A massive protest in Ottawa, Ontario, that began with truck drivers opposing a cross-border vaccine mandate continues to snarl traffic and disrupt everyday life in the Canadian capital more than a week after it began.
Officials from the mayor to Canadian
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have called on the protesters to leave, saying residents in the city of just over 1 million don't deserve to be harassed. Yet the protesters show no signs of relenting, and some have moved into other areas of the city, which is
under a state of emergency.
On Monday, some drivers blocked traffic on the Ambassador Bridge, a key crossing between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit,
CBC reported. They also got the backing of more than 100 Alaska truck drivers who rallied in support of the convoy, according to the
Anchorage Daily News.
What is the protest about?
The "Freedom Convoy" began last month as a
caravan of truck drivers who planned to drive to Ottawa to voice their opposition to a government mandate that requires them to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to cross the U.S.-Canada border.