convoy of trucks and cars snarl traffic protesting government-imposed vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.The truck traffic in the city’s core by Parliament Hill has made many streets downtown impassable to vehicles, police say.
Big rigs, passenger vehicles snarl downtown Ottawa as trucker convoy parks by Parliament Other streets have been closed and local police say they are working to mitigate the impacts of the gridlock on residents and businesses downtown.It’s not clear when the convoy of vehicles plans to end their park-in protest as some protesters have vowed not to move until all their demands are met.Sitting in his truck, Scott Ocelak said he was warned he was locked into his spot until Sunday, but planned to stay until Tuesday at the latest.The demonstration was initially aimed at denouncing vaccine mandates for truck drivers crossing the Canada-U.S.
border, but the movement has morphed into a protest against a variety of COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.“Everyone’s united and we just needed a spark, and this is the spark that we needed,” Ocelak said Saturday. “We’re all on board and we’re all here together.
It’s end all mandates for everybody.”A memo being pushed by Canada Unity, the group that mainly planned the convoy, unlawfully demands Gov.