remove the protesters. it took just days for the blockade on the ambassador bridge to put a squeeze on the supply chains and car makers on both sides of the border. it s an economic link between the us and canada. hundreds of millions of dollars in trade cross the border there each day. copycat protests in europe and around the world have sprung up in recent weeks, with supporters calling for an end to covid 19 restrictions. this is grassroots people with their children and grandparents and parents coming together and saying, hey, my rights and my freedoms are being infringed and denied here. drop the mandates, we go home. 15 minutes, we re gone. facing growing pressure from the white house and at home, prime ministerjustin trudeau made this vow on friday. so, make no mistake, the border cannot and will not remain closed.
it didn t take that many vehicles to block the business land border crossing in canada. but it is taking hours for police to clear the ambassador bridge blockade. for the moment, the officers are trying negotiation tactics to try and get protesters to leave peacefully after six days of demonstrations. their message that the tried to send from the very beginning has clearly lost its way and i don t think the people here, notjust the police, but the people in our community or on the other side of the border are hearing it any more. who are you protecting? with a vital trade route interrupted, the province of ontario declared a state of emergency on friday the plot in penalties like heavy fines and possible jail time for those participating in the blockades. that came into force hours later, alongside a court granted injunction to remove the protesters. it took just days for the blockade on the ambassador bridge to put a squeeze on the supply chains and car makers on both sides of the bor
forces to attack ukraine. mr wallace says current diplomatic efforts have a whiff of munich in the air a reference to the efforts to make a peace deal with hitler before world war two. russia now has up to 130,000 troops along its border with ukraine. the kremlin has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. here s our political corresponent charlotte rose. visits to moscow this week by the uk defence secretary ben wallace along with phone calls by the prime minister and us presidentjoe biden seem to have done little to change the minds of russian leaders. and scenes of tanks rolling up to a european border have made some western politicians fearful of history repeating itself. in an interview with the times this morning, mr wallace said the current situation had, a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west.
of dollars in trade cross the border there each day. copycat protests in europe and around the world have sprung up in recent weeks, with supporters calling for an end to covid i9 restrictions. this is a grassroots people with their children and their grandparents and parents coming together saying, hey, you know, like, my rights and my freedoms are being infringed and denied here. drop the mandates, we go home. 15 minutes, we re gone. facing growing pressure from the white house at home, prime ministerjustin trudeau made this vow on friday. so, make no mistake, the border cannot and| will not remain closed. but despite efforts to get dug in protesters to leave, demonstrations continue nationwide. protests in ottawa are entering their third week now, with demonstrators and their trucks continuing to block much of the city centre. government officials are meeting to discuss these ongoing protests, but for the moment, there is no clear end in sight. jessica murphy, bbc news, ottawa.
that came into force hours later alongside a court granted injunction to remove the protesters. it took just days for the blockade on the ambassador bridge to put a squeeze on the supply chains and car makers on both sides of the border. it s an economic link between the us and canada. hundreds of millions of dollars in trade cross the border there each day. copycat protests in europe and around the world have sprung up in recent weeks, with supporters calling for an end to covid 19 restrictions. this is grassroots people with their children and grandparents and parents coming together and saying, hey, my rights and my freedoms are being infringed and denied here. drop the mandates, we go home. 15 minutes, we re gone. facing growing pressure from the white house and at home,