{"id":1309287,"date":"2022-02-18T08:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1309287"},"modified":"2022-02-18T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T13:37:45","slug":"canada-police-poised-to-clear-freedom-convoy-from-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-police-poised-to-clear-freedom-convoy-from-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Police Poised to Clear &#039;Freedom Convoy&#039; from Ottawa"},"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\">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%2Fcanada-police-poised-to-clear-freedom-convoy-from-ottawa%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=1309287&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Canada police plan to physically clear out the Ottawa Freedom Convoy on Friday after protests ground the capital to a halt for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities announced they are preparing to take a more hard line approach after setting up 100 checkpoints in Ottawa to limit who can enter the city centre in an effort to disrupt reinforcements reaching the protest this weekend.<\/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>Large numbers of police have also been spotted congregating in the Canadian capital \u2013 with reinforcements being called in from Quebec \u2013 a subtle indication they are planning to take a more hands-on approach with the protestors.<\/p>\n<p>Police on Wednesday warned the Freedom Convoy if they do not leave the area immediately they will be arrested and their trucks will be seized,&nbsp;<em>NDTV<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/canada-police-move-in-to-clear-freedom-convoy-protesters-from-ottawa-streets-2774799\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Barber, one of the top organizers of the Canadian Freedom Convoy protests that have rocked Ottawa in recent weeks, has been arrested and will likely face criminal charges. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RLM2F4xsaP\">https:\/\/t.co\/RLM2F4xsaP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1494643152384364551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Interim Ottowa Police Chief Steve Bell outlined \u201ca methodical and well-resourced plan\u201d is going to be rolled out that will \u201ctake back the entirety of the downtown core and every occupied space\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the techniques we are lawfully able and prepared to use are not what we are used to seeing in Ottawa, but we are prepared to use them\u2026 to restore order\u201d, Bell continued.<\/p>\n<p>Truckers have indicated they are unwilling to move as they blared their horns throughout the night and into the early hours of Thursday, alongside chanting \u201cfreedom\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19929578\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371206951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19929578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371206951-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"659\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Trucks participate in a blockade near the parliament building as a demonstration organized by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates continues on February 17, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Protest leaders have also suggested they are happy to risk arrest \u2013 with dozens of protestors arrested already this week \u2013 and have called for Canadians to reinforce them this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to acknowledge the freedom rally against his government\u2019s coronavirus restrictions as a protest and instead has opted to brand it as&nbsp;\u201cillegal blockades and occupations\u201d, as well as a &nbsp;\u201cthreat\u201d to Canadian \u201cdemocracy\u201d, using this narrative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/14\/justin-trudeau-grabs-powers-under-never-before-used-emergencies-act-to-stomp-out-trucker-protests\/\">implement<\/a> emergency powers.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party in Canada, has also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/17\/canada-trucker-protest-police-crackdown\">called<\/a> the Freedom Convoy a \u201cthreat to public safety\u201d in the Canadian Parliament and demanded&nbsp;that \u201cthese illegal and dangerous activities stop\u201d, as they are&nbsp;a \u201cthreat to our economy and our relationship with trading partners\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The city of Ottawa threatened in a statement Thursday to place the pets of Freedom Convoy protestors into \u201cprotective care\u201d or possibly take them away permanently if their owners are arrested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5riQsWieIm\">https:\/\/t.co\/5riQsWieIm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1494525792314875906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This contrasts with how he engaged the Canadian Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, choosing to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/05\/us\/justin-trudeau-kneel-black-lives-matter-trnd\/index.html\">take the knee,<\/a> rather than take action or speak against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/defund-police-protest-black-lives-matter-1.5705101\">statue topplers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Parliament will vote on Monday and is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/02\/18\/ottawa-bracing-for-final-showdown-between-police-and-protesters\/#.Yg-S7pPP3Pb\">expected to approve<\/a> new policies powers that the police will use to break up the convoys, with the Conservatives and&nbsp;Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois opposing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada police plan to physically clear out the Ottawa Freedom Convoy on Friday after protests ground the capital to a halt for three weeks. 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