Original version

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC OS Conversations

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world

Bringing together people from around the world to discuss how major news stories are affecting their lives.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC OS Conversations: Coronavirus: Protesting truckers

Factual

Coronavirus: Protesting truckers

12/02/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS Conversations, Coronavirus: Protesting truckers

We hear from people impacted by the truckers' protest in Ottawa

For the past fortnight, the world has watched Canadian truckers block roads to protest against Covid restrictions. A rule that required any truckers entering Canada from the US to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or face a 14-day quarantine triggered the demonstations. The protests then grew to include different people who are angry at other Covid restrictions and also at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.

Host Karnie Sharp hears perspectives on the protest in Ottawa, and brings together two residents on what it’s like to live and work in the capital, amid the trucks and the wailing horns.

We also consider the removing of other restrictions, specifically the rule during the pandemic to work solely from home. We bring together people living in South Africa, Nigeria and the United States to hear their stories on what it’s been like to spend almost two years doing your job from home. They share the unexpected pleasures and also why they are nervous about remembering how to behave in an office with colleagues once more.

(Photo: Trucks block downtown streets as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 10, 2022. Credit: Patrick Doyle/Reuters)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

BBC OS Conversations

Coronavirus: Protesting truckers

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service News Internet

About BBC World Service