The eyes of the nation, and the world, will be focused on Ottawa Saturday as a series of protests are expected to start driven by the Freedom Convoy..Truckers, protesting vaccine mandates, have been travelling across the country for more than a week to gather for what could be historic protests on Parliament Hill..On Friday, people who wanted to watch a convoy going through Quebec on highway traffic cameras were out of luck after the province apparently.turned them off..“There’s a lot of people who are coming to Ottawa who don’t know what else to do because their lives have been impacted just as much as mine and yours the last two years,”.said Conservative MP Brad Vis..“They’re trying to find a constructive way to let people know, ‘Hey, I’m not okay with what’s happening, I’m not okay with everything that government is doing.’.“If they want to drive across the country I think that’s actually a really healthy way to demonstrate what you feel about something and that should be encouraged.”. Picture1Via Stephany ND, Facebook .The official Freedom Convoy 2022 Facebook on Friday reminded all participants to remain peaceful..“Do not enter any government property under any circumstances, treat all police officers with respect, keep calm, do not make any type of threat, and show love and support for one another,” the post read..“The most strategic and effective way to protest when you arrive in Ottawa is absolutely nothing. Park your truck on the road, turn off the engine and sit there.”.If anyone is inciting violence, the convoy members are being instructed to call them out and notify police..“The whole world will be watching and will see the cowardice of our Prime Minister running away while his country collapses,” said the post..The instructions are circulating throughout all convoy social media platforms..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau entered self-imposed quarantine on Thursday apparently after one of his children tested positive for COVID-19..“The number of demonstrators is not expected to exceed 10,000,” the Parliamentary Protective Service said in a security notice..The Parliament police are setting up routine precautions to prepare..Ottawa police said they are preparing for between 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles to take part in the protest, which could gridlock street in the country’s capital.. Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-1.06.30-PMVia Marianne De France, Facebook .The message from Canadian truckers has been picked up around the world by people fed up with vaccine mandates..Over the last 15 weeks, protestors in France have been taking to the streets in protest of the vaccine mandate, according to Marianne on Facebook..Now there are multiple convoys starting around the world in support of the Candian truckers, with groups in Australia, Finland, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Lithuania, Arabic countries, according to freedomconvoyeurope2022 Instagram..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
The eyes of the nation, and the world, will be focused on Ottawa Saturday as a series of protests are expected to start driven by the Freedom Convoy..Truckers, protesting vaccine mandates, have been travelling across the country for more than a week to gather for what could be historic protests on Parliament Hill..On Friday, people who wanted to watch a convoy going through Quebec on highway traffic cameras were out of luck after the province apparently.turned them off..“There’s a lot of people who are coming to Ottawa who don’t know what else to do because their lives have been impacted just as much as mine and yours the last two years,”.said Conservative MP Brad Vis..“They’re trying to find a constructive way to let people know, ‘Hey, I’m not okay with what’s happening, I’m not okay with everything that government is doing.’.“If they want to drive across the country I think that’s actually a really healthy way to demonstrate what you feel about something and that should be encouraged.”. Picture1Via Stephany ND, Facebook .The official Freedom Convoy 2022 Facebook on Friday reminded all participants to remain peaceful..“Do not enter any government property under any circumstances, treat all police officers with respect, keep calm, do not make any type of threat, and show love and support for one another,” the post read..“The most strategic and effective way to protest when you arrive in Ottawa is absolutely nothing. Park your truck on the road, turn off the engine and sit there.”.If anyone is inciting violence, the convoy members are being instructed to call them out and notify police..“The whole world will be watching and will see the cowardice of our Prime Minister running away while his country collapses,” said the post..The instructions are circulating throughout all convoy social media platforms..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau entered self-imposed quarantine on Thursday apparently after one of his children tested positive for COVID-19..“The number of demonstrators is not expected to exceed 10,000,” the Parliamentary Protective Service said in a security notice..The Parliament police are setting up routine precautions to prepare..Ottawa police said they are preparing for between 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles to take part in the protest, which could gridlock street in the country’s capital.. Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-1.06.30-PMVia Marianne De France, Facebook .The message from Canadian truckers has been picked up around the world by people fed up with vaccine mandates..Over the last 15 weeks, protestors in France have been taking to the streets in protest of the vaccine mandate, according to Marianne on Facebook..Now there are multiple convoys starting around the world in support of the Candian truckers, with groups in Australia, Finland, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Lithuania, Arabic countries, according to freedomconvoyeurope2022 Instagram..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
