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Freedom Convoy: Ottawa Declares State of Emergency

by Will Jones
7 February 2022 10:30 AM

The Mayor of Canada’s capital Ottawa, Jim Watson, has declared a state of emergency following more than a week of the Freedom Convoy truckers’ protests against vaccine mandates and Government overreach. BBC News has more.

Jim Watson said the city was “completely out of control”, with demonstrators outnumbering police.

He said the protests posed a threat to residents’ safety. There have also been reports of racial attacks.

Ottawa’s centre has been paralysed, with vehicles and tents blocking roads.

The “Freedom Convoy” was sparked by the introduction last month of a new rule that all truckers must be vaccinated to cross the US-Canada border, but the protests have morphed into broader challenges to Covid health restrictions.

The protesters have since gathered in downtown Ottawa near Parliament Hill, and their demands have grown to include ending all such mandates nationwide and opposing the Government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Speaking to Canadian radio station CFRA, Mr Watson said the protesters were behaving increasingly “insensitively” by continuously “blaring horns and sirens, [setting off] fireworks and turning it into a party”.

“Clearly, we are outnumbered and we are losing this battle,” he said, adding: “This has to be reversed – we have to get our city back.”

The Mayor did not give specific details about what measures he might impose, but police said on Sunday that they would step up enforcement, including possible arrests of those seeking to aid the protesters by bringing them supplies like fuel, toilet paper and food.

A state of emergency will give the city additional powers, including access to equipment required by frontline workers and emergency services.

The protests expose a deep fracture in Canadian society, with a recent opinion poll suggesting 68% of Canadians felt they had “very little in common” with the protesters, while 32% said they “had a lot in common” with them.

Worth reading in full (though be warned it is the BBC so comes with the standard bias).

Tags: CanadaFreedom ConvoyLockdownsMandatory VaccinesVaccine Passports

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