China News Agency, Toronto, February 12 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Although the police cleared the protesters and their vehicles blocking the Ambassador Bridge crossing in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on February 12, demonstrations here and in Ottawa and other places. The event is not over yet.
On the 6th local time, in Ottawa, Canada, a team of police officers walked past the scene of a truck driver's demonstration.
Since February 7, demonstrators have blocked one of the important logistics passages between Canada and the United States, the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit in the United States.
On average, about a quarter of Canada-U.S. goods worth about C$300 million pass through the bridge every day.
Under the collective appeal of many auto manufacturers, a judge of the Ontario Superior Court issued an injunction on the 11th, prohibiting demonstrators from continuing to block the Ambassador Bridge port.
On the 12th, the police urged the demonstrators at the Ambassador Bridge to leave the scene legally and peacefully, and formed a formation to force the demonstrators back.
Many demonstrators drove away.
Some stranded vehicles were ticketed and towed away.
However, in the afternoon, demonstrators arrived at the scene one after another to confront the police.
The Ambassador Bridge port failed to reopen that day.
Since the end of January, a large number of protesters composed of truck drivers and other people from all over Canada have held large-scale and sustained rallies and demonstrations in the capital Ottawa and many other places across the country to oppose the public epidemic prevention measures such as the mandatory vaccination of the new crown vaccine implemented by the Canadian government.
Demonstrators and their motorcades blocked Capitol Hill, city streets and many border crossings, causing serious disruption to city operations and customs clearance.
Due to the blocked supply chain, the production of companies such as auto manufacturers has been dragged down or even stopped.
The patience of the federal and provincial governments is also gradually running out.
Ottawa and Ontario have declared states of emergency.
The Ontario premier has warned violators could face heavy fines and jail time.
But for now, the demonstrators and their convoys have not been deterred.
In Ottawa, some demonstrators continued to pour into Ottawa on the 12th.
Local police said more than 4,000 demonstrators had gathered in the city center.
Some protesters tore down the fence at the National War Memorial.
The Canadian Defence Minister, Veterans Affairs Minister and the Royal Regiment have all voiced their criticism.
The RCMP, OPP and Ottawa Police have formed an integrated command centre to respond to protesters' "occupation" of downtown Ottawa.
Police have arrested dozens of people and launched more than 100 criminal investigations.
But in the face of a large number of demonstrators, the police admitted that "the ability to enforce the law is limited."
In Surrey, British Columbia, western Canada, a group of demonstrators heading to the U.S.-Canada border crossing to protest drove through the RCMP roadblock.
Transit ports to the United States in Alberta and Manitoba were continuously blocked by demonstrators.
There were demonstrations and protests on the 12th in Toronto, Montreal and some cities in the Atlantic provinces.
Because the Toronto police took precautions and implemented traffic control on many road sections in advance, there was no large number of trucks entering the city center that day to block, but hundreds of people still demonstrated on foot in the area of the Ontario Legislative Assembly Building.
Continued demonstrations, especially the blockade of Canada-U.S. border crossings, are taking a toll on cross-border economic activity between the two countries.
During a phone call between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden on the 11th, the two sides agreed to continue to coordinate closely to end these "illegal" operations as soon as possible.
In Canada, there have been voices within the opposition party and the ruling Liberal Party recently criticizing the Trudeau government's failure to effectively address the ongoing demonstrations that have spread across many places and tearing apart society.
Although Trudeau has repeatedly stated that he will not make concessions to the demonstrators, the Canadian federal government has recently revealed that the authorities are planning to adjust travel and epidemic prevention restrictions as the number of cases of Omicron variant infection decreases.
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