An ongoing protest in Ottawa has reached an uneasy impasse this weekend, as demonstrators become entrenched in the city’s downtown core, police say they do not have the resources to remove them and a political solution remains elusive.
More than a week into a demonstration that started as a protest against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers and evolved into one against all public health measures, protesters have set up temporary structures in Ottawa’s downtown core to distribute food and continue to carry fuel to the protest site.
Politicians have increasingly denounced the protest, with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and others calling it an “occupation” and
