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6 hours ago, boosterbglee said:

Now I hear someone has hired “professional” protestors to stir up trouble with the truckers 😩

Yep, the earlier Nazi and Confererate flags, that are current negative talking points, are evidence of the "professional" protesters or trouble makers. 

 

Just sayin' ....

 

Semper Fi:salute:

RV there yet ? :pirateship:

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US urges Canada to end road closures at the border

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The US administration is urging the Canadian government to use its federal powers to end border road closures by truck drivers in protest against coronavirus restrictions.

The White House said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mallorcas and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with their Canadian counterparts and urged them to help resolve the crisis.

For his part, Canada's Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino confirmed that reinforcements from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be sent to Windsor, Ottawa and Coates, in Alberta, where another border blockade is being imposed.

It is noteworthy that for the fourth day in a row, dozens of truck drivers participating in the so-called "caravan of freedom" closed the "Ambassador" bridge linking Windsor and Ontario to the American city of Detroit, which disrupted the flow of products between the two countries.

 

 

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday issued his most strongly worded statement to date aimed at protesters, telling truckers and their supporters in Ottawa to stand down or face "severe consequences."

Police and all levels of government are ready to take action against the thousands of people who have gathered at the Canadian capital to protest COVID-19-related restrictions, Trudeau said. He threatened to suspend commercial trucking licenses and said the government would pursue charges that could come with jail time and hefty fines. The punishments would also prohibit protesters from ever traveling internationally again.

"Everything is on the table because this unlawful activity has to end, and it will end," he said. "We hope these people will decide to go home. Otherwise, there will be increasingly robust police interventions."

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The prime minister said demonstrators who showed up with children should be extra cautious, adding, "We're concerned about violence."

 

While there have been scattered reports of violence over the past two weekends, the protests have been mostly peaceful.

 

 Justin Trudeau Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister.

Trudeau said he spoke with President Joe Biden on Friday and that the two leaders discussed the blockade at Windsor's Ambassador Bridge, one of the busiest stretches of road between the United States and Canada. The bridge connects Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit and accounts for a quarter of all trade between the two countries.

 

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U.S. officials have urged their Canadian counterparts to use federal powers to shut down the protests, which began in Ottawa but have spread to several other cities in Canada and across the border.

Trudeau's comments came as a wave of new protesters showed up in Ottawa on Friday, offering the truckers stationed there food, water, diesel, and other supplies.

 

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Izzy Drake, who lives in Toronto, told the Washington Examiner that Trudeau's threats won't intimidate supporters.

"He's upset at the people, calling us racists when we have the right to protest," Drake said. "We are making a moment here, and we've got to keep staying strong and call for more reinforcements down here to Ottawa so that we can all stick up together as Canadians."

Holding up a handmade "Hey Trudeau Hide and Seek Is 4 Kids" sign, Drake pushed back on Trudeau's concerns about the protests on Parliament Hill becoming dangerous.

 

izzydrake.jpg Izzy Drake and his friend arrived in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, to support the anti-vaccine mandate trucker protest.

"Nobody is going hungry out here on the streets — people are being fed," he said. "It's all love down here, and if he came, he'd see it."

Shannon Charlabois of Kitchener, Ontario, said she also took issue with Trudeau's criticism of the demonstrators.

"This is our heartland," she told the Washington Examiner. "This is the first time in a long time that Quebec has joined the rest of Canada in standing in solidarity, so historically, this is going to be seen as a time of Canadian reclamation. It's a time when Canadians are reminding ourselves what freedom means."

 

The Washington Examiner has seen a large uptick in the number of law enforcement officers patrolling downtown Ottawa. There has also been a significant increase in the number of supporters staged throughout the city.

 
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3 hours ago, coorslite21 said:

If Biden is smart....(which he isn't).....he will distance himself from Trudeau....

 

Be careful what you wish for Joe....

 

Ukraine.....Taiwan....Mexico..

Canada....Iran.....and North Korea.... 

 

The stench of weakness can be empowering....

JMO.   CL 

 

 

I predict this will be Trudeau's downfall and a non-confidence vote is coming. His days are numbered. You just don't Pi** of the very people that elected you.

 

  Just Saying.   pp

 

 

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11 hours ago, yota691 said:

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday issued his most strongly worded statement to date aimed at protesters, telling truckers and their supporters in Ottawa to stand down or face "severe consequences.

The more he opens his flap trap, the greater the threat to himself he becomes. 

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Canadian truckers: Police move in on protesters blocking Ambassador Bridge: LIVE UPDATES

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Dozens of police moved in on an ongoing trucker protest at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario, Saturday morning.

Covered by: Brie Stimson and Emily Zanotti

 

Fast Facts

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing Ambassador Bridge blockade and protests in Ottawa against coronavirus restrictions. Ottawa police said protesters needed to move by midnight or they could be subject to arrest and fines.

  • A Canadian judge also ordered the truckers to move from the bridge by 7 p.m. by the protesters remained

  • The protesters have also blocked two other international border crossings in Manitba and have caused shortages of auto parts that have forced General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Honda to close plants or cancel shifts. It could also further supply chain issues

 

Ambassador Bridge demonstrators pledge to remain peaceful as Windsor police threaten arrest

 

 
Ambassador Bridge demonstrators pledge to remain peaceful as Windsor police threaten arrest

Police line up in preparation to enforce an injunction against a demonstration which has blocked traffic across the Ambassador Bridge by protesters against COVID-19 restrictions, in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Canadian police have moved in to remove protesters who have disrupted Canada-US trade at the major bridge border crossing. (Nathan Denette /The Canadian Press via AP)

 

Windsor police moved in on "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators throttling the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, Michigan, Saturday morning, but some demonstrators told Fox 2 News that they plan to continue demonstrating and that they will remain peaceful, even though officials are now threatening arrest.

Some demonstrators, who remained on the bridge overnight despite an emergency order demanding they reopen the bridge and allow traffic to pass, were seen clearing camps as police amassed on the Windsor side of the border. Others drove off the bridge, obeying law enforcement's demand that they move their vehicles.

Around 11 a.m. local time, Windsor police noted, on Twitter, that they could begin making arrests.

"Enforcement continuing, individuals who are located within the demonstration area are subject to arrest," the Windsor police wrote. "People are advised to immediately vacate the area."

Several demonstrators, though, told Fox 2, that they plan to stay, and pledged to continue demonstrating peacefully against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.

"We're staying here for our rights, we're not just walking out of here after this," one protester said. "We've gone around and policed ourselves. We've said there's no way anybody intends to get violent."

The "Freedom Convoy" protests have snarled traffic at three border crossings and copy-cat protests are now taking place abroad. Ontario Premiere Doug Ford issued an emergency order, Friday, demanding that protesters reopen the Ambassador Bridge, one of the busiest trade routes between Canada and the United States.

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