Vehicles and pedestrians carrying Canadian and Dutch flags converged on the streets of downtown Ottawa Saturday afternoon, expressing solidarity with farmers protesting new government environmental regulations in the Netherlands.
Freedom Fighters Canada organized the "We Move as One" demonstration in cities across the country, including a "slow roll" convoy into Ottawa and a demonstration outside the Embassy of the Netherlands blocks from Parliament Hill.
Ottawa police say one person was arrested on Obstruct and Public Mischief charges after an, "Uncooperative and large group of vehicles attempted to enter the downtown core, caused disruption to the regular flow of traffic in various parts of the city and refused to leave."
Police say officers were deployed in the downtown area to monitor vehicle movements, temporarily close off-ramps from Hwy. 417 into the core and enforce the "vehicle exclusion zone" that prohibits vehicles from parking or stopping near Parliament Hill.
Because Justin gets scared!
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“Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich is once again arguing to be released from jail after a justice of the peace denied her bail earlier this month.
Lich was ordered to remain in jail to await trial for her role in the protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa in February, after the court decided she had breached her bail conditions.
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