Wed Feb 23, 2022 – 3:33 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – A veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is marching from Vancouver, British Columbia to Ottawa to show solidarity with the truckers from the Freedom Convoy as well as to call an end to government COVID mandates.
James Topp, who served for 28 years in the CAF, began his 4,395-kilometer (2,730-mile) journey to Ottawa from the Terry Fox monument in downtown Vancouver this past Sunday.
Video posted by True North News showed a crowd of supporters cheering Topp in a sendoff, with some of them staying the course with him as he marched through Vancouver.
According to True North News, Topp said that the trucker Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, despite being removed by Trudeau’s police over the weekend, gave him new hope and strength and faith in the working class.
“The sounds of our footsteps are going to carry on in front of us,” Topp said.
“They are going to hear our feet out east,” adding he has to “do this” march.
Topp plans on walking on average of 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) a day.
According to his website, Topp “is keen to avoid the identity politics
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