Mayor declares state of emergency as antivax truckers paralyse Ottawa
The mayor of Ottawa has declared a state of emergency ten days after a convoy of angry lorry drivers and protesters against Covid vaccine mandates occupied Canada’s capital.
Jim Watson said that the situation was “completely out of control” and posed a serious threat to residents. The demonstrators now outnumber the police in the city.
A couple of hundred drivers of articulated lorries have brought downtown Ottawa to a standstill, blocking roads with their vehicles, trailers and tents. They have been stockpiling propane in the centre of town and have set up kitchens, a speaker system and bouncy castles.
Ottawa has declared a state of emergency as vaccine mandate protests continue
While the organisers claim that the protest is peaceful, residents have reported abuse and harassment by anti-vaccine and anti-mandate demonstrators, some of whom have defaced monuments,
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