Two weeks into their occupation of Ottawa, trucker convoy protesters remain dug-in and are now spreading beyond downtown, throughout the nation’s capital. From traffic disruptions at the city’s airport, to a barrage of fake 911 calls plaguing police, Ross Lord looks at why the unrest is getting harder for authorities despite police efforts to end it.
As the disruptive blockades protesting COVID-19 mandates escalate in Ontario, it’s prompting more calls for the province to take action. So why has Ontario Premier Doug Ford been mostly absent over the unrest? Eric Sorensen explains the possible strategy behind keeping a low-profile, as concerns grow over potentially politicizing pandemic strategy.
Meanwhile, as another group of protesters remain at the Ambassador Bridge, the blockade disrupting the busiest border crossing between Canada and the U.S. is taking a toll on economies on both sides. Sean O’Shea looks at the pain it’s inflicting on car manufacturing companies in Ontario, and the growing calls for authorities to take more action.
There are also still no signs the protest blockade at the Canada-U.S. Border crossing near Coutts, Alberta, will let up anytime soon either. As Heather Yourex-West reports, even with provincial COVD-19 restrictions lifted, protesters say they’ll stand their ground until all mandates across Canada are gone.
Also, despite key party figures expressing support and posing for pictures with protesters, the Conservative Party is now joining pleas to end the blockades. David Akin explains what forced the party to change its tone and why that doesn’t mean they are easing pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end mandates.
In Europe, inspired by the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa, a protest in France is now planning to make a stop in Paris before heading to Brussels, Belgium. Crystal Goomansingh looks at how authorities plan to push back on demonstrators, and the link to another vocal French movement that clashed with police.
Plus, 30,000 Russian troops begin military drills in the Black Sea, escalating the already sky-high tensions surrounding Ukraine.
And Canadian Olympians rack up more medals in one of their best days at the Winter Games.
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Thats the point pals! Get rid of your dumb mandates and policies and the trucks continue to deliver.
We support the protests! Shut it down. Don't give in
Those visitors are welcome and encouraged ❤❤
my respect for Canadian truckers from Russia we are together against vaccine
This channel is so biased!
The protestors are literally fighting a tyrannical government. They would leave at once if they dropped the mandates in all provinces.
everyone should read this: "The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health"
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bruce Wagner, et al.
I understand the frustration, but they are only hurting themselves in the long run
Stop the goverment tyranny and the government mandates. When the people get their freedom back the inconvenience will be over. Remember if your an officer or a military you don't need to take illegal orders. They are fighting for rights too. In the US they are trying to lay off doctors , nurses, officers and discharging military which didn't want get the vaccine. This could happen in Canada. Stand with the truckers.
But it a small minority, lol
Nothing to do with no ships delivering goods
If you are not happy with your country or government, you can alway move elsewhere and let other less fortunate cultures to move in to enjoy what you can’t appreciate.
Go truckers! We stand behind you
Anarchists.
They are using the truckers are excuse.
Ultra right wing nationalists are using innocent people.
REPUBLIC OF CANADA!!!
DOWN WITH THE QUEEN!!!
NO MORE COMMONWEALTH!!
FREE CANADA!!
"…unwelcome visitors..",
I think we know where Global News stands!
DARK MONEY AND THEIR PAWNS ARE HOLDING CANADA HOSTAGE.
and they dare to call it freedom? 🤪
I truly do believe that most of these folks believe that are doing the right thing but they are pawns for dark money interests.
Hurting Canadians is their version of freedom??
Easy problem to fix. Stop faking emergencies to force mandates. Simple mandates are obvious terrible
I wonder how confident Trudeau is in the statistics that suggest these protesters are a fringe minority
India stands with all Truckers Protesting for their correct Rights.
These people are lazy af. Lol go back to work you degenerates
I've lost faith in main stream media. What happened to telling the truth?
A corrupt government propped up by a corrupt media…
When you think you are losing your freedoms, I suggest you think about how it was back when the death penalty in Canada was enforced for such crimes as picking another person’s pocket.
My note pertaining to the following … "what then was Upper Canada, is now the province of Ontario."
John Diefenbaker was the Prime Minister of Canada, and the following is from the book titled “ONE CANADA … memoirs of the right honorable John G. Diefenbaker.” … Great-grandfather told my mother a story of life in the early 1830s which I have always found instructive. The greatest celebration of all in Upper Canada one that brought all the people together within a reasonable distance, was a public execution. He himself had been present at one. The pioneers arrived a day ahead for the festivities. With whiskey selling at less than a dollar a gallon, liquor became a source not only of exhilaration but of inspiration for the assembled, enabling them the more to enjoy the spectacle. The condemned man was a teenager whose offence had been pickpocketing. The death penalty was then imposed for some fifty or sixty offences. The law was less harsh than it had been: no longer were prisoners drawn and quartered. But the theory was that punishment must be imposed so that the criminal would understand the gravity of the sin he had committed. Also, deterrence was then the argument and still is among those who advocate capital punishment. On this occasion, the young man made a speech in the traditional style of condemned criminals in Upper Canada: he admitted his guilt and asked forgiveness. He was not restricted to a fixed length of time, since time really meant nothing. While he was making his testimony of guilt, four of the assembled pioneers found that their pockets had been picked.
This won't end well for Trudeau
Global you should be ashamed
Canadian lawyers and civil liberties are cowards, they never protect the people they always side with the government.