Winnipeggers rally outside U.S. Consulate to stand up for Canadian sovereignty

Arturo Chang · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 24, 2025 8:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Winnipeggers who protested extracurricular the U.S. Consulate connected Monday accidental they privation to fto the Trump medication cognize Canada will ne'er beryllium the 51st state.

Dozens showed up to a rally extracurricular the consulate's bureau gathering connected 201 Portage Ave. in downtown Winnipeg.

The gathering was portion of akin demonstrations outside U.S. consulates crossed Canada as good arsenic the U.S. Embassy successful Ottawa organized by True North HQ, a radical formed implicit societal media earlier this twelvemonth successful effect to the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

"I deliberation it's important that our voices beryllium heard, that we're not blessed astir what's happening and we're not going to beryllium a 51st state," Joan Jarvis said astatine the Winnipeg gathering.

Jarvis said she feels anxious astir the "disrespect" Trump and Republicans are showing to Canada arsenic a country. She said it's bully to cognize others stock those concerns.

"The Americans request to fig their authorities due to the fact that they're a fascist authorities that's trying to travel instrumentality america over," said Terrel Hince. "We privation to amusement them that Canada is not going to judge that."

Hince said that showing up to protestation oregon boycotting U.S. goods tin marque a quality "if everybody conscionable does a small bit."

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Canadians volition spell to the polls connected April 28 in the shadiness of a commercialized warfare with the U.S. and Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty.

True North HQ says it doesn't person a governmental affiliation, but protesters Monday said the authorities of Canada-U.S. relations volition surely power however they vote.

"I volition decidedly beryllium voting to support Canada strong," Hince said, adding that for him personally that means not voting for Conservatives.

Breanne Wieler said she volition ballot for a enactment that cares for Canadians and stands up for quality rights.

She said the protestation was besides astir showing solidarity to Americans who present person to unrecorded nether Trump.

"The president that they've chosen and are present unluckily stuck with isn't 1 that supports quality rights," Wieler said.

"He's been deporting people, he's conscionable unbelievably cruel to people, and it's not thing Canadians privation to basal for."

Jarvis said Canada-U.S. relations volition besides origin successful connected her decision.

"I'll instrumentality my clip and deliberation astir who would champion correspond our constituency successful this country," she said.