Truckers protest in Ottawa against sanitary measures for the coronavirus

Hundreds of truckers drove their huge vehicles on Saturday in Ottawa, the capital Canadian, as part of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” to protest against the vaccines that are required to cross the border with the United States.

Holding up the Canadian flag, waving signs with the word “Liberty” and chanting slogans against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the truckers joined thousands of other protesters against anticovid measures and disaffected with the government.

Canadian media reported that the prime minister and his family were escorted out of his residence and taken to a confidential location in the capital.

“I want everything to stop, these measures are unjustified,” said Philippe Castonguay, one of the protesters, 31, outside the parliament building.

“The vaccination requirement is leading us to a new society that we never voted for,” added the businessman who drove from Quebec to participate in the protest.

The demonstrations began last week in western Canada where dozens of truckers organized a first convoy from Vancouver to Ottawa.

In both Canada and the United States, vaccination was imposed in mid-January as a requirement for truckers crossing the border between the two countries, which is about 9,000 kilometers long, the longest in the world.

Police said they were expecting eight convoys made up of several hundred vehicles and some 10,000 protesters.