Ottawa Declares a State of Emergency Over Truckers’ Growing Anti-Government Protests

February 7, 2022

(NPR) – The so-called “Freedom Convoy” that arrived in Ottawa more than a week ago to protest the Canadian government’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers has been honking horns, blocking downtown streets and disturbing residential neighborhoods. They faced little pushback from law enforcement until this weekend, when officials in the Canadian capital ramped up their response by ticketing protesters, confiscating their fuel and declaring a state of emergency. (Read More)