The premier of Ontario has announced that the vaccination passport will be revoked after the massive protest of the truck drivers who in the “convoy of freedom” have criticized the anti-Covid measures of the authorities. “We will abandon vaccine passports” from March 1, Prime Minister Doug Ford said at a press conference, explaining that the vast majority of people are vaccinated and that Omicron’s peak is now past. The lifting of the health measures was requested by protesters who blocked the federal capital Ottawa, Ontario, for more than two weeks. Yesterday, after the police intervention that cleared the no-vax truckers, the main bridge connecting the US and Canada, the Ambassador Bridge, was unlocked.
In the meantime, however, the Ambassador bridge between Canada and the United States has been reopened, blocked for six days due to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” (the “convoy of freedom”) organized against the restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus. This was announced by the Canadian police who managed to evacuate the demonstrators. And a note from the company explains that “the Ambassador Bridge is now completely open: the free flow of trade between the Canadian and American economies is resumed regularly.” Border authorities announced via Twitter that the situation had returned to normal, but nevertheless advised against non-essential travel. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra thanked law enforcement and government officials on Twitter for being able to restore traffic to the road linking Windsor, Ontario and Detroit.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau explained in a tweet that he had called “another meeting of the Incident Response Group. We have established further actions the government can take to help end the blockades and occupations. We will continue to work urgently on this: to protect jobs, public safety, our neighborhoods and our economy ”.