The Canadian government will not use troops against truckers whose nearly week-long protest of vaccine mandates has brought traffic in central Ottawa to a halt, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
More than 200 trucks and other vehicles have been blockading downtown roads in the nation's capital since last Friday in what is an unprecedented protest by Canadian standards.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comOttawa residents are angry that local police are largely watching the demonstrations rather than moving in to break them up.
A few people on Ottawa streets have brandished Nazi flags, harassed minorities and threatened reporters.Ottawa police, who have made just three arrests so far, issued 30 traffic tickets on Wednesday. Quebec premier Francois Legault said authorities would not tolerate any mayhem. Quebec mayor Bruno Marchand told a radio station that "there are lessons to be learned from Ottawa."
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and other Parliamentarians later posed with truckers, a move Ottawa mayor Jim Watson branded "an absolute disgrace."
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