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In this posting, Global Research is providing real time video reports from Ottawa on the Freedom Convoy Movement.
On February 17, the application of a National Emergency directed against The Freedom Convoy 2022 was debated at the House of Commons.
The House of Commons is divided. The NDP has signified that it will be siding with the Liberal minority government.
Meanwhile, a major police initiative against the Freedom Convoy involving a high tech “Nazi style” special forces operation is contemplated by the Prime Minister Trudeau.
We stand in Solidarity with the Freedom Convoy 2020
Global Research, February 17, 2022
This is the Bloomberg Coverage focussing on an Impending Police Operation
From the Ottawa Citizen:
Police are handing out notices to downtown demonstrators warning that if they continue to block streets, they are committing a criminal offence and face arrest
A convoy organizer threatens to call the police and RCMP on local counter-protesters who have been challenging the occupation in Ottawa’s streets
An injunction ordering “Freedom Convoy” truckers to stop blowing their air horns has been extended for 60 days
Residents still advised to avoid non-essential travel in the downtown core as traffic and transit disruptions, closures continue
Ottawa City Council meets to discuss the impact of the truck convoy demonstration on the city’s residents and businesses at 4 p.m.
Steve Bell, formerly a deputy chief, takes over as Ottawa’s interim police chief after the abrupt departure of Peter Sloly
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