Ontario premier declares emergency, tells truckers to go home and end protest
Coronavirus,Freedom Convoy,Canada,Vaccine Mandates,Europe,France,Truckers,Trade,The Americas
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency on Friday and said he'll use all government resources to end a two-week protest by Canadian truckers over Covid-19 rules.
Ford said the trucker protest amounts to a "siege" of downtown Ottawa and the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit.
"It’s an illegal occupation," Ford told reporters. "This is no longer a protest."
Ford told protesters to go home and threatened heavy fines — but stopped just short of saying he’s ordering immediate police action to clear streets.
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