Saturday’s numbers weren’t what Ottawa is accustomed to seeing with protests, but there were a few hundred people with insulting signs, mostly directed at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but also with a few castigating Justice Paul Rouleau who issued a report Friday declaring the federal government “met the threshold” to invoke Emergencies Act to bring an end to last winter’s three-week protest.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Saturday’s group left Parliament Hill and headed toward the ByWard Market, where they marched around for about an hour. This included a brief stop outside the Bell Media building on George Street, where several protesters shouted “Fake news,” before moving along on a path that took them to the Sparks Street Mall.Article content
“Due to a demonstration, police are blocking Sparks and Elgin to prevent major disruptions to Winterlude activities,” the Ottawa Police Service posted on Twitter. “Winterlude attendees: please find an alternate entrance to the event.” On Sparks Street, protesters were met by a growing group of police, including a large contingent that had gathered in advance on MacLaren Street.Just before 5 p.m., police tweeted again that Sparks and Elgin had been reopened and there were no other temporary road closures in effect in the downtown area.
Mathieu Venne of Val-des-Monts, Que., speaks with an Ottawa Police Service liaison officer on Wellington Street on Saturday afternoon.A group of protesters caused a disturbance at the intersection of Sparks and Elgin, creating a disruption to the last weekend festivities of Winterlude.Monty Walker stands outside the entrance gates to Parliament Hill on Saturday. Walker said he had been issued a trespassing notice weeks earlier and was not permitted on the hill.
meh
Still using our National Flag as a symbol of protest? Just stop it. The flag should never have been vilified by a fringe group of Freedumbers. You know it has happened,here comes the deflections 🤪🙄
Yeah, I walked by them yesterday, they demanded I stop and listen to their lies. Which to them are not, but the cool-aid they drank on how the governing party is responsible for all the Covid deaths because of vaccines must be strong, their belief in falsehoods was admirable.
Karen Convoy
She is an obnoxious tool.
Smaller the fringe minority haha numbers are getting smaller for the people who don't know what freedoms they have lost lol
They got it wrong! This!
Really an endearing face - are we sure she is not a rabid dog
People would still be locked down in their homes wearing masks if the protest hadn't happened. Yet I see the koolaid is still at work. Go get a booster!
Look at that mouth ... PP's sister?
No trucks, no guts.
Protesting the lack of bouncy castles and hot tubs provided by municipality to protesters.
Protesting against what exactly?
Chasing the dragon once again. Addicted2Freedom
Did they bring a latrine this time?
I didnt find out in time else Id of been there.
What’s a CP in this circumstance?
PierrePoilievre WeAreCanProud WBrettWilson CPC_HQ your uneducated, unemployed ppl are protesting again for no reason. Funny how none of you were there to support them. You know it’s over!
Is dictator going to roll out the emergency act again?
Does she not have an inciting hatred in public charge?
What are they protesting, exactly?
What a way to spend your long weekend 🙄
Another insightful article.
what's their problem now. Geesh
If they are creating a public disturbance then arrest them.
WTF they protesting now?
'Much smaller' is an understatement. Try almost nonexistent by comparison and also nonexistence in relevancy.
“The” Parliament Hill. Where is this headline writer from? shibboleth
If Canadians are ever to regain their right to protest, they had better show the TrudeauGovernment they do not fear his fascist control on our democracy! DemandTrudeauResign
A tiny fringe of the Fringe. Good to see Trudeau has cancelled this silly, antisocial hillbilly nonsense.
I'm sorry: what are we protesting here? The lack of mandates... what?
They desperately need to get a life.
Attention seekers
bums
They need to justify the vaccine mandates. It seems to me the injection did not stop the spread of Covid...did the mandates fail🤪
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