Posted on 01/26/2022 7:33:49 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Officials are urging people to avoid downtown Ottawa this weekend with a cross-country ‘Freedom Convoy’ of truckers expected to arrive at Parliament Hill.
Police say they don’t yet know how many demonstrators to expect downtown, or how long they plan to stay. But they have developed a strategy that will manage the demonstrations and respond to events as they happen.
“This will be a significant an extremely fluid event that could go on for a prolonged period,” Acting Deputy Chief Trish Ferguson told a briefing of the city’s police services board on Wednesday.
“We are planning for a range of potential risks, including but not limited to counter-demonstrations, blocking of intersections, interfering with critical infrastructure, and unlawful and violent activity.”
The convoy of truckers opposed to vaccine mandates is expected to arrive on Parliament Hill this weekend. The convoy passed through Winnipeg on Tuesday. The movement has gathered steam nationwide, with videos showing highway gatherings in support of the truckers. Police received 'direct threat'
Chief Peter Sloly said what started out as a single demonstration, the Freedom Convoy, has “changed substantially” in the past 24 hours or so. Now, police are preparing for other groups to flood the downtown core as well who aren’t affiliated with the main convoy.
“There are an increasing amount of other interested parties who are considering, if not articulating coming to the nation’s capital,” Sloly said.
Sloly also say police are monitoring a "misinformation campaign" on social media that suggests police officers are actively supporting the demonstrators.
"I can tell you that within the last 24 hours the Ottawa Police Service received a direct threat from a counter-protest source to the safety of our officers," Sloly said. "That is the reality of what we’ve been dealing with."
Ferguson said police have been in contact with the convoy’s organizers and had “productive and cooperative” communication. They are trying to reach out to organizers of other demonstrations and counter-protests.
She said residents and visitors can expect to see a large police and emergency services presence in the downtown core, as well as on local roads and highways. Residents should be aware of traffic updates and expect “significant delays.”
People who already live downtown should plan to go about their lives as normal; there’s no need for people to close businesses or stay in their homes.
“As of right now, the message is avoid the downtown core for travel purposes, predominantly vehicular travel,” Sloly said. “As of right now we don’t have any information to suggest that the entire core will be untravellable.”
Sloly noted that the convoy has been peaceful and well-coordinated as it passes through cities across Canada.
“In every other jurisdiction so far, the core demonstration associated with the Freedom Convoy has been peaceful, lawful and cooperative with local police,” he said.
However, he noted that those places were stops along the way, whereas Ottawa is the convoy’s destination.
Mayor Jim Watson urged the truckers and protest organizers to be respectful.
“You’re coming into someone else’s community, someone else’s neighbourhood, and please respect that. Make sure you keep passageways clear at all times, especially for emergency vehicles.” Councillor: ‘Come peacefully. Come respectfully. Or do not come.’
One city councillor is urging protesters to stay away if they plan to damage infrastructure or threaten violence.
Coun. Catherine McKenney says although they believe protest is a legitimate part of the democratic process, “the event we’re looking at this weekend is not what it appears.”
“Several members of this group are connected to militant racist, sexist, and homophobic groups,” McKenney said in a statement. “Their statements and placards promote xenophobia. They are not here to only raise voices against vaccination mandates, but to also fuel hatred against the very fabric of our society.
“I believe I speak for most Somerset Ward residents and others across our city when I say to these protestors: You are not welcome here. You have the right to protest. You have the right to disagree. You do not have the right to damage our infrastructure, to threaten violence, or to spew your statements of hatred, xenophobia, and racism to those who disagree with you.
“Come peacefully. Come respectfully. Or do not come.”
“they have developed a strategy that will manage the demonstrations and respond to events as they happen.”
UAVs with Hellfire missiles? Snipers? Machine gun nests? Enfilade fire?
Gee. You think they would have said the same things to the BLM/Antifa racist scum?
Nope.
God bless these FREEDOM truckers!!
As Mr. Lahey might advise the Prime Minister, “There’s a sh*t-storm coming, I can feel it in the air. You better break out your sh*t umbrella!”
I doubt they say that to leftist protestors.
to also fuel hatred against the very fabric of our society..
Lie!
Let them truckers roll.
Where’s the news organizations? Afraid the us might want to beat the Canadian record?
The truckers protesting in Canada seem to be a big threat…
Facebook has deleted their FB group that had over 600,000 members in it…
And GoFundMe is restricting their access to the $5+ million they raised.
Yet, their convoy that stretches for MILES continues to truck on. KEEP FIGHTING! 🇺🇸👏🏻
Who do they think pays for their Damned “infrastructure “?
f you haven’t been following it at all there is a massive convoy of truckers travelling across Canada to the capital in protest of the vaccine mandates for truckers crossing the American border. They plan to jam Ottawa up until the mandates are lifted.
Well this has created the largest propaganda push I have seen since perhaps the start of the vaccination campaign. It’s incredible. Mainstream media is running a smear campaign, the shilling on Canadian subreddits has gone through the roof. If the push if this huge, that means this has the government very worried and they should be. It took a little while here, but finally the people are starting to become more organized in their opposition. It’s just the start.
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Since you can’t follow through the Media, I recommend using Twitter for now, our perhaps GETTR using the hashtag #TruckersForFreedom. But the best show of support is go meet the on the highway and cheer them on! It’s been incredibly inspiring seeing the videos of citizens showing support and waving flags.
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/truckersforfreedom-has-the-canadian-government-very-worried/
Onward!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5q_MVT4d4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYiqTpLCRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma06kYUt1Hc
I so wish I could be in d'Ottawa on Sunday to cheer on truckers from all over PRC (Politically Repressive Canada) fighting for our rights!
I read in an article in Western Standard, that thousand of US truckers are trying to come into PRC and join the protest for freedom.
This protest is being ignored and attacked by Prime Mistake True-dolt and the PRC MSM. The problem for those a-hole communists is that this has sparked something AROUND THE WORLD in the foreign press!
LET'S GO BRANDON TRUE-DOLT!
Awesome photos! Thanks for posting those.
Coun. Catherine McKenney
LOL ping!
You are a lying, communist beach! May your crabs get hemorrhoids and spread it to you!
I’m hoping they take the wheels off and then leave em and report the trucks all stolen. Dump the wheels in the river.
I just LOVE that the Canadian federal government has to be in a panic and muttering "What the hell did we unleash? What do we do now?"
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