Canada: ‘Freedom convoy’ does not back down – Ottawa police chief resigns

The police chief in Ottawa resigned on Tuesday amid criticism that he did not do enough to stop them demonstrations against pandemic measuresas stated by a municipal councilor.

Protests have paralyzed his capital Canada and forced the prime minister Justin Trinto activate the law on measures emergencyin order to give the federal government expanded powers to impose temporary “emergency measures” without the consent of local authorities, according to international news networks.

The movement, led by truck drivers, is demanding that the government lift vaccination and other restrictions and has “occupied” areas in central Ottawa since late January.

At the same time, it had blocked one of the main ones cross-border crossings to the US until last weekend.

As protesters marched outside the Canadian Parliament and Prime Minister’s Office, Ottawa police chief Peter Sloleysubmitted his resignation, as revealed by the councilor Riley Brockington on Twitter, before the news was officially announced.

Critics have claimed that Slolly and other police officers were too tolerant in dealing with protesters who have inspired similar movements in other countries (s.s.nodes of freedom“) And brought the Trinto government faced with a huge challenge, broadcasts APE BPE.

“We are not leaving,” the protesters said

Protesters blocked it Ambassador Bridge – a vital trade route between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit – for six days, before police remove them on Sunday. They have also ruled out smaller border crossings in Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia.

In both Manitoba and central Ottawa, protesters have been relentless in their defiance of Trinto’s emergency measures.

“We are not leaving,” said a truck driver from Manitoba, who has been parked outside parliament, calling the imposition of “intimidation tactics” emergency measures.

Danny Digenova, a Montreal protester near the entrance to parliament, said he was not worried about the new measures and that he intended to stay until all restrictions on the pandemic were lifted.

Source: News Beast

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