Ottawa: Overwhelmed by hundreds of trucks laying the siege to the capital city of Canada, Mayor Ottawa mentioned Monday to the Federal Authority to help end the performance of the strength of Covid’s restrictions that had paralyzed the city for days and threatened the snowball for the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson urged the federal government to send 1,800 additional police officers and appointed a mediator to work with the protesters to “end this siege” which had been dragged for 10 days, sucks local residents and diesel steam.
On Sunday, Watson declared an emergency in the capital, expressed protest “out of control.” Peter Sloly City Police Chief also called for further assistance, by saying “We must end this demonstration, we cannot do it alone.” In a symbolic victory for angry city residents, the Ontario High Court on Monday ordered the protesters to stop honking their horns.
Some locals have launched class action on the organizers of chaotic protests, claiming some of the $ 10 million (USD $ 7.9 million) compensation for the disorder.
The demonstration of “freedom convoys” began January 9 in West Canada in protest by truck drivers angry with vaccine requirements when crossing the US-Canadian border, but has changed to a broader protest against the restrictions on Covid-19 health and the Trudeau government.
Tamara Lich protest organizer said on Monday that activists were willing to engage with the government to find a way out of the crisis, but insisted that the limitation of the pandemic was made easier.
“What we are trying to do now is to reach all the federal parties so we can arrange sitting,” Lich said during the meeting on YouTube.
“So we can start this talk and see how we can move forward, ask for their mandate and restrictions are appointed, restore Canada’s rights and freedom and go home.” Facing criticism for allowing the center of the capital to be blocked and many businesses must be closed, Ottawa Sunday police announced new steps to tame protests by prohibiting people from bringing fuel and other equipment to the demonstration.
“Anyone who tries to bring material support (gas, etc.) to demonstrators can be arrested,” police said on Twitter.
Officers have since arrested several people, seizing many vehicles and spending hundreds of traffic tickets.
But after raising Gofundme cut the protesters, saying that they have violated their policies on the content that “promotes behavior in supporting violence,” the organizer launched a drive donation on Givesdo, who described himself as a “leader in the raising of Christian funds.” More than $ 4.7 million have been raised on giveendgo on Monday.
Trudeau, who was in quarantine after testing positive Covid-19 a week ago, did not comment on weekend protests.
On Thursday he ruled out the possibility of mobilizing the army to dissolve the demonstrators “for now,” said that someone must be “very, very careful before mobilizing the military against Canadians.” “Trudeau won’t get anything by talking to the demonstrators,” Genevieve Tellier, a political scientist at Ottawa University, told AFP.
But another political analyst, Boile Frederic from Alberta University, said that the protest could increase into a full political crisis.
“Justin Trudeau reacted badly at first,” Boily said.
“He reacted too strongly and was too suddenly at the beginning of the protest when he tried to paint them in a distant protest.” Boily added that Trudeau “added fuel to fire” by changing vaccination into political problems, especially during the campaign of the summer election.
But the opposition also found himself in a politically binding.
Conservatives, who will soon choose to choose their new leaders, themselves are divided into protest problems.
“They are afraid that part of their supporters will be tempted by extreme rights, but it is a risky bet for them,” said Political Analyst Daniel Beland.
While only about 10 percent of Canadian adults remain undoubted, 32 percent of the population supports anti-mandate protests, according to the latest surveys.