Posted on 02/03/2022 8:25:23 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Ottawa is bracing for the upcoming weekend and the possibility of an influx of trucker convoy protesters as the demonstration enters another day in the nation’s capital.
Parts of Ottawa’s downtown core remain inaccessible to the public as a scaled-down, core group of protesters continue to occupy the areas surrounding Parliament Hill, with transport trucks and personal vehicles encamped on the streets.
Ottawa Police Service estimates the remaining group of protesters includes approximately 250 people.
In a statement issued Thursday, police said officers have issued 30 traffic tickets and charged one man criminally in relation to the protest.
“Police laid eight charges for unnecessary noise (honking horns), one for transporting dangerous goods (insecure fuel cans), one for improper muffler, four for disobeying signs, two for driving the wrong way in one way traffic, one unsafe lane change, one distracted driving, six speeding, one running a stop sign and five document offences,” the statement said.
One driver was charged for allegedly driving while criminally prohibited, and had their vehicle impounded for 45 days.
Deputy Chief Steve Bell said the remaining demonstrators were “highly volatile,” signalling a shift away from initial “demonstration-based activities.”
Residents of Ottawa fed up with the disruption have begun counter-protesting, aiming their frustration at the city, the police and the trucker convoy.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctvnews.ca ...
“Parts of Ottawa’s downtown core remain inaccessible to the public “
Exposing and positioning of the narrative.
Protesters aren’t “the public”. Setting them up as the enemy.
Kind of like when Cops refer to you as “Civilian” instead of “Citizen”. They are at war.
Article goes on to say the Homeless women of Ottawa who live on the streets are afraid for their safety.
So Canadians elect a bunch of big-government socialists, then they are surprised when they do big-government socialist things. And then they proceed to shut down the capitol and put people’s lives in danger. Makes total sense.
I can see where homeless might work in Florida or Cal, but Ottawa winter seems pretty rugged.
Diane Deans of the Ottawa City Council is referring to the truckers as terrorists and she wants the government to seize the ten million dollars that the truckers have raised to pay for their expenses.
She has a public profile where she obviously invites public comment:
https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayor-and-city-councillors
Diane Deans
Councillor
Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate
Diane.Deans@ottawa.ca
Tel.:613-580-2480
Fax.:613-580-2520
[[the possibility of an influx of trucker convoy]]
I’m thinking thr “influx” will be liberal drivers who get violent while claiming to be conservatives or rather to,be in favor of shutting down the mandates.
And mandates don’t make things ‘inaccessible’? And of course for a LOT more people. But that’s government for you. Do as I say not as I do.
By charges is the the C-4 that the guy videoed with the swat guys at his hotel?
They sound like a bunch of aoc’s thinking thatnthe men are coming there just to have relations with them
They are pretty rugged women In Canada, they start the day chewing their muckluks into a pliable for so they can wear them for the day, then they go out and slay a polar bear or 2 just for fun
Local residents are public employees. Who cares what they think. Like DC they are part of the problem.
And how would you deal with this? Continue to allow the government to dictate to you, or stand up against them?
Next, the convoy will be invading the Sudetenland.
One of the advantages of living in a place that regularly has truly miserable weather.
Peaceful demonstrations against a tyrannical government will get you nowhere.
..... My guess is that this whole thing is going to end up in much the same way as the Jan 6th protests did in DC ......
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