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Accused in Coutts blockade trial feared food shortages, questioned COVID-19 vaccine
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — One of two men accused of conspiring to kill police at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says he was worried about government overreach, food shortages and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Chris Carbert is testifying in his own defence at the trial in Lethbridge.
Carbert says he didn’t trust the COVID-19 vaccine for him or his son.
He says he worried truckers were being forced to have vaccine passports and that the resulting dispute would impact the food chain.