China News Agency, Toronto, February 10 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) In Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and several important ports on the Canada-US border, large-scale demonstrations and blockades against mandatory vaccinations are still continuing, making urban life and border logistics difficult. severely hindered.
Demonstrators who refuse to leave are challenging the government's patience.
Demonstrations in the capital Ottawa have continued for 13 days.
The local police issued a warning to the demonstrators on the 9th that blocking or assisting others to block the streets is suspected of destroying property, and the demonstrators may be arrested and their vehicles will be impounded or even confiscated.
The police have issued more than 1,300 traffic violation tickets and arrested more than 20 people.
But there are still hundreds of demonstrators crowded on the main street in the city center, refusing to leave.
The city has recently declared a state of emergency.
A large number of demonstrators, composed of truck drivers and others from all over Canada, have been rallying in Ottawa's Parliament Hill area since the end of January to protest against the Canadian government's mandatory new crown vaccination and other public epidemic prevention measures.
Convoy demonstrations once spread to Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec City and other major cities.
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit in the United States is one of the important logistics channels between Canada and the United States.
Since February 7, dozens of cars and about a hundred demonstrators have blocked the main road of the bridge, preventing goods from passing through customs.
According to official statistics, about a quarter of the goods between Canada and the United States, worth about 300 million Canadian dollars, pass through the Ambassador Bridge every day.
Auto parts and accessories are one of them.
The supply chain disruption caused by the blockade demonstrations in the past few days has greatly affected the production of Ontario's auto manufacturers.
Windsor Mayor Dilkens said the trade corridor was so important that additional action had to be undertaken with the support of local police, federal and provincial government resources.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed confidence that provincial police, the RCMP and the Border Services Agency will take appropriate measures to address the current blockade of demonstrations.
Coutts, located in southern Alberta, is a busy port to the US state of Montana.
There is a large amount of meat and agricultural products that need to pass through customs every day.
The blockade here has also lasted for nearly two weeks.
Officers have started issuing tickets to some drivers involved in the blockade.
In a joint letter, some chambers of commerce and industry groups in Canada and the United States called on governments at all levels to end the "illegal blockade" of the Windsor and Coats ports as soon as possible.
Canadian Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Tony Blair said on February 9 that the blockade has had a huge impact on Canadian industry and workers.
He criticized the demonstrators for "stomping on people's throats".
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the media in Ottawa that blockages in supply chains need to stop.
The federal government is working with Ontario and Windsor to end the blockade.
Due to the news that the demonstration motorcade may "return" to Toronto, Canada's largest city, the local police began to implement traffic control around the provincial parliament building on the 9th.
In addition, the Governor of Canada, Mary Simon, announced through the official account of the online social platform on February 9 that she had tested positive for the new crown virus.
The day before, her husband also tested positive.
Both have mild symptoms and are currently in self-isolation.
Simon said that his experience with her husband shows that people have not yet escaped the epidemic, but they have made great progress.
She called on the public to remain vigilant, get vaccinated, wear masks, and abide by public epidemic prevention requirements.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has received three doses of the new crown vaccine, confirmed in late January that he had tested positive for the new crown virus.
Earlier, he disclosed that one of his children had also tested positive.
After a week of isolation, Trudeau reappeared in public on the evening of February 7 to participate in an urgent debate in the House of Representatives over recent demonstrations against mandatory vaccinations.
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