In preparation for the first face-to-face Canadian Day celebration capital since 2019 Protesters of the "Free Movement" are planning a series of events starting Thursday.
Otawa Police Service Deputy Chief Steve Bell expects hundreds of thousands of people to celebrate Friday downtown while the group plans events on Thursday and Friday. Is called.
City police called for RCMP backups while the "Vehicle Exclusion Zone" was enabled around the Capitol, and Mayor Jim Watson headed downtown to celebrate Canada Day. , Encouraging people not to be threatened or bullied. Someone who might try to confuse the party.
On Thursday, Canadian soldier James Top, accused of speaking against the requirements of the COVID-19 vaccine while wearing a uniform, finalized a cross-country walk to protest. We will arrive at Otawa on the leg. COVID-19 vaccine obligations and other pandemic public health measures. The organizer of his march said he would leave the Bells Corner at 10 am and arrive at the tomb of an unknown soldier at 6 pm.
Meanwhile, a group calling itself the Veteran's Accountability Committee is planning an opposition protest at Elgin Street at 3:00 pm. Thursday, "Reworking the sad use of our country's Senotaf as a place of political protest and as a means of publicity to the far right."
Latest Trends Thursday
Noon: In anticipation of conservative leadership, Carleton MP's Pierre Poilievre attended the James Topp march on his way out of Bells Corners to the War Memorial.
"I support those who believe in freedom of choice," Poilievre told Topp in a simple exchange.
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 the federal COVID obligations through protests. "I'm proud of the truck drivers and I'm standing with them," Poilievre told Postmedia in February, when the Otawa blockade was still going on.
10:00 amThe city of Gatino has announced several road closures in the downtown area on Canada Day.
9:00 am— According to the Otawa City Ordinance Service, according to the Otawa City Ordinance Service, 154 parking tickets for officers for Canada Day Issued and towed 44 vehicles in the vehicle control zone. Events and demonstrations since the zone was imposed on Wednesday at 8am.
—Community Solidarity Ottawa said Otawan is "preparing for the next weekend of so-called" freedom "protests." A coalition of residents, community groups, and unions will continue to "monitor and document" the unfolding situation.
"This so-called" freedom "movement is just a net of hatred," solidarity spokesperson Brian Latour said in a statement, with 20 lawmakers last week at the top and veteran organizers. Said that he met. For freedom.
"The fact that they continue to protest the vaccination obligations and the restrictions on public health that have since been lifted is what they knew from the beginning, a little more movement. More than much more correct cultural dissatisfaction and undisturbed conspiracy theory. ”
— Ottawa police said police arrested a man who was causing a turmoil in the Capitol on Wednesday night. I am saying. A man who had been nominated in Toronto with an unpaid warrant was returned there to appear in court. Police also warned on Wednesday that anyone with a condition to stay out of Otawa would be arrested and charged for violating it.
Police have repeatedly warned that illegal behavior and vehicle-based demonstrations are unacceptable.
We do not accept illegal activity and do not allow vehicle-based demonstrations in the vehicle control zone.
Visitors and community members will see important police attitudes and presence throughout the city. https://t.co/uCP6c7vuvfpic.twitter. com / m4u0qDsWEZ
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice)June 30, 2022
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