Amgine<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Scienceisnotopinions" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Scienceisnotopinions</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@CanadianCrone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CanadianCrone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> </p><p>Oh, it was my first thought! Since <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/PRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PRC</span></a>'s hiring of 'actor' protesters re: <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MengWanzhou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MengWanzhou</span></a> journalists have discovered it is widely practiced. Many of the 'truck convoy' protesters were paid throughout the time they were there.</p><p>Which brings it full circle back to <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/PP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PP</span></a>, who had supportive photo-ops with some of those paid protesters.</p><p>* <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51181833" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada</span><span class="invisible">-51181833</span></a><br>* <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/who-paid-for-the-fake-protest-outside-meng-wanzhou-s-hearing-we-still-don-t-know-1.5436448" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col</span><span class="invisible">umbia/who-paid-for-the-fake-protest-outside-meng-wanzhou-s-hearing-we-still-don-t-know-1.5436448</span></a><br>* <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081987391/the-funding-behind-freedom-convoy-protests" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2022/02/19/1081987391/</span><span class="invisible">the-funding-behind-freedom-convoy-protests</span></a><br>* <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/all-freedom-convoy-truckers-donors-could-be-drawn-into-class-action-lawsuit-over-protest-disruption-1.6136321" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/politics/all-freedo</span><span class="invisible">m-convoy-truckers-donors-could-be-drawn-into-class-action-lawsuit-over-protest-disruption-1.6136321</span></a></p>