![]() A Monday court injunction had already halted excruciatingly loud truck horn blasts, replaced by the regular revving of truck engines. The hundreds of police officers deployed around the city, criticised at first for inaction, had issued more than 1,300 tickets and arrested 23 by Wednesday, according to part of the Ottawa police website dedicated to the demonstration. The number of protesters has dwindled to a few thousand in the Canadian capital, but police estimate more than four hundred trucks and other vehicles remained parked in the middle of roads, crisscrossing intersections, or within inches of police cruisers that delineate the Red Zone. This section of the city is home to the seat of government, museums, office buildings and prime business real estate. The truckers have effectively shut down a swathe of Ottawa’s city centre, some 1.5km (0.93 miles) long, dubbed the Red Zone by Ottawa Police, where most businesses and office buildings remain closed. Two trucks block the entrance to Rideau street, one of the main commercial streets of downtown Ottawa What started as a protest against mandatory vaccinations for truckers in order to cross the border into the United States, has grown into broader dissent against the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and what is perceived as a tightening of individual rights and freedoms, highlighting the anti-vaccination movement. On January 29, thousands of demonstrators and supporters flooded the streets and the open space in front of the Canadian Parliament Buildings. The demonstration launched in January and billed as a “Freedom Convoy” began in western Canada and descended on Ottawa, arriving on the 28th, paralysing the city centre. Children in snowsuits played with large plastic blocks in what looked like a makeshift outdoor kindergarten. Ottawa, Canada – The sound of blaring truck horns has been replaced by revving engines in the Canadian capital, still blockaded by truckers who appear to be settling in for the long haul.īetween and around the trucks that have halted city traffic, protesters have erected tents, barbecues, bales of hay for warmth and comfort.
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