Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is growing increasingly annoyed by Freedom Convoy truckers who are protesting vaccine mandates in that country. This tweet contains plenty of projection, considering what the Canadian government has done in response to Covid-19:
Canadians have the right to protest, to disagree with their government, and to make their voices heard. We’ll always protect that right. But let’s be clear: They don’t have the right to blockade our economy, or our democracy, or our fellow citizens’ daily lives. It has to stop.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 8, 2022
It seems that the more Trudeau complains, the larger the protests get. The latest example comes in the form of these reports from the U.S./Canada border on the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor:
Press release from the Essex County OPP detachment: Traffic shut down in both directions on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit pic.twitter.com/AwVT8WiRVM
— 𝘽𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙚 (@BryanPassifiume) February 8, 2022
Update: other on I-75
Location: Both Directions I-75 at Bridge to Canada
Event Type: other
County: Wayne
Event Message: BRIDGE TO CANADA IS CLOSED@Modernize75— MDOT – Metro Detroit (@MDOT_MetroDet) February 8, 2022
The truckers don’t appear to be impressed or intimidated by Trudeau’s rhetoric:
Truckers have blocked the Ambassador Bridge in protest of vaccine mandates#HonkHonk pic.twitter.com/ro4cFyoFZu
— Mark Slapinski 🇺🇦 (@MarkSlapinski) February 8, 2022
This is in Windsor, Ontario at Huron Church and Girardot close to the Ambassador Bridge (per the uploader). The truckers do not plan on leaving. It is a blockade to end all the mandates. The fire rises. pic.twitter.com/13H0IAEfcI
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 8, 2022
A trucking convoy has blockaded the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. The fire rises. pic.twitter.com/HKabpuZv5n
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 8, 2022
Here’s what Huron Church Road looked like around 6:15 tonight.. blockades across all lanes of traffic. Ambassador Bridge backed up four hours (as per CBSA) and vehicles being diverted to the tunnel.
In the nearly four hours since, nothing has changed. @CTVWindsor pic.twitter.com/H6dYAzLGCO
— Rich Garton (@RichGartonCTV) February 8, 2022
Here’s Huron Church and Girardot in Windsor, a couple blocks up from Ambassador Bridge.
People I spoke with say they don’t plan on leaving tonight and that they’re here because of the vaccine mandates.
Some who spoke with me calling for an end to all mandates. pic.twitter.com/vfZDSYnxJl
— Chris Ensing (@ChrisEnsingCBC) February 8, 2022
Ambassador Bridge in Dearborn, MI has been blocked in both directions by the truckers. They are NOT letting up. pic.twitter.com/ZYzXQHyQOd
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) February 8, 2022
OPP: The Ambassador Bridge is not accessible in both directions going into the United States as well as entering into Canada.
If you are travelling to the United States, it is suggested that you utilize the Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia.
— windsoriteDOTca News (@windsoriteDOTca) February 8, 2022
The Ambassador bridge, the largest crossing point between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is closed in both directions.
Protests against vaccine mandates have paralyzed Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, for more than a week and are now spreading. https://t.co/BHpaMqHfIa pic.twitter.com/gVoa0vpC2X
— Bloomberg Canada (@BloombergCA) February 8, 2022
Windsor 🇨🇦 connection with Detroit 🇺🇸 via Ambassador Bridge is shut down. The scene on the Canadian side. #TrudeauTruckStop pic.twitter.com/PzJRfqXlZ6
— Unacceptable Rowan (@canmericanized) February 8, 2022
Ambassador Bridge. Canada/US -Detroit 🎺 pic.twitter.com/MoXWiFaqrN
— Düsk2Däwn 🍊 (@Dsk2Dwn1) February 7, 2022
🚚🚛 Backed up from ambassador bridge well down the 401 @JustinTrudeau honk honk!! #freedomconvoy2022 pic.twitter.com/zZ0MxIt4WO
— Srt guy🇨🇦 (@itzmillertyme) February 8, 2022
The Canadian Freedom Convoy has reached the Detroit-Windsor border, impacting travel time on the Ambassador Bridge Monday and spilling out onto I-75 in Detroit. https://t.co/hgrbSupcYA
— FOX 2 Detroit (@FOX2News) February 7, 2022
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