![]() The Coutts access point between Alberta and Montana has also been blocked. In addition, a mix of semi-trailers and farm equipment shut down the border crossing connecting Emerson, Manitoba, and Pembina, North Dakota, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba. Meantime, Friday marked the fifth day protesters impeded access to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit and Windsor, Ontario – the busiest international crossing in North America. Rallies also took place in Toronto, Quebec City, Vancouver and Winnipeg. In several other large Canadian cities and towns, protest crowds emerged over the first weekend of February with hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters. Protesters in more than 60 vehicles also disrupted traffic at Ottawa International Airport on Thursday, circling the arrivals and departure terminals, airport officials said. Since then, they have snarled traffic and honked often and loudly. On its cross-country journey, the protest has attracted support from thousands more Canadians, even some who are fully vaccinated, who say they want all Covid-19 preventative measures dropped, including mask mandates, lockdowns and restrictions on gatherings.Ī large, noisy convoy, including hundreds of trucks and other vehicles, descended January 29 on Ottawa. The Freedom Convoy of truckers began its protest in January in Canada’s western provinces, with the goal of reaching the nation’s capital, Ottawa, and continuing to protest until the vaccine mandate was lifted. So, the protesting truckers represent a “small, fringe minority,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, adding early on that his government did not expect the vaccine mandate to significantly affect supply chains. Nearly 90% of Canada’s truckers are fully vaccinated and eligible to cross the border, according to the Canadian government. Truckers were considered vital to keeping supply chains functioning normally. ![]() Olga Samotoy/SPTNK/AP/FILEīefore this mandate, truckers were exempted from the vaccine requirement and permitted to cross the border, at times testing for Covid-19, even during the 18-month period that the border was closed to nonessential traffic. A man takes part in a Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa on February 2.
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