Truck convoys and protesters "surrounded" the capital Ottawa, Canadian officials: This is a "nationa

Original title: truck convoys and protesters "surrounded" the capital Ottawa, Canadian officials: This is a "national riot"
[text / observer online bear detachment] in recent days, many truck drivers and anti vaccine enforcers in Canada have formed a so-called "free convoy" and marched into the capital Ottawa for protests and demonstrations, which has spread this momentum across the country.
In the face of the current chaotic situation, Diane deans, chairman of the Ottawa Police Service Committee, believes that due to the lack of law enforcement by governments at all levels, the courage of protest groups "has become greater". She also qualitatively said that the capital had been "surrounded" by truck convoys, and now there was a "national wide insurrection".

Screenshot of global news report
The demonstrators were "bolder", but the police were "powerless"
According to the reports of Canadian media global news and Russian media Russia today (RT), the protests of Canadian truck drivers and other anti vaccine enforcers have intensified over the past week. The Ottawa Police Service Committee held an emergency meeting on the afternoon of February 5 local time, but still failed to formulate a clear action plan for the group of demonstrators.



The protesters surrounded the parliament building and other areas in Ottawa City. The picture is from foreign media
"The 'occupation' has entered the eighth day, and our city is surrounded." "Due to the lack of law enforcement at all levels of government, this group (protesters) have more courage," Dean, chairman of the Ottawa Police Service Committee, said at the emergency meeting
"This group is a threat to our 'Democracy'. The problem we see now is not just the problem of Ottawa, it is a national riot. This is crazy, and we need a specific plan to end it." Deans said.
At the same time, the chaotic situation in recent days has also put Peter sloly, the chief of Ottawa police, on the "cusp of the storm". Several members of Parliament attacked him for his "incredible lack of executive power", so that he was unable to end what he and the governor of Ontario called "occupation".
In this regard, sloley agreed with deans' description of the current situation, but he argued that the current police code of action was "simply unable to deal with the siege of a city". He also told the Ottawa Police Service Committee that there were no resources available in Ottawa to end the demonstrations, including the lack of towing vehicles to tow trucks.
"We don't have enough resources to fully and effectively solve this problem." Sloley said he did not know when the situation would end and could not give a specific timetable, but said he had announced on February 4 local time that the police would adopt a "reinforcement and containment" strategy to end the ongoing demonstrations.

Canadian border truck drivers were dissatisfied with the government's newly announced vaccination regulations. On January 23, a team drove to the capital Ottawa. The team was 70 kilometers long, exceeding the existing Guinness world record. Among the members, there were also protest drivers from the United States. Figure from IC Photo
"We need to take special action to control everything." At the emergency meeting, deans also asked sloley whether Ottawa could declare it a "riot" after the "illegal assembly" in order to start mass arrests or seek a court injunction to "control the situation immediately". Parliamentarians asked whether the relevant procedures of the emergency act or the National Defense Act, including curfews, could be initiated under the current circumstances.
"We cannot allow this kind of 'terrorism' to continue in our communities in this way." Deans stressed: "I will beg the legal profession to tell us what needs to be done now, who needs to be asked, and who authorities need to come to a conclusion."
The protests have lasted more than a week
According to previous reports by Bloomberg and the BBC, the recent protests in Canada were initially aimed at a new regulation implemented by the Trudeau government on January 15, which requires truck drivers to show vaccination certificates when entering Canada. Previously, there were few restrictions on truck drivers crossing the US Canada border. Later, the protests evolved into opposition to various public health restrictions in Canada.
On January 29 local time, thousands of protesters poured into the center of Ottawa and the scope of the Canadian parliament building. A long string of large trucks, pickup trucks, RV and other vehicles honked their horns and slowly crossed the street, causing the city center to fall into a traffic jam. The next day, the truck was still parked on the street near the Canadian Parliament, and hundreds of protesters appeared. Some truck drivers said they would not leave until the vaccine order was overturned.



On January 31 local time, truck drivers and their supporters protested against the vaccine authorization for the truck industry in Ottawa, Canada. The protests attracted the attention of the international community and developed into a broader demonstration against the Canadian government's handling of the new coronavirus pandemic. Figure self surging image
The novel coronavirus pneumonia confirmed in Canada on February 5th, according to the information website of Our World in Data, which was founded by the team of University of Oxford, 7464 cases of new crown pneumonia confirmed in Canada.On average, novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were found in 13134 cases on 7 days, 99 cases in new crown pneumonia cases and 141 cases in 7 days. Novel coronavirus pneumonia has been reported in 3117218 cases and 34635 deaths in Canada.

Canadian epidemic curve
While protesters protestant to stand firm, Prime Minister Trudeau announced in January 31st that the COVID-19 test results were positive in the forenoon. Trudeau said he felt good and would continue telecommuting this week and urged people to be vaccinated.
Trudeau delivered his first speech since the round of protests at the "Premier's villa" in Harrington lake, Canada during isolation. Trudeau said he had no intention of meeting with the truck drivers protesting and would not "give in" to the protesters: "I chose to stay away from protests that express hate speech, violence against compatriots and disrespect for science and front-line health workers. Frankly, 90% of truck drivers are doing the right thing, and they ensure the safety and food supply of Canadians."
The demonstration triggered urban chaos and spread to many places
Global News reported that Ottawa police and security experts warned that the confrontation between supporters and opponents of this round of demonstrations may escalate. On the afternoon of February 5 local time, more than 100 people gathered outside Ottawa City Hall and asked the supporters of the truck fleet to go home.
It is reported that on one side of the road, anti demonstrators took the lead in shouting "go home" with N95 masks and medical masks. On the other side, some protesters in the motorcade almost no one wore masks and shouted "freedom", while people living and working in the city center suffered continuous noise and interference in the past eight days.
"This is not a peaceful protest. In Canada, everyone has the right to peaceful protest. I support this right, but this is not a peaceful protest," said an anti protester, who declined to be named because of security concerns
Global News reported that on February 5 local time, the downtown area of Ottawa was full of car horns, and many heavy trucks almost blocked the urban area. According to RT, in addition to Ottawa, the capital of Quebec, thousands of demonstrators also flocked to Quebec City, the capital of Quebec province, and many others flocked to Vancouver and Toronto. Small-scale protests also took place in Calgary, frederickton, Regina, Winnipeg and other cities.

Demonstrators flocked to downtown Toronto on twitter
Global news also said that in recent days, the wording used by police and federal officials has been changing, and their descriptions of the demonstrations are increasingly inclined to use the words "illegal" and "illegal". Ontario governor Doug Ford called the ongoing demonstrations "unacceptable" and called them "occupation".
The report said that although Ottawa police have a variety of options, including declaring the demonstration an "illegal assembly", seeking a court injunction, deploying more Royal Mounted Police resources, or taking action to drive away the demonstratorsHowever, it is unclear when these measures will be implemented.