Because of the trucker protests in Canada that have been going on for more than two weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not rule out the violent dissolution of the blockades. If protesters against the government’s CoV measures didn’t go home, there would be “increasingly increased police intervention,” Trudeau said in Ottawa today. Any measure is possible, but the deployment of the military is the last resort.
“I can’t say much more right now as to when or how exactly this will end because we are concerned about violence,” Trudeau added. He also made it clear that a key, blocked border bridge between the city of Windsor and Detroit in the US would not remain closed.
The trucker resistance in Canada is beginning to take on proportions that go far beyond the usual protest against CoV measures. The blockade of the most important border with neighboring USA is slowly but surely affecting production and trade, which is why the Canadian province of Ontario has now declared a state of emergency. The United States had previously called for tougher action.