Anonymous ID: fc6944 Jan. 31, 2022, 10:49 a.m. No.15511657   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>1673 >>1682 >>2290 >>2302

Freedom Convoy: Trudeau calls trucker protest an 'insult to truth'

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has slammed protests in the capital city against Covid-19 vaccine mandates as "an insult to memory and truth".

 

Protesters are demonstrating for a third consecutive day over a cross-border vaccine mandate for truckers imposed by the Liberal government.

 

Ottawa police asked the public to avoid the downtown area on Monday, citing "traffic, noise and safety issues".

 

Some downtown stores, including a shopping mall, will also be closed.

 

Demonstrators at the so-called Freedom Convoy have been mostly peaceful but the behaviour of some members of the crowd has been strongly criticised.

 

Police have opened investigations into several reported incidents, including footage of a woman dancing on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial. Nazi symbolism was seen on some protest signs, some likening Covid-19 health measures to Jews under Nazi persecution….

 

…Reports on social media indicate that truckers in the US may be planning a similar demonstration that would see them drive from California in the West to the country's capital in Washington DC.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60202050