They didn’t ignore this in Canada. The prime minister abused emergency powers to stamp out the protests like a South American dictator. In the meantime, both the federal and provincial governments backed off on a lot of things and they’ve made no major moves forward since.

Since then there have also been harsh legal penalties added for many specific behaviours seen in the protests, like blocking streets, unusual noise, etc. One province even made it a fineable offence to loiter on a highway overpass. Many of these things were already fineable, but the penalties now are much harsher.

The trucker protest scared the crap out of the people in power because it was effective.

It's not about balls, it's about cultural unity.

All of the people with an IQ high enough to see what is going on in the US have been lured into corporate or academic jobs and are terrified their "peers' might think less of them if they don't go along.

They've also been spread around the country so they have no culture to speak of.

Ever wonder why bright students are fooled into going to school out of state because it is more "prestigious"?

Also nearly half of the population is no longer Caucasian Christian. There is no center.