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Canadian author and former professor Jordan Peterson criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's response to the massive trucker protest in Ottawa, calling on Canadian conservatives to "seize the day" and reattain the county's charter rights.

"I've been watching what's happening in Canada ... trying to think it through," Peterson said in a video post to Instagram on Tuesday.

Peterson directly addressed conservative politicians Premier of Saskatchewan Scott Moe, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney, Premier of Ontario Doug Ford, and opposition leader Erin O'Toole, asking them, "What in the world are you waiting for?"

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"It's your moment. You've got a huge number of Canadians occupying Ottawa, expressing their dismay with the suspension of our charter rights in the face of this so-called emergency," Peterson said. "Our prime minister has literally abandoned the city run away, as far as I can tell citing security concerns because I think he believes his own propaganda about the nature of the people who are sitting in Ottawa and then lying about it, justifying it as a consequence of being exposed to COVID despite the fact he is double vaccinated and tested negative."

"You're not going to get a better opportunity. This is your moment, conservatives in Canada," he continued.

Peterson pressed the politicians to use the popular demonstration as an opportunity to push for harsh COVID-19 restrictions to end.

"We could have our country back," Peterson said. "Reassure Canadians. Remove these mandates."

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Thousands of Canadian truckers formed a convoy and drove into Ottawa, where they now occupy the city's downtown area in protest of vaccine mandates impacting the industry. Trudeau has attempted to brush off the demonstration as a "fringe minority," but videos of the massive crowd filling the city streets show a different story.

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