for a living and how you do it. today trudeau threatened to arrest tow truck drivers. is this really about stopping the spread of coronavirus. no one in canada is even pretending that it is anymore. trudeau himself didn t mention the risk of covid a single time. he s not worried about truckers spreading a virus. he s worried about canadiens exist 0resisting his rule. they plan to regulate cryptocurrency forever. watch. we re broadening the scope of canada s anti-money laundering, and terrorist financing rules so they cover crowd funding platforms and the payment service providers they use. these changes cover all forms of transactions, including digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies. the illegal blockades have highlighted the fact that crowd
grady trimble on the ground live from ottawa with the latest. grady, i don t think the government of canada understands those people in the trucks are not leaving until the mandates are lifted, period. they can take the trucks. but those people would just sit on the curb. it sure seems that way at this point. steve, despite the prime minister invoking extraordinary powers we have not noticed much change as well as the posturing of the police and the trucks themselves and the a attitude and mood of the truckers. they are staying put. now though the government has the ability to compel private tow truck drivers to come in and remove those trucks. we will see if anything changes. we got an update from ottawa, police. they say this now 20 day protest has cost about $14 million. they say they have issued around 3,000 citations they have 127
surely by police and the big question after that, how are all the trucks going to be removed. protestors insisted they did not think tow truck drivers would help tow the trucks away but police and the government say they have no problem removing all the trucks. in our area right now, there s at least a dozen, if not more, but clusters of the truck blockades around downtown, so not clear how many remain right now, but throughout the morning we have seen arrests, we have seen the tow trucks in the distance, and this area likely will be cleared in the next couple of hours or days and we ll keep you updated, shannon. shannon: tell me about, you are obviously bundled up, winter in canada. what is the weather like, what are the conditions like? it s sunny but a lot of the folks have said despite the weather, they are going to stay and do what they can, even if they are just standing on the streets. absolutely frigid here right now. wind is not too bad and the sun is out, but of course th
some of of the trucks took their tires off, making it more difficult for the tow truck drivers to move them. police have also been using barricades and checkpoints to close in on the freedom convoy. the premier of ontario responding to why this all did not happen sooner. i think you know this very clearly, that we just don t barge into an area, into a city. i don t direct the police. the time, the ottawa police were in charge 100%. the mayor was in charge. we did send resources in there immediately. absolutely immediately. and you see the difference. we are still working to get the latest numbers on arrest. here on the ground, at least a dozen people arrested throughout the day. two of those protest organizers were arrested last night without any major incident, and we will show up this way. this is what is going to happen next, according to the police on the ground. they are going to move from the
protests taking place in canada s capital. that after the canadian prime minister invoked rarely used emergency powers in an effort to crack down on the convoy. government also warning owners whose trucks are used in the blockades that their bank accounts will be frozen and insurance suspended. charlie hurt on that moments away. first, grady is live in ottawa. i have not noticed much of a change here on the ground and the truckers attitude since prime minister trudeau invoked emergency powers yesterday, but does have sweeping power to try to remove the truckers. i ll show you some ways they can do that. call in private tow truck drivers to have vehicles removed from wellington street here in front of parliament, ban people from gathering or travelling to certain areas, and the federal government can freeze bank accounts as you mentioned and