{"id":1276826,"date":"2022-02-06T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T01:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1276826"},"modified":"2022-02-06T20:37:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T01:37:41","slug":"childless-ottawa-mayor-disturbing-to-see-kids-in-bouncy-castles-having-fun-at-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/childless-ottawa-mayor-disturbing-to-see-kids-in-bouncy-castles-having-fun-at-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Childless Ottawa Mayor: \u2018Disturbing\u2019 to See Kids in \u2018Bouncy Castles\u2019 Having \u2018Fun\u2019 at Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fchildless-ottawa-mayor-disturbing-to-see-kids-in-bouncy-castles-having-fun-at-protest%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=1276826&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\/GettyImages-457685014-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ctvnews.ca\/video?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvottawa%3Atwitterpost&amp;clipId=2376532&amp;taid=61ffaa3870fd090001a886c2\">described<\/a> the presence of children playing in bouncy castles at the Freedom Convoy demonstration as \u201cdisturbing\u201d in a video interview with CTV News on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Watson is 60, unmarried, and without children.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ottawa residents living near the demonstration on Parliament Hill and nearby downtown areas are enduring \u201ca living hell,\u201d Watson claims. He emphasized that they \u201chave been through hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cIt\u2019s disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they\u2019ve got bouncy castles and hot tubs and saunas, a complete insult to the people who are putting up with this nonsense for the last seven days, and it shows great deal of insensitivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News recorded video of a bouncy castle with playing children on Saturday. Dozens of children were observed with parents attending the demonstration on and around Wellington Street adjacent Canada\u2019s federal legislature.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">Robert Kraychik \/ Breitbart News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CBC, the left-wing state-funded broadcaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/2000112195653\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on the presence of saunas and bouncy castles at the protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t be bringing in hot tubs, and they shouldn\u2019t be bringing bouncy castles,\u201d Watson repeated. \u201cThat\u2019s just ridiculous. That should have been stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bouncy castles have been set up for the kids in Ottawa. The &#8220;small fringe minority&#8221; is out of control. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZ62VUeb7d\">pic.twitter.com\/yZ62VUeb7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Vigilant Fox  (@TheVigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVigilantFox\/status\/1490405479280955418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This proves how out of touch the mainstream media and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> is. Kids playing on bouncy castles. Bring in the military. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruckersConvoy2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruckersConvoy2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8hpC710hZK\">https:\/\/t.co\/8hpC710hZK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LiQWKRAgqb\">pic.twitter.com\/LiQWKRAgqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lincoln Jay (@lincolnmjay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lincolnmjay\/status\/1490082802737500163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Record-breaking supporters today at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruckerConvoy2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruckerConvoy2022<\/a> in Ottawa. GoFundMe-effect?<\/p>\n<p>Highlights today: a newly-built community kitchen with free sandwiches &amp; hot soup for everyone, kiddie fun on bouncy castles &amp; bundles of hay, lively DJ &amp; friendly smiles<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDXJlbF4I1\">pic.twitter.com\/BDXJlbF4I1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kulvinder Kaur MD (@dockaurG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dockaurG\/status\/1490114245538758657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>CTV News <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.ctvnews.ca\/news\/this-is-my-first-day-as-an-openly-gay-man-mayor-jim-watson-comes-out-as-gay-1.4554243\">framed<\/a> Watson\u2019s sexuality as newsworthy in 2019. It reported, \u201cAfter nearly 40 years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has officially come out as gay.\u201d Watson wrote a column in the same year <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/opinion\/columnists\/mayor-jim-watson-after-40-years-im-opening-the-closet-door\">titled<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cMayor Jim Watson: After 40 years, I\u2019m opening the closet door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Katie Griffin, the CTV anchor, invited Watson to call for military suppression of the protest by repeating Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly\u2019s claim that local police have insufficient resources to fulfill their duties. She claimed people are \u201closing faith in the city\u2019s ability to [restore] some sort of order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She asked, \u201cWhat options do we have right now? Are you at the point where you have to request the military to come in?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watson used military terminology in describing the nation\u2019s capital as \u201cunder siege\u201d by the Freedom Convoy.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said local law enforcement is using traffic tickets as a tool to end the Freedom Convoy protest. \u201cW<span>e started to see the police issue significantly more tickets, traffic tickets as well as Highway T<\/span><span>raffic Act tickets. That has to be done, it hits them ni the pocketbook.\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Government must block fundraising for the Freedom Convoy truckers and supporters, he said, referring to GoFundMe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/02\/take-that-truckers-gofundme-freezes-10-million-canadian-freedom-convoy-fundraiser\/\">freezing<\/a> of funds raised by the \u201cFreedom Convoy 2022\u201d campaign. Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/04\/highway-robbery-gofundme-to-redirect-10m-canadian-trucker-fund-to-verified-charities\/\">reported<\/a> on GoFundMe\u2019s eventual return of the funds to original donors following a reversal on its stated intention to seize and redistribute the money to \u201ccharities\u201d of its choosing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Watson said money for the Freedom Convoy crowdsourced through digital fundraisers should be \u201ccut off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe negotiated with GoFundMe,&nbsp;<\/span><span>where that service rejected the protesters and [is] sending the money back to the individuals, so that hopefully will help, although I know there are other services that are going to try to help, and we\u2019ll go back to them, and try to get that money cut off, because that\u2019s one the ways of trying to bring this to an end, financially.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He concluded by warning that the demonstration in Ottawa is \u201cnow spreading across the country.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson described the presence of children playing in bouncy castles at the Freedom Convoy demonstration as \u201cdisturbing\u201d in a video interview with CTV News on Sunday. 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