Truck Protest Against Pandemic Measures Spreads

“Thousands of protesters across Canada took to the streets on Saturday for the second weekend in a row, snarling traffic, disrupting business and residential neighborhoods and leading the police to compare the demonstrations to a ‘siege’ on the nation’s democracy,” the New York Times reports.

Bloomberg: “Even in a society known for its civility and deference to authority, many Canadians are reaching their limit.”

“Pent-up frustration and rage have burst into the downtown core of the nation’s capital, with hundreds of truckers and other protesters occupying Ottawa’s streets for nearly a week to oppose vaccine mandates. Protests are expanding across Canada this weekend and are threatening to spill over into the U.S. with demonstrators planning a convoy to Washington, D.C.”

A Facebook post says “Convoy to DC 2022” is coming on March 1.