Covid today Canada, no vax protests continue: Ottawa ‘under siege’

The no vax protests in Canada continue – against the measures and policies of the Justin Trudeau government – which have been putting the capital Ottawa “under siege” for days. Today at least 400 other trucks are expected to join the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’, the convoy of freedom that has been paralyzing the city center for a week. 2,000 protesters are also expected, with police chief Peter Sloly announcing, after the riots and clashes last weekend, that he has increased the number of police deployed and that no illegal behavior will be tolerated. “The demonstrators are very organized, well financed – said Sloly, who also announced that he had received death threats – these demonstrations are extremely dangerous”. The protest arose in response to the measure requiring truckers transporting goods between Canada and the United States to be vaccinated, but then it morphed into a broader movement against measures taken against the pandemic, which has as its main objective the fall of the Trudeau government. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network, a group that studies extremist movements, has documented the links between the organizers of this movement and the North American far right.