Jan 29 2022 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada remains open to enhancing military aid to Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia, a message she will convey to her Ukrainian counterpart during an upcoming trip to the country. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Anand said the greatest contribution Canada can provide to Ukraine at […]
Jan 28 2022 — Alex Boutilier — Global News — Ottawa’s police chief says the “evolving nature” of the convoy protest descending on the capital has led him to request a “significantly” larger presence of cops, national security officials and emergency services. With thousands of protesters arriving in Ottawa Friday, Chief Peter Sloly told a news conference the demonstrations will be “unique, fluid, risky and […]
Jan 28 2022 — National Post — Rideau Hall paid out $277,592 in confidential settlements as well as running up legal bills of nearly $170,000 in the same year former governor general Julie Payette resigned for presiding over a “toxic” workplace. The amount is by far the highest paid by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG) for settlements […]
Jan 28 2022 — CBC — Protest will be ‘massive in scale, and unfortunately polarizing in nature,’ police chief says. Ottawa’s police chief says officials are on guard against “social media actors” and “lone wolves” who might try to infiltrate this weekend’s convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Members of a protest organizers call the Freedom Convoy steadily streamed into the nation’s […]
Jan 28 2022 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Consistent honks from truck horns could be heard through the downtown core on Friday as participants in the trucker convoy drove into the area and began gathering around Parliament Hill in what’s set to be a “unique, fluid, risky, and significant” protest, according to city officials. Stretches of local roadways were closed, or reduced to […]
Jan 28 2022 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos defended his government’s vaccination push Friday as a convoy of protesters opposed to vaccine mandates prepares to descend on Ottawa this weekend. “The enemy is not vaccination. The enemy is COVID-19 and the best tool to fight this enemy is to be vaccinated,” he said during a public health briefing Friday […]
Jan 28 2022 — Bloomberg — Elon Musk voiced his support for a so-called “freedom convoy” of Canadian truckers and other activists on their way to Ottawa to protest the country’s vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 control measures. “Canadian truckers rule,” the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer said Thursday in a tweet, a clear nod to a convoy that’s been picking […]
Jan 28 2022 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The top official who oversees security for the House of Commons has issued a warning to MPs about the potential risks related to the coming convoy of truckers set to arrive on Parliament Hill as early as tomorrow. In an email sent to members of Parliament obtained by CTV News, Sergeant-at-Arms Patrick McDonell cautioned MPs […]
Jan 28 2022 — CTV News — A so-called ‘freedom convoy’ of truckers and supporters is on its way to Ottawa, protesting the federal government’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers. But not everyone from the trucking industry is on board with the convoy’s messaging, especially as the rhetoric heats up and the movement attracts support from fringe groups. Dennis Levesque of London, […]
Jan 28 2022 — CBC — At least a third of the donations to the GoFundMe campaign set up to support the convoy of trucks headed to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates came from anonymous sources or were attributed to fake names, according to an analysis by CBC News. While thousands of Canadians and Canadian businesses have dipped into their pockets […]
Jan 28 2022 — The Canadian Press — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He says he took another test this morning and it was negative, as was a previous rapid test. He’s not saying which of […]
Jan 28 2022 — John Paul Tasker — CBC — Canada’s chief public health officer said Friday that cases of the Omicron variant have peaked nationwide and the number of new infections has dropped significantly over the past week. Canada’s molecular testing system has been hampered by constrained capacity and staffing issues that have made PCR tests unavailable to many. Dr. Theresa Tam pointed to […]
Jan 28 2022 — CBC — Police ask Ottawans not to travel if they don’t have to. The sheer number of protesters expected to arrive in Ottawa with the trucker convoy may make it very hard to get around this weekend. The convoy — which includes transport truck operators from across the country and participants more broadly opposed to public health […]
Jan 28 2022 — National Observer — A convoy of truckers is en route to Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates, but some politicians say the protest has taken on a life of its own and are concerned about possible violence on Saturday. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he is “concerned by extremist elements that are spreading misinformation and attempting to turn the […]
Jan 27 2022 — CBC — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said Thursday he will meet with truckers taking part in a protest against vaccine mandates set for this weekend on Parliament Hill — but does not plan to meet with the actual organizers of the convoy. “I will be meeting with truckers, I will be meeting with parts of the convoy. […]