'Freedom Convoy': Canadian truckers protest in Ottawa against vaccine mandate
Video filmed by people around government buildings in Canada's Ottawa on Friday showed trucks arriving to protest against the vaccine mandate.
Videographer and documenter, Caryma Sa'd told Reuters that she saw about 30 to 40 big rigs from around 2 p.m. local time (1900GMT).
Organizers have said the demonstration will be peaceful and that was the case for a few hundred people and vehicles that turned out on Friday, a day early. They paraded up and down the street in front of parliament, with some honking their horns while waving Canadian and "Fuck Trudeau" flags.
The so-called "Freedom Convoy" - due to bring hundreds of trucks to Ottawa from east and west on Saturday- started out as a protest against a vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers, but has turned into a demonstration against government overreach during the pandemic with a strong anti-vaccine streak.
(Source: Reuters)
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