{"id":1267900,"date":"2022-02-03T05:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267900"},"modified":"2022-02-03T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:38:05","slug":"canada-may-turn-to-military-to-address-freedom-convoy-trucker-protest-police-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-may-turn-to-military-to-address-freedom-convoy-trucker-protest-police-chief-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada May Turn To Military To Address Freedom Convoy Trucker Protest: Police Chief Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanada-may-turn-to-military-to-address-freedom-convoy-trucker-protest-police-chief-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1267900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design-18-copy-6-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Police in Canada\u2019s capital city of Ottawa are reportedly considering military aid to address the growing impact of the nation\u2019s Freedom Convoy of truckers and protesters who have now settled downtown for nearly a week.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as more protesters are expected to arrive on Saturday, and additional protesters have blocked locations along the U.S.-Canadian border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a national issue, not an Ottawa issue,\u201d Chief Peter Sloly said on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/truck-convoy-police-solution-1.6337051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> CBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am increasingly concerned there is no policing solution to this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sloly noted that the current protest is beyond his police force\u2019s ability to control, leading to considerations beyond his department for a response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a singular mandate in this city, this province or this country, to negotiate the end to any demonstration,\u201d Sloly said. \u201cThere always needs to be an element outside of the police for any truly successful end to any demonstration, particularly one of this size.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, no decisions have been made or are currently planned to include the Canadian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The widespread freedom movement that opposes vaccine mandates has been peaceful, but the presence of thousands of trucks and protesters has shut down Ottawa\u2019s downtown, including many of the city\u2019s businesses and schools. As of Wednesday, a long list of Ottawa services remained closed over the protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a protest with vehicles taking up blocks of downtown Ottawa continues, the area\u2019s major mall closes for the rest of the week and museums are staying shut despite being allowed to reopen under updated pandemic rules,\u201d CBC noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/open-closed-convoy-ottawa-1.6335669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">separate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCity officials continue to advise people to avoid non-essential travel, especially downtown. Museums, the Rideau Centre and some city services are also closed or reducing operations for the time being,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Freedom Convoy organizers released a <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/police-chief-considering-all-options-including-military-help-to-end-ottawa-trucker-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Wednesday to show their empathy to city residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur message to the citizens of Ottawa is one of empathy. We understand your frustration and genuinely wish there was another way for us to get our message across, but the responsibility for your inconvenience lies squarely on the shoulders of politicians who have preferred to vilify and call us names rather than engage in respectful, serious dialogue,\u201d convoy leader Chris Barber said. \u201cThe fastest way to get us out of the nation\u2019s capital, is to call your elected representatives and end all C-19 mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canada-border-protest-growing-truckers-ask-government-to-end-covid-19-mandates-we-need-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday that the growing Freedom Convoy movement is willing to stay as long as needed to see change regarding the vaccine mandates:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>One Ottawa resident,&nbsp;Michael Bergen, waved&nbsp;both American and Canadian flags telling the Ottawa Citizen that he would not leave until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heard his concerns.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m here until the end,\u201d Bergen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/trucker-convoy-shutdown-continues-for-fifth-day-shepherds-of-good-hope-overwhelmed-by-donations\">stated<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m here until Justin Trudeau listens. We need some compromise. It\u2019s his turn to listen to people he may not agree with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He explained to the outlet that he was waving an American flag to show his \u201clove right back to them\u201d because of the mandate\u2019s cross-borders impact.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe mandates don\u2019t just affect Canada, they affect the United States as well so I\u2019m showing my support for them, too,\u201d he noted. \u201cI\u2019m showing my love right back to them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Canada\u2019s capital city of Ottawa are reportedly considering military aid to address the growing impact of the nation\u2019s Freedom Convoy of truckers and protesters who have now settled &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}