Canada Day Protest: Poirievre, a man arrested in the Capitol, temporarily joins the top march. Ordinance officers start towing

2019 as the first face-to-face Canadian Day celebration capital since , "Freedom Movement" protesters are planning a series of events starting Thursday.

Ottawa Police Service Deputy Chief Steve Bell said hundreds of thousands of people were in downtown to celebrate Friday while the group was planning an event on Thursday and Friday. Say it's expected.

City police called for RCMP backup, but the city had a "vehicle exclusion zone" around the Capitol, and Mayor Jim Watson headed downtown to celebrate Canada Day. I urged people not to be threatened or bullied. Someone who might try to confuse the party.

On Thursday, Canadian soldier James Top, accused of wearing a uniform and opposed the requirements of the COVID-19 vaccine, was on the final journey of the cross-country walk to protest. I am arriving in Ottawa. Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine and other pandemic public health measures. The organizer of his march said he would leave Bells Corners at 10 am and arrive at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 6 pm.

Meanwhile, a group calling itself the Veterans' Accountability Commission is planning an opposition movement on Elgin Street at 3:00 pm. Thursday, "To re-engage the sad use of our country's memorials, as a place of political protest and as a tool for far-right propaganda."

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Noon: Expecting conservative leadership, Carleton MP's Pierre Poilievre went to the War Memorial, where he joined James Topp's march on his way out of Bells Corners.

"I support those who believe in freedom of choice," Poilievre told Topp in a brief conversation.

Poilievre left the march at the corner of Clyde and Merivale about 30 minutes later.

Poilievre has a record of opposition to illegal blockades and "illegal" behavior from Freedom Convoy participants. Nevertheless, he has fully supported the group's core goal of overturning federal COVID obligations through protests. "I'm proud of truck drivers and I'm standing with them," Poilievre told Postmedia in February, when the blockade of Ottawa was still going on.

10:00 amThe city of Gatineau has announced that some road closures will be implemented in the downtown area on Canada Day.

9:00 am— According to the Ottawa City Ordinance Service, officers will issue 154 parking tickets and vehicle control for Canada Day. Towed 44 vehicles in the zone. Events and demonstrations since the zone was imposed on Wednesday at 8am.

— Community Solidarity Ottawa said Ottawa was "preparing for another weekend of so-called" freedom "protests." Residents, community groups, and union coalitions continue to "monitor and document" the unfolding situation.

"This so-called" freedom "movement is nothing more than a net of hatred on the far right," solidarity spokesman Brian Latour said in a statement, with 20 MPs from Topp and veterans last week. He said he met the organizer. For freedom.

"The fact that they continue to protest the mandatory vaccines and the subsequent lifting of public health restrictions is what they knew from the beginning, a little more. Exposing them to the move, rather than cultural dissatisfaction and conspiracy theories on the far right. "

— Ottawa police said police arrested a man who was causing a turmoil on Parliamentary Hill Wednesday night. say. The man, who was wanted in Toronto with an unpaid warrant, was returned to Toronto to appear in court. Police also warned on Wednesday that anyone with conditions to stay out of Ottawa would be arrested and prosecuted for violations.

Police have repeatedly warned that illegal behavior and vehicle-based demonstrations are unacceptable.

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