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Crowds grow on Parliament Hill as more truck convoy protesters arrive in Ottawa
CTV News ^ | Last Updated Saturday, January 29, 2022 12:21PM EST

Posted on 01/29/2022 9:47:37 AM PST by BenLurkin

The freedom convoy is completing a cross-country journey to Ottawa. Groups departed from Arnprior, Ont. Cornwall, Kingston and Vankleek Hill Saturday morning, travelling along highways into Ottawa for the protest.

They are being greeted by hundreds of convoy participants that arrived in Ottawa Friday afternoon, filling streets with the constant sound of truck horns and cheers preparing for the weekend demonstration. Crowds began to form on Parliament Hill around 9 a.m. Saturday and grew significantly throughout the morning.

A steady stream of people walked and drove across the Ottawa River from Gatineau to join the demonstration. Gatineau police urged people to avoid the Hull sector due to traffic congestion, and the Chaudiere, Alexandra and Portage bridges were closed to vehicle traffic.

The owner of an Arnprior truck stop said Saturday morning about 500 vehicles were set to leave there for downtown Ottawa.

Tom Orr, the owner of Antrim truck stop, said about 160 trucks stayed there overnight and between 300 and 400 cars have joined this morning.

The truck stop is one of four Arnprior locations from which the convoy is leaving, along with the municipal airport, a farmer's field and another local yard. Orr estimated 700 to 800 vehicles would be leaving Arnprior Saturday morning, adding that "99.9 per cent" of the people at his truck stop have been respectful and peaceful.

(Excerpt) Read more at ottawa.ctvnews.ca ...


TOPICS: Canada
KEYWORDS: freedomconvoy; truckers
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If anybody can pull off a truly "mostly peaceful" demonstration, it would be the Canadians.
1 posted on 01/29/2022 9:47:37 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hopefully they stay until the city runs out of food.


2 posted on 01/29/2022 9:49:29 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: BenLurkin
We got us a convoy!


3 posted on 01/29/2022 9:49:36 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: BenLurkin

A peaceful protest such as this, although a civilized way to proceed to effect change, could very well not be enough to persuade the tyrants to give up their self-anointed vast new powers. I hope it doesn’t come to physical force, but physical force may be necessary to restore Liberty ... a value and a way of life worthing fighting for.


4 posted on 01/29/2022 9:51:35 AM PST by glennaro (Do not live your life in irrational fear. Live unmasked, unvaxxed, untested; unbullied and unafraid.)
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To: BenLurkin

I just saw video of the Toronto Police arriving in the center of Ottawa their convoy includes horse trailers the Mounted Unit is being brought in.


5 posted on 01/29/2022 9:51:41 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

LIVE COVERAGE: Freedom Convoy arrives in Ottawa
https://rumble.com/vtkdzo-live-coverage-freedom-convoy-arrives-in-ottawa.html


6 posted on 01/29/2022 9:54:03 AM PST by janetjanet998
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To: billorites

10-4 Rubber Ducky.

I’m eastbound and down.

Catch you on the flip-flop.


7 posted on 01/29/2022 9:54:16 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: glennaro

Very true. This is obviously where to begin.

I think people may miss the boat on this because the other side is dug in. There will be a point of no return if we allow it.


8 posted on 01/29/2022 9:55:21 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: janetjanet998
LOL! Some provocateur us running around with a Confederate flag...

Now who could that be...?

Gee, maybe some member of Canada's Deep State national security apparatus that was called in?

9 posted on 01/29/2022 9:57:37 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: bray

That’s the only way a protest is going to have any real effect. It’s got to be painful. Very painful. Lack of food will do that. Even the people that are in favor of this fascist government will start to sing a different tune when they get hungry.


10 posted on 01/29/2022 9:59:09 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: BenLurkin

Meanwhile, the tightly-controlled U.S. media is “most crickets”

In MAJOR US news, the Bidens have a new cat.


11 posted on 01/29/2022 10:01:56 AM PST by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: mewzilla

Here’s a hint: “Red and Black. That’s their color scheme.”


12 posted on 01/29/2022 10:02:00 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: janetjanet998

Thank You. Incorporated in my blog.


13 posted on 01/29/2022 10:02:41 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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Large crowds of fringe extremists.

I bet the RCMP is consulting with the FBI on how to turn this into an "insurrection," with mass arrests and detainments.

14 posted on 01/29/2022 10:02:46 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: BenLurkin

I liked the “Kiss My Antibodies” sign I saw on a video from there.

Nationwide strikes are a good idea, I hope they get to that point.


15 posted on 01/29/2022 10:04:02 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (If It Aint Woke Don't Fix It.)
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To: Walrus

Thought they just got a new dog since it kept biting Senile Joe.


16 posted on 01/29/2022 10:07:56 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: BenLurkin
Ottawa police working with national security agencies as trucker convoy reaches capital
17 posted on 01/29/2022 10:09:32 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: Nextrush
Yay!


18 posted on 01/29/2022 10:10:35 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: mewzilla
Freedom Trucker Convoy Live (Snickerpie YT channel) RedPillingTheMasses, this thing is HUGE
19 posted on 01/29/2022 10:11:01 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: mewzilla
JUST A FRINGE MOVEMENT: "Justin Trudeau and family moved to secret location as Canada trucker protests spark security fears" - LOOKS MORE LIKE A TYRANT FLEEING DURING A REVOLUTION !
20 posted on 01/29/2022 10:14:11 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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