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The Canadian Press
Laura Osman
Ottawa — Groups with suspected ties to the Ottawa-based 'Freedom Convoy' have been threatened with eviction and their cause says it is ready to fulfill Go to court trying to set up headquarters in the nation's capital.
The organization, which calls itself the United Peoples of Canada, set up shop in a deconsecrated church in downtown Ottawa this summer as part of a conditional offer to buy space. rice field.
The group's director, William Comer, said the members called the police after the landlord's agents showed up Wednesday night and tried and failed to evict the members from the building.
Neighbors have protested the group's presence within the community, seeing it as an opportunity for convoy supporters to set up a permanent outpost in Ottawa.
Although the group claimed in February that he had nothing to do with COVID-19 restrictions and protests that blamed the Trudeau government, some board members It has to do with the "Freedom Convoy" movement.
An active property listing for the building is now online.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 18, 2022.
