{"id":1292976,"date":"2022-02-12T04:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T09:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1292976"},"modified":"2022-02-12T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:52:51","slug":"freedom-protesters-defy-trudeau-continue-blockade-on-ambassador-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-protesters-defy-trudeau-continue-blockade-on-ambassador-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Protesters Defy Trudeau, Continue Blockade On Ambassador Bridge"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffreedom-protesters-defy-trudeau-continue-blockade-on-ambassador-bridge%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=1292976&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-1238389192-2-scaled-1-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Canadian protesters defied a court deadline, remaining at the Ambassador Bridge&nbsp;Friday night and into Saturday morning in protest of COVID vaccination mandates within the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates remained at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Windosr, Ottawa, Canada, early Saturday after both a 7 p.m. court and midnight deadline from Ottawa police where a state of emergency was declared,\u201d Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/canadian-trucker-protesters-bridge\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe \u2018Freedom Convoy\u2019 has remained at the bridge for five days, causing shortages of auto parts that have forced General Motors, Ford, Toyota and Honda to close plants or cancel shifts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think I care?&nbsp;Do you think I care about a fine?\u201d one remaining protester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/canadian-trucker-protesters-bridge\">reportedly<\/a> said. \u201cI\u2019m going&nbsp;to pay a fine? No. You think I&nbsp;care about their mandates? No. This needs to end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities moved into the area to breakup the blockade early Saturday morning, reports said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens of police moved in\u201d \u201cto clear the demonstration,\u201d according to Fox News. \u201cPolice, wearing yellow safety vests, moved into place around 8:45 a.m. local time, according to CBC News, directing protesters to clear the bridge. CBC reporters also noted that police brought several armored vehicles and that law enforcement had formed a blockade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Windsor Police &amp; its policing partners have commenced enforcement at and near the Ambassador Bridge,\u201d the department said via social media. \u201cWe urge all demonstrators to act lawfully &amp; peacefully. Commuters are still being asked to avoid the areas affected by the demonstrations at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebel News contributor Isabelle Rivo on Saturday morning posted a live video feed from the bridge as authorities showed up to remove remaining protesters:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE FROM AMBASSADOR BRIDGE \u2013 Police descend upon blockade  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZrXN9zpdYb\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZrXN9zpdYb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isabelle Rivo (@isabellerivo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isabellerivo\/status\/1492500142263795715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that he will do \u201cwhatever it takes\u201d to crack down on protesters blocking passages along the U.S.-Canada border, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trudeau-promises-to-break-freedom-protests-whatever-it-takes\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Minister Justin Trudeau convened the Incident Response Group on the ongoing illegal blockades taking place across the country that are threatening trade, jobs, the economy, and our communities,\u201d a statement from the PM\u2019s office said. \u201cHe was joined by ministers and senior officials who are actively engaged and working closely with provincial and municipal governments, and who are assessing the requirements and deploying all federal resources necessary to help them get the situation under control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group committed to continue providing federal resources to support enforcement efforts in Ottawa where the occupation has significantly disrupted local residents\u2019 lives, impacting businesses and families with harassment, threats of violence, and vandalism,\u201d Trudeau\u2019s office continued. \u201cThey reiterated that the federal government has and will continue to respond to all requests for appropriate support and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister and ministers will continue to work closely with all orders of government and local authorities to respond with whatever it takes to help provinces and municipalities end the blockades and bring the situation under control,\u201d the statement closed. \u201cThe government\u2019s top priority remains keeping people and communities safe, and defending jobs, trade, and our economy.\u201d<\/p>\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 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian protesters defied a court deadline, remaining at the Ambassador Bridge\u00a0Friday night and into Saturday morning in protest of COVID vaccination mandates within the nation.\u201cCanadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates remained &#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-1292976","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\/1292976","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=1292976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1292976\/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=1292976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1292976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1292976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}