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Thousands of truck drivers paralyzed the center of Ottawa, the capital of Canada, the weekend of January 29, and are always present on Monday 1er February, to protest against sanitary measures. They are opposed in particular to the vaccination obligation imposed on truck drivers.
Horn concert, thousands of people are in the streets despite the polar cold. The Ottawa center was paralyzed the weekend of January 29 and 30 and Monday 1er February, by protesters who show their anger against the government of Justin Trudeau and the anti-Covid measures. “Everyone is with us, it’s good to know that but I’m here for a long time. I’m not going anywhere until we get something”, said a truck driver. A peaceful movement overall, but the government is concerned about threats and hate messages from some protesters.
What set fire to the powder was the compulsory vaccination imposed on January 15 on all Canadian truck drivers crossing the American border. Several self-proclaimed truck processions “freedom convoy” formed across the country, with the slogan: join Ottawa and demonstrate in front of Parliament. The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the country’s main transport union, has disassociated itself from the movement. According to him, 90% of the 160,000 truck drivers are vaccinated against Covid-19.
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