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Canada: Anti-Vaccine Protesters Block Traffic to Ottawa Airport | VIDEOS

A caravan of vehicles of protesters opposed to the measures to contain the coronavirus covid-19 is hampering traffic around Ottawa International Airport, Canadaaccording to the authorities on Thursday morning.

the police of Ottawa He reported through his Twitter account that traffic disturbances were taking place at the airport due to a demonstration.

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Videos of the protest posted online by demonstrators show dozens of cars, many adorned with Canadian flags and honking their horns, driving slowly past airport terminals.

At the same time, groups of truckers continue to block, for the fourth consecutive day, the Ambassador Bridge that connects Canada with the United States between the towns of Windsor (Canada) and Detroit (United States).

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The bridge blockade is causing serious economic damage to both countries and has forced automakers Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and Toyota to cut production at several factories.

In Manitoba, in central Canada, and in Alberta, in the west, groups opposed to vaccines and policies to combat covid also maintain blockades at two other border crossings.

The Ottawa Police also denounced today the attempted sabotage of the 911 emergency telephone.

In a tweet, the Ottawa Police said they had received information of a “concerted attempt to flood” the emergency line with useless calls and recalled that it is a crime to try to sabotage the phone.

At the same time, the occupation of downtown Ottawa by anti-vaccine and anti-pandemic mandate groups today enters its thirteenth day with no sign of resolution.

More than 400 heavy trucks and hundreds of people continue to block the streets surrounding the Parliament of Canada without the authorities being able to expel the protesters.

The Ottawa Police reported today that they had managed to get a dozen trucks to leave a residential area of ​​the city, while recalling that blocking the streets is a criminal offense and that the owners of the vehicles can be arrested.

But the protesters reiterated that they will not abandon the occupation until all measures taken to contain the pandemic are rescinded and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government resigns.

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Source: Elcomercio

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