"In a politically rational world . . . ."

So well said. The rationality is leaving us.

I wrote an article about Mr. Kenney bowing to maybe about 10% of Alberta's population.

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/the-covid-plight-of-jason-kenney-e34d3e7c2d10

I would wager most of this money raised for this protest is coming from outside the trucking industry. A few rabid truckers are getting paid for easy work.