Ottawa Declares Emergency as Protests
Spin ‘Out of Control’
Posted By: NorthernDog, 2/6/2022 6:55:27 PM
Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday as police struggled to rein in ongoing protests against vaccine mandates. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, who declared the emergency, said in a statement that the increasingly rowdy demonstrations posed a “serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents.” Hundreds of trucks continued to occupy the downtown area near Canada’s parliament with no sign that the protesters planned to leave. The protests started in reaction to Canadian and U.S. laws that went into effect in January, requiring truckers crossing the border to be fully vaccinated. They have since morphed into
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Truckers are being rowdy, which is apparently a crime. Residents are shaking in their boots over horns being blown. Justine is being called to rescue them from the ''siege''.