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The economic fallout of the Canadian truckers protest against vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions is starting to have an effect on the economy of neighbouring USA, whose government is now putting new pressure on the Trudeau government to end the strike.
Updated: 13 Feb 2022 7:28 pm
Protestors against COVID-19 restrictions attend a rally in support of a trucker convoy in Edmonton Alta. The demonstrations at the Ambassador Bridge, downtown Ottawa and elsewhere have targeted vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions and vented fury toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society.
Stephanie Ravensbergen, 31, is in her family’s truck in Ottawa, Ontario. She came to support her aunt and uncle, who have parked their semi in the streets since the beginning of the COVID-19 restrictions mandate protest. She opposes vaccine and mask requirements and said it’s important for schoolchildren to see their friends’ faces and emotions.
Protesters haul fuel past a police car during the COVID-19 anti-mandate protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The Canadian protesters are protesting vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 restrictions.
People bring diesel fuel to support trucks protesters lined up in Ottawa, Ontario.
Symbols of the trucker protests are held aloft as people gather in Toronto to voice their opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Truck drivers and others protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario.
Police form a ring around protesters who were building a tent structure on Wellington Street, during a protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa.
Alexander Knight, 42, a renovation contractor, brings diesel fuel and sandwiches to support trucks protesters lined up in Ottawa, Ontario.
Truck drivers and others protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario.
Truck drivers and others protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario.
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