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This week’s R&D provides resources on the Ottawa truck protests. For the past week truckers who are protesting the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for those crossing the U.S.-Canadian border have blocked traffic in the Canadian capital city. They have been joined by other far-right groups and opponents of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. The protests also played a role in the ouster of Erin O’Toole, the moderate leader of Canada’s Conservative Party. There are also fears by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that similar protests could occur in the United States, causing economic chaos.
Explainer: How Ottawa’s anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally https://t.co/1eTffYVGoc pic.twitter.com/zFRS3GjqCN
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 10, 2022
A convoy of trucks and other vehicles operated by people protesting Covid-19 vaccine mandates and social restrictions are clogging downtown Ottawa. Here’s what you need to know. https://t.co/N9j37yajy1
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 10, 2022
The optics of Canada’s usually placid and orderly national capital overtaken by truckers and their supporters protesting coronavirus restrictions has shaken the country. https://t.co/rilknmOiDU
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) February 9, 2022
Ford and Toyota both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked U.S-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage https://t.co/TqrKdJ5YY6
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 10, 2022
Police say the job of ending Ottawa’s trucker demonstration has been complicated by the discovery of children in about 100 of the 419 trucks lining downtown streets. https://t.co/HOZ6IgR6em
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) February 9, 2022
In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise. https://t.co/t5x3BNSvup
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) February 9, 2022
Dozens of drivers are heading for the French capital to oppose the government’s vaccine rules, a direct echo of the “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa. https://t.co/ClyH8XKq4E
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) February 9, 2022
Most Canadians feel little sympathy for the protesters https://t.co/ZhEbSwe3wN
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 8, 2022
Pierre Elliot Trudeau confronted a violent movement in Quebec in 1970 with the words, “Just watch me.”
Now, some in Canada are calling for his son, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to channel his forcefulness as the anti-vaccine protests in Ottawa persist.https://t.co/kNSDjT144O
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2022
GoFundMe draws criticism after pulling funding of Ottawa protests https://t.co/px0iieNHGA
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 7, 2022
A massive protest in Ottawa that began with trucker drivers opposing a vaccine mandate continues to snarl traffic and disrupt everyday life. Here’s the latest on the standoff — and how locals are reacting.https://t.co/1zPI0uwgC2
— NPR (@NPR) February 8, 2022