Hand in hand, a thousand opponents of health measures formed a chain in Beloeil, near a street near Highway 20, chanting “freedom”.
Posted at 2:29 p.m.
A lorry honked its horn as it passed the crowd, who raised their arms in the sky as they looked towards the freeway. Demonstrators danced, beer in hand, waving Canadian flags. Several families waved stuffed animals.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, THE PRESS
The event takes place under police surveillance.
Gatherings like the one in Beloeil were to be held on Saturday in Rimouski, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and Rigaud, according to information from the event’s Facebook page.
Convoys from these places must converge in Lévis to demonstrate in the evening. A “freedom chain” was also to be formed there around 1 p.m.
More details will follow