Video: Fed-Up Commuters Drag Climate Protesters Off Highway

Commuters showed little tolerance for climate change protesters who tried to block a bridge during the Thursday-morning commute in Vancouver. Video shows that drivers who had stopped for the protesters blocking traffic…

IJR SyndicatedApr 23, 20223 min read

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“Demonstrators who block vital pieces of infrastructure, like bridges and major intersections, put themselves in danger and create a safety risk for the rest of the public,” Vancouver Police Constable Tania Visintin said in a statement,

“We know these incidents frustrate the public, and we thank everyone for their patience while VPD responded to this protest,” she said, according to Global News.

The protest was orchestrated by Save Old Growth, which opposes logging in the British Columbia region of Canada.

Premier John Horgan said the group wants to anger people more than save trees.

“I’m profoundly disappointed that these small groups of people are so self-absorbed and think so highly of their opinions and their so-called rights that they feel it’s okay to intrude in the rights of other British Columbians,” he said. “I reject it categorically and I’m hopeful that there will be significant consequences for their actions.”

Since January, 84 people have been arrested in 10 separate Protests.

“We’re done being afraid. We won’t stop until the government passes legislation to end all old-growth logging,” Julia Torgerson, a spokesperson for the group, said in a release.

“This is not a big demand, we’ve only got 2.7 percent of the productive old-growth left. Killing the last of these ancient trees is a death sentence for millions of Canadians due to ecological breakdown,” she said.

Protester Brent Eichler, who was on day 28 of a hunger strike, said the issue is about life and death.

“We are entering the darkest age of human history, and facing mass starvation as we approach a two degrees increase in global average temperatures. The B.C. government is aiding in the destruction of the country,” he said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.