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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-concerned-trucker-convoy-converging-on-parliament-hill-could-turn-violent-1.5758849
Trudeau concerned trucker convoy converging on Parliament Hill could turn violent
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's concerned about the potential for violence during this weekend's planned protest on Parliament Hill by truckers and others joining the crowd.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau says the "freedom convoy" is no longer a protest against the federal vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers and has morphed into a forum for a small minority of "very angry" people opposed to all public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, some of whom espouse violence.
Trudeau says it doesn't worry him that much of the anger is directed at him personally; getting an earful from angry critics goes with the territory of being a politician.
But he says threats of violence should not go with the territory for anyone who steps up to serve, including politicians and health-care workers.
While supporters of the convoy are rallying around a cry of freedom, Trudeau says they're ignoring the freedom of fellow Canadians to protect themselves against COVID-19, get their kids back in school, their businesses back in operation and life back to normal.
A key convoy organizer has urged people to remain peaceful, while Canada Unity, a group behind the protest, falsely believes it can work with the Governor General and Senate of Canada to bypass existing systems of governance and reverse pandemic-related restrictions and penalties.
Trudeau stresses that the protesters do not represent the vast majority of truckers or the vast majority of Canadians who've done the right thing by getting fully vaccinated to protect themselves and their loved ones.
fight with faith not fear
Truckers are cool cause they drive on the roads.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/protesters-arrive-on-parliament-hill-ahead-of-main-trucker-convoy-1.5758937
Protesters arrive on Parliament Hill ahead of main trucker convoy
Consistent honks from truck horns could be heard through the downtown core on Friday as participants in the trucker convoy drove into the area and began gathering around Parliament Hill in what’s set to be a “unique, fluid, risky, and significant” protest, according to city officials.
Stretches of local roadways were closed, or reduced to a few lanes as truckers and drivers of other vehicles—many sporting Canadian flags— began to cause what could be days of gridlock across Ottawa, with the main protesting set to take place on Saturday.
During a briefing on Friday, Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly told reporters that city police have been working with provincial and national agencies including the RCMP to plan for an event that has garnered attention across the country as well as internationally.
“These demonstrations are national in scope, they're massive in scale. Unfortunately, they are polarizing in nature,” Sloly said, adding that “significantly more” national security and emergency service resources have been called into Ottawa for the weekend.
There are drivers converging from different routes originating from British Columbia, Atlantic Canada and many places in-between, that are all soon set to be landing into Ottawa with plans to spend the weekend protesting the federal government and pandemic restrictions that they feel curb their freedoms.
Convoys from Western Canada are scheduled to arrive in Arnprior, Ont. late Friday afternoon, before travelling into downtown Ottawa Saturday morning. Convoys from eastern Canada will roll into Vankleek Hill this evening, before completing the journey to Ottawa on Saturday morning.
As the convoy picked up steam—raising now more than $7 million through an online fundraiser— concerns were raised based on some of the messaging being put out by those claiming affiliation to the protest and the potential for the demonstration to turn violent.
Ottawa police have been engaged with CSIS and international agencies to conduct threat assessments and have said that while the “core organizers” have expressed their intent to run a lawful event, they are aware of “other groups and individuals” who may not “share the same peaceful goals.”
Sloly said that police are prepared to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute anyone committing violent acts or participating in unlawful behaviour.
“We have intelligence assets and investigators who will be working throughout the entire event,” he said.
Some trucking organizations have made efforts to distance themselves from the convoy entirely, saying the messaging coming from supporters is tarnishing the largely vaccinated industry.
Because of the security risk, MPs and government staff have been advised to avoid the parliamentary precinct this weekend. Ottawa residents are being asked to brace for “significant” disruptions, and already two downtown vaccination clinics have been closed due to the convoy.
Despite some organizers asserting there will be upwards of hundreds of thousands of participants by the time the convoy reaches the capital, Ottawa police have said that they do not have a confirmed number of demonstrators.
https://twitter.com/EvanLSolomon/status/1487159946856779776
The early Truck convoy protest has arrived in Ottawa. streets near Parliament like Queen and Kent are packed with trucks. I asked a bunch where they were from: PEI, Collingwood, Rivière du Loup. I asked how long they would stay. “A few days” and “until the govt is gone” #cdnpoli
>Thankfully the schools were on a two-hour delay for weather so the traffic was less than it would have been normally
The masks would have protected them, no worries.
what a creepy video
We got a long way to go, and a short time to get there.
What's Tom Hanks saying about this convoy?