When West Lincoln councillor Harold Jonker attended a committee meeting online Monday evening, he wasn’t in the Niagara-area township in Ontario that elected him. He was more than 500 kilometres away, in Ottawa.
Jonker has been taking part in the occupation of some streets around Parliament Hill since it began on Jan. 28.
He’s still there and said he’s resolved to stay, even as Ottawa police served notice to protesters who remained there Wednesday afternoon that they “will face severe penalties” if they do not “cease further unlawful activity” and remove their vehicles.
While politicians at various levels are “winking and nudging” to show their support of the protests,
