Justin Trudeau dismissed using the military to quell protest against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of truckers in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday dismissed the idea of ​​using the military to dislodge protesters who oppose mandatory covid-19 vaccine mandateswhose convoy of large trucks is clogging up downtown Ottawa.

That idea had been raised during a briefing given a day earlier by the city’s police chief, under pressure from neighbors tired of the harassment and the incessant trumpeting.

“Those cards are not on the table right now”Trudeau told a news conference, adding that governments need to be “very, very cautious before deploying the military in situations against Canadians themselves.”

Since Saturday, the Canadian capital has been harassed by trucker-led protesters opposing mandatory covid-19 vaccinations to travel between Canada and the United States.

In the middle of the week, were down significantly to several hundred from a peak of 15,000 over the weekendbut the protesters continued to strongly defend their arguments against the public health measures.

Trudeau, who is isolated after being infected with covid-19, assured that it was up to the local police to deal with them, but added that the federal government is ready to provide support from the federal police and the intelligence services.

At the same time, urged protesters to go homesaying that locals were fed up with the “major disturbances” they caused.

Although the majority of Canadians (68%, according to an Abacus poll) do not support the protest, it is clear that many are increasingly frustrated by public health restrictions in their daily lives.

In Canada, most measures enacted by provincial governments remain highly restrictive, among the harshest in the West, including quarantines, a curfew in Quebec that has already been lifted, and capacity limits in restaurants, bars and other public places.

This coming weekend, the Ottawa protest is expected to escalate again, while similar demonstrations are planned in other cities, including Quebec and Toronto. (I)

Source: Eluniverso

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