By Canada Marches Team

Border of Manitoba and Ontario, May 9, 2022- Canada Marches Team

James Topp knows service and sacrifice. Topp, a 28-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, is once again testing his limits, but this time in service of those Canadians to whom all the guaranteed Rights and Freedoms from our Charter are being infringed upon. Topp — and his Canada Marches ground team — are marching 4,293km’s across Canada, from the West Coast toward the Nation’s Capital and The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a peaceful demonstration against those government mandates that make the unvaccinated population less than able to take part in normal activities such as make a living working for the Federal Government (in many organizations across the country), f lying, travelling across the Border to the US, among others. It also has the main underlying reason for enforcing Canadians’ fundamental right to choose (no matter their vaccination status).

79 days into the roughly 130-day march, James, his on-ground team along with the Canadian public marching with him, average 40 to 50km’s a day as they continue to head east. #CanadaMarches began at the Terry Fox Statue in Vancouver, Feb 20, 2022. James and his team are expected to arrive at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa, mid to late June 2022, approx 130 days later. ETA is set for June 22, but that timeline is entirely dependent upon several factors (weather, injury, route decided upon,etc.) Plans are being finalized for meetings to discuss these issues between Topp and those MP’s that have responded since letters were mailed to every MP and Senator in Parliament.

The public support that’s been shown from the moment he made his very public announcement via social media, has been overwhelming with many outreach services being offered including warm meals, supplies, fuel cards and accommodation being extended nightly by a growing community. Many citizens simply feel as if they cannot do enough, so in the truly Canadian way, they do what they can. These gestures and gifts that are shared, many times on the side of the highway, are bolstering the resolve of Topp to accomplish this task along with proving to him that what he is doing matters. Stories from the public are shared on the daily, and those that are physically able, are whole-heartedly joining in the March whenever and wherever they can, which Topp appreciates and encourages.

Topp has encountered support in every major city across western Canada to date and has been invited to speak to crowds varying in size from 20 to 400! He says “This has to do with government overreach that has spread into all of our personal lives.”

As supporter Tyler Gibson from Medicine Hat stated when asked by the Canada Marches on ground crew, “What does it mean for you that James is marching to Ottawa?

“It means to me, well the world, it’s every choice I make, everything I want to do in my everyday life like go to post-secondary and ref hockey and play hockey, all these things that it’s impacting that. And he has my world right now, and he’s marching it to Ottawa.”

For more information on #CanadaMarches and James Topp along with the full list of reasons for this demonstration you can visit www.canadamarches.ca or find and follow his mission on any one of the multiple Social Media platforms.

Learn more about James and his work @ canadamarches.ca