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Black and Indigenous protesters are treated differently than the 'convoy’ because of Canada's ongoing racism

Since the beginning of the supposed “freedom convoy” in Ottawa on Jan. 28, there have been complaints about the failure of the police and government to protect its citizens from verbal harassment, noise pollution and, in some cases, hate speech. Experts have connected the convoy to white supremacist ideologies.

The Conversation

Canada was warned before protests that violent extremists infiltrated convoy

Exclusive: intelligence assessments warned in late January that it was ‘likely’ extremists were involved in protests

The Guardian - US

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are driving cross-country to protest vaccine mandates

Lorry drivers dimissed as ‘small fringe minority’ by Justin Trudeau undertake epic journey to demonstrate against loss of federal exemption from inoculation rules

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Truckers brace for a police crackdown in besieged Ottawa

Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for a possible police crackdown

The Independent UK

Police warn Canada protesters of 'imminent' action to clear them

Police warned protesters occupying central Ottawa of "imminent" action to clear them from the capital and began making some arrests on Thursday to end a crisis that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned was threatening public safety.

Reuters

Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' protesters show no sign of backing down

The trucker-led protesters occupying the Canadian capital Ottawa show no sign of backing down, despite a newly invoked state of emergency that grants sweeping police powers to try to end the protest over Covid-19 rules. FRANCE 24's Peter O'Brien tells us more about the standoff.

France 24

Jay Ambrose: Yes, truckers, get a vaccine

We’ve got protesting truckers in Ottawa, Canada, saying they’d rather wave signs, hang out in a parking lot with their loaded vehicles or block bridges and traffic than have the government do you know what: make them get COVID vaccines to just maybe save them and others they could infect…

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US funds for Canada protests may sway American politics too

The Canadians who have disrupted trade with the U.S. and occupied downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have been cheered and funded by American right-wing activists and conservative politicians who also oppose vaccine mandates and the country’s liberal leader

The Independent UK

Germany and Portugal to cut restrictions – as it happened

Germany and Portugal preparing to axe most curbs as cases stabilise; Israel’s PM says ‘green pass’ system to be suspended as cases decline

The Guardian - UK

Police Issue Ultimatum to Protesters to Leave Canada Capital

Canadian police issued an ultimatum Wednesday to protesters who've been choking Ottawa streets for 20 days to leave the capital, as provincial and US state leaders called for an end to the cross-border vaccine requirement that sparked the trucker-led movement. Officials, meanwhile, announced a negotiated peaceful end to the last…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Canada’s image of itself jolted by protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates

OTTAWA, Canada — Andre Landry said he wasn’t worried about a threatened police crackdown on truckers whose rigs have blocked the streets of the Canadian capital, turning the stately government district into a boisterous protest strip and block party.

Los Angeles Times

Canada trucker protest - live: Convoy organiser arrested as police take action on defiant Ottawa occupation

Police promise action soon on Day 21 of protest as prospect of fourth weekend of demonstrations looms

The Independent UK

Ottawa protests: ‘strong ties’ between some occupiers and far-right extremists, minister says

Public safety minister speaks after arrest of extremists accused of plotting to kill police officers in Canada border town of Coutts

The Guardian - US

Understanding Canada's crisis: Has Trumpism arrived or are people just tired of pandemic restrictions?

What’s happening in Canada? International observers may understandably be confused by recent events in a country better known for maple syrup and good behaviour.

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How white Christian nationalism is part of the 'freedom convoy' protests

Part of the “freedom convoy” occupying Ottawa are white Christian nationalists.

The Guardian - US

‘Carnival of chaos’: Ottawa police face growing flak for failure to end protests

Failure to prevent protests initially, and to rid the city of the trucks over three weeks have baffled and angered residents

Al Jazeera

Canada police to anti-vaccine truckers: Leave now or face arrest

Warning comes days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to disperse anti-government protesters.

The Conversation

Canadian trucker protests show how the loudest voices in the room distort democracy

After Canadian truckers upset with vaccination mandates made their way to Ottawa, they parked their vehicles near Parliament and started making noise – lots of it – blasting their air horns day and night, disturbing the repose of citizens at home, work and in school.

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Reuters

Canada police threaten protesters with arrest; government links blockade to extremists

Police in the Canadian capital Ottawa on Wednesday warned truck drivers blockading the downtown core to depart or face arrest in crackdown seeking to end a three-week-old protest over COVID restrictions.

Evening Standard

Ottawa police chief resigns amid anti-mandate protests

Ottawa’s police chief Peter Sloly has resigned over criticism of his handling of anti-vax protests that have swept the city.

The Guardian - UK

Germany and Switzerland set to ease restrictions – as it happened

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There’s no solidarity in ‘sovereign citizen’ protests — only incoherent rage

Protests such as the Ottawa truck blockade are sweeping rich nations. But the movements are based on capitalist delusions , says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Reuters

Hot tubs, hapless police and a bridge too far for Canada’s Trudeau

Frustration with the failure of Canadian police to lift blockades at the border and in the capital, along with scenes of protesters lounging in hot tubs near Parliament, ultimately drove Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to seek emergency powers, three sources said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

As Canada protests persist, so do challenges for Trudeau

Canada has endured bitter divisions in its past, but the current wave of protests over COVID-19 restrictions is unprecedented in some respects

The Conversation

Protecting infrastructure from the 'freedom convoy' could forever silence legitimate dissent

Invocation of emergency measures may succeed in breaking the “freedom convoy” siege of Ottawa and restoring the flow of people and goods across the Canada-United States border (estimated to be $300 million a day at the Ambassador Bridge alone).

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