Ottawa, Canada — Jim Watson, Ottawa’s mayor, declared a state of emergency on Sunday as the Canadian Freedom Convoy truckers continue to stand their ground in their fight for freedom from the authoritarian Justin Trudeau regime.
Global News reported on the mayor’s edict and stated the truckers have been parked downtown in Canada’s capitol city since Jan. 28.
“Declaring a state of emergency reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations. It highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government,” a statement from the mayor’s office said.
Members of the city council have described the peaceful truckers as “terrorists” and “insurrectionists.”
According to Zero Hedge, Councilwoman Diane Deans said: “We are on day eight of this occupation. Our city is under siege. What we’re seeing is bigger than just a City of Ottawa problem. This is a nationwide insurrection. This is madness. We need a concrete plan to put an end to this.”
What is important to note is the truckers just want an end to the COVID-19 mandates and generally their freedom and rights. That means the way to end the “madness,” as Deans described it, is rather quite simple.
Ottawa police have begun to arrest and fine truckers and supporters, according to Rebel News. This includes arresting citizens who provide food and fuel to the truckers.
Some of the truckers were asked about this move by the Ottawa mayor and police. One said:
“That’s one more escalation. He’s escalating, escalating, escalating. The first thing they did was stop trucks from coming in so we couldn’t bring in diesel fuel and gasoline by truck. So, then we said alright, we’ll bring it in like three-quarter ton trucks and stuff like that. They blocked that. Then we’re bringing it in by five-gallon jerrycans. Now they’re blocking that. The reality is we’ll find a way around it. Also highly, highly questionable whether that’s legal or not.”
Life Site News spoke to some of the protesters.
“We have not seen one fight,” one trucker said. “We have not seen any animosity. The love that’s going through this town right now is just spectacular. Canada has stepped up like I’ve never ever seen.”
There has been violence from counter protesters as supporters of the convoy have demonstrated in other Canadian cities.
In Winnipeg, a man was caught in video footage running down Freedom Convoy supporters with his SUV over the weekend. The man was identified as Dave Zegarac after his hit-and-run led to four people having to be rushed to the hospital, according to Rebel News. Zegarac has been charged with “four counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, dangerous operation of a conveyance, two counts of failure to stop after an accident knowing that the driver was reckless, and failing to stop at the scene of an accident times two.”
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