The newly elected interim leader of the Conservative Party, Candice Bergen, used her first opportunity at the helm during question period to raise the issue of the convoy protest and ask how the government is planning to help resolve it. “The protesters and, to be more accurate, the trucks have been parked outside in Ottawa for…
Bergen Urges Liberals to Come up With Plan to Resolve Trucker Protest
Ottawa Files Court Brief Supporting Enbridge Inc. in Line 5 Dispute With Michigan
WASHINGTON—The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cross-border pipeline. Gordon Giffin, the former U.S. ambassador to Canada who is serving as Ottawa’s counsel of record, filed a fresh amicus brief…
House Committee Wants GoFundMe to Testify on Trucker Convoy Funds
A House of Commons committee wants to hear from the fundraiser platform GoFundMe about the millions of dollars collected so far by the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy,” as trucks continue blocking streets in downtown Ottawa. On Feb. 3, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security voted unanimously on a motion put forward by…
Canadian Parliamentary Committee Wants GoFundMe to Testify on Trucker Convoy Funds
A House of Commons committee wants to hear from the fundraiser platform GoFundMe about the millions of dollars collected so far by the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy,” as trucks continue blocking streets in downtown Ottawa. On Feb. 3, the Committee on Public Safety and National Security voted unanimously on a motion put forward by…
Trucker Protest: Organizers Say Governments Have Yet to Reach Out
With the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa soon completing its first week, organizers said today no level of government has yet spoken to them directly, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t confirm if he was considering opening such negotiations but says he remains “steadfast” in his vaccination mandate approach. “So far, no one from the…
Saskatchewan Parliamentarians Show Support for Protesting Truckers in Ottawa
A group of parliamentarians from Saskatchewan made their way to the “Freedom Convoy” protest in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 2, to show support for the truckers who’ve been occupying the nation’s capital to demand the repeal of restrictive pandemic measures. “A few of our SK Caucus members went to show our appreciation for the hardworking,…
Protest in Pictures: Demonstrations to Demand Lifting COVID-19 Mandates Continue in Ottawa
OTTAWA—Many protesters still remain in Canada’s capital to protest COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. The Freedom Convoy first began as a movement of truckers who created convoys from different parts of Canada to drive to Ottawa and demand the federal government remove its requirement for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border have COVID-19 vaccination. Many have…
Ottawa Police Make First Convoy Protest-Related Arrests
The Ottawa Police Service announced on Feb. 1 it made its first arrests related to the “Freedom Convoy” protest that has taken place in Ottawa since Jan. 29. For the two arrests related to separate incidents, Ottawa Police revealed the names of the individuals charged and the type of infractions but released few other details…
Freedom Convoy Protest Reflects Canadians’ Democratic Spirit
Commentary No one should downplay, much less deny, the acts of idiocy that went on during the self-styled Freedom Convoy of big rigs in Ottawa. Making buffoons of themselves by trying to coerce a homeless shelter to provide food or urinating on and otherwise mocking monuments in the Parliament Hill precincts, some (operative word some)…
Ottawa Mayor Suggests Using Convoy’s GoFundMe Money to Pay for Policing
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says he asked his staff to find out if the city could use some of the funds collected in the crowdsourcing campaign to support the “Freedom Convoy” to cover the cost of policing for the protest. “It shouldn’t be up to Ottawa taxpayers to pay for the kind of disruptions we’re…
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