Canada, hundreds of protesters still on the bridge
Hours after the judge’s injunction ordered protesters to clear the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and the United States, hundreds of people – including families with children – were still protesting the government’s anti-Covid measures. of Ottawa. The Guardian writes it. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured US President Joe Biden that he would quickly resolve a crisis that is costing the trade between the two countries about $ 300 million a day. But despite the injunction taking effect at 7 pm local time, protesters were still on the bridge at 1.30 am, the main traffic corridor between Canada and the US. Many waved the Canadian flag, others fired fireworks. Police officers, deployed in a parking lot near the Ambassador Bridge entrance, distributed leaflets on the fines they risk since Ontario’s state of emergency came into effect.