Canadian police threatened Wednesday to arrest trucker-led protesters who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade in anger at Covid health rules, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed the movement as "unacceptable."
The mayor of Ottawa said the protests posed a threat to residents safety. There have also been reports of racial attacks. Ottawa s centre has been paralysed, with vehicles and tents blocking roads, the report said.
Hundreds of trucks and thousands of people blocked the streets of central Ottawa on Saturday as part of a self-titled "Freedom Convoy" to protest vaccine mandates required to cross the US border.