Canadian leader declares state of emergency over bridge blockade, plans to arrest protesters

CNBC.COM ^ | FEB 11 202212:50 PM EST | Michael Wayland @MIKEWAYLAND

[BradtotheBone]

DETROIT – Canadian officials are preparing to move against a group of truck drivers who have blocked the nation’s busiest border bridge between the U.S. and Canada in protest of the country’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

The blockade, now in its fifth day, has brought traffic to a halt over the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Mich. and Windsor, Ontario, which accounts for a quarter of goods traded between the two countries.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford Friday declared a state of emergency in the Canadian providence, saying at a news conference that authorities plan to enact temporary orders that will fine protesters blocking the bridge up to $100,000 and sentence them to up to a year in jail.

“Make no mistake: this is a pivotal moment for our nation. The eyes of the world are upon us right now, and what they are seeing is not who we are,” he said. “As a province, as a nation, we must collectively draw a line. We must stand for the values that define us.”

Authorities also will take away the personal or commercial driver’s licenses of anyone who defies the orders, Ford said, calling for the truckers and other protesters to peacefully go home.

[joma89]

But the police, when given the illegal order to attack the protestors, will willingly comply and then say afterwards that they had no choice but to “follow orders”.

[cnsmom]

Everyone faces a judgement day.

[swingdoc]

That was a worthy 1:30, thank you for posting

[butlerweave]

Doug Ford is as crazy as his brother

[ifinnegan]

It was wasn’t it.

[PatrioticRose]

So, what’s he planning to do? Nationalize the trucking industry and confiscate all the privately owned rigs? Who will drive them?

[griffin]

So, whatcha got in them truck trailers Boys? Fertilizer for farmers or new construction projects?

[Svartalfiar]

authorities plan to enact temporary orders that will fine protesters blocking the bridge up to $100,000 and sentence them to up to a year in jail.

What good does that do? Fine the four or five guys in front - everyone else can say, more or less truthfully, that they're just stuck in traffic.

[Mat_Helm]

Like Trudeau is really Cuban aye!. He does not eat bacon, drink beer, and wants all Canadians to wear masks forever aye! Take away his jelly donuts and send him back to Cuba aye!