Canadian authorities are scrambling to find ways to end the 12-day-long occupation of the national capital’s downtown over COVID-19 measures.
Business associations on both sides of the border have called for the reopening of the bridge. “As our economies emerge from the impacts of the pandemic, we cannot allow any group to undermine the cross-border trade that supports families on both sides of the border, ” they said in a joint statement.
But many of the remaining demonstrators in Ottawa were highly “determined and volatile,” deputy police chief Steve Bell said on Tuesday.Protesters say they are peaceful but some waved Confederate Flags and swastikas in the occupation’s early days. Some Ottawa residents have said they were attacked and harassed. Criminal investigations are underway into, among other things, attempted arson at a downtown apartment building.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also spoke with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Tuesday. “I let him know that … we’ll make sure the city has the resources they need,” Trudeau said in a tweet.
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