THE chief of police in Ottawa resigned under the weight of criticism that he did not do enough to stop them demonstrations against the measures against her pandemic, as stated today by a municipal councilor. Protests have paralyzed the Canadian capital, prompting Prime Minister Justin Trindade to enact a law on emergency measures to give the federal government expanded powers to impose temporary “emergency measures” without the consent of local authorities. .
The movement, led by truck drivers, which is demanding that the government lift vaccination and other restrictions, has occupied areas of central Ottawa since late January. At the same time, it had blocked one of the main cross-border crossings to the USA until last weekend.
As the demonstrators appear uninhabited outside the Canadian Parliament and the Prime Minister’s Office, the Police Chief in Ottawa, Peter Slley, submitted his resignation, as the Municipal Counselor Ramelli Broccington revealed to Twitter, before he is officially announced.
Critics have argued that Slolly and other police officers were too tolerant of protesters, who instigated similar movements in other countries and brought the Trinto government to a great challenge.
Trinto became just the second Canadian leader to enact peacetime emergency law.
“We are not leaving,” the protesters said
Protesters blocked the Ambassador Bridge – a vital trade route between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit – for six days before police removed them Sunday. They have also ruled out smaller border crossings in Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia.
In both Manitoba and central Ottawa, protesters have been relentless in their defiance of Trinto’s emergency measures.
“We are not leaving,” said a truck driver from Manitoba, who has been parked outside parliament, calling the imposition of “intimidation tactics” emergency measures.
Danny Digenova, a Montreal protester near the entrance to parliament, said he was not worried about the new measures and that he intended to stay until all restrictions on the pandemic were lifted.
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