international media, as high as half a million. never got that close. but the group that s left is very small and determined to stay. to think about the idea of children being there and the idea of what it would be like if someone s not going to respect the piece of paper, the injunction, or the presence of the police. obviously there is an aversion to wanting to abide by what the government is saying in the first instance, so i really hope that this remains peaceful and that there can be a conclusion. glen mcgregor, thank you so much. i appreciate it. thanks, laura. as i mentioned, there are concerns about this coming to the u.s. this is not just an issue happening in canada. we cannot lose sight of the fact that obviously what happens in one area of north america obviously comes down here as well, and we re already seeing this. as soon as even this weekend where we have the super bowl here in the states, we know that this might actually impact that as well. i want to bring in f
seizing control of big rig trucks at the center of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have become a focus of fox news and other right-wing media. joining me now is glen mcgregor, senior correspondent at ctv news. aggressive escalation here after three weeks of these protests. you ve been on the ground there all day. do you think this is the end of demonstrations? because it seems like things are really going on behind you. even still. that s what you guys do. you say everyone here is violent. it s the cops. tell the truth about justin trudeau. who s his daddy? reporter: this is a feature of these demonstrations, yasmin. we haven t seen in canada a whole lot, the maga movement in the united states, you ve seen a lot of this kind of thing, but protesters not only see the occupation of the city for three weeks, increasingly turning their anger against journalists, we ve seen a lot of our colleagues covering these protests being harassed, screamed at, as you can hear.
Hillier walked into Ottawa police headquarters Monday morning to face nine charges stemming from his actions during the weeks-long “Freedom Convoy” occupation of downtown Ottawa.