The decision was announced by organiser James Bauder, one of dozens arrested for the trucker protests that blocked parts of Ottawa and shut border crossings.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s testimony will close the six-week inquiry in Ottawa, where life was upended in late January when big rigs and other vehicles rolled in to blockade roads to protest coronavirus pandemic health measures and Trudeau’s government.
In January, a convoy of truckers and their supporters converged on Canada’s capital, Ottawa, to oppose vaccine mandates, COVID-19 lockdowns, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The protests turned into a three-week occupation that shut down large parts of the city, prompting Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to evict the occupiers. Trudeau’s use of emergency powers was controversial and criticized by some as unnecessary and excessive. Now, a public inquiry is investigating the debacle, and no one is walking away looking good.