Peaceful protest on University Avenue, Moncton (Staff photo)
A peaceful protest over vaccine mandates was held along Universite Avenue in front of Moncton’s Dumont Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
Organized by a group called Canadian Frontline Nurses, hundreds of people lined the street in the early afternoon hours with signs containing messages like “No to medical passports”, “Fight 4 freedom” and “Say no to medical apartheid”.
Passing drivers were urged to honk their horns in a show of support and many did.
Canadian Frontline Nurses regional spokesperson Cindy MacDonald says her group is about freedom and choice.
“Mandatory vaccination is not law. The government is trying to make it mandatory and they are using those terms loosely. You have the right to refuse.”
MacDonald says the group simply seeks freedom for all and claims the media has not treated them fairly.
“The media has twisted what we’re doing and edited what we’re doing. We’re about freedom right across the country. We’re about medical transparency.”
Describing herself as a whistleblower, MacDonald is a nurse who is currently on leave.
She says her group is not anti-anything, simply about freedom in general.
Rallies were held in major cities across the country on Wednesday and MacDonald adds the group has more events planned in the near future.
