA|work=The Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2021/11/26/at-this-point-in-the-pandemic-theres-no-more-time-for-nonsense.html|access-date=December 20, 2021|issn=0319-0781}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 24, 2021|title=Krista Ford's Hubby Says Toronto Police Revoked His Badge As Part Of The 'Unpaid Leave'|url=https://www.narcity.com/toronto/krista-ford-haynes-hubby-says-toronto-police-revoked-his-badge-as-part-of-the-unpaid-leave|access-date=December 24, 2021|website=Narcity|language=en}}</ref> attended a rally in support of the truckers as they headed to Ottawa.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Landau |first1=Jack |title=Doug Ford's daughter is out protesting with the trucker convoy in Toronto |url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/01/doug-fords-daughter-trucker-convoy-toronto/ |access-date=January 30, 2022 |work=blogTO |date=January 27, 2022 |location=Toronto ON}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Brooke |title=Doug Ford's daughter, Krista Haynes, attended the "Freedom Convoy" on Thursday |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/doug-ford-daughter-krista-haynes-attended-freedom-convoy |access-date=January 30, 2022 |work=DailyHive |date=January 28, 2022 |location=Vancouver BC}}</ref>
Canadian government attracted strong reaction from [[Indian people|Indian]] [[social media]]. Several commentators [[mockery|ridiculed]] Trudeau, calling the protest ''[[Karma]]'' for supporting [[ 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].
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