“Let’s remember most of Ottawa is government, huge number of civil servants here. They haven’t missed a paycheque. They’ve got pay raises, some of them have got back pay, most of them are working from home. Some of them who can’t work from home are just doing nothing and still getting paid,” Quiggin said at the press conference."
“So yes, it’s unfortunate that they feel bad about the horns, yes, it’s unfortunate they feel bad about the disruption, but the rest of the country is hurting.”
“To anybody who is annoyed, we apologize. Please call Justin Trudeau, his office, and get these mandates lifted, and we’re out of here,” Dichter said at a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 6.
“So yes, it’s unfortunate that they feel bad about the horns, yes, it’s unfortunate they feel bad about the disruption, but the rest of the country is hurting.”
“To anybody who is annoyed, we apologize. Please call Justin Trudeau, his office, and get these mandates lifted, and we’re out of here,” Dichter said at a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 6.
Police raid on Ottawa protest camp is strongest show of enforcement yet
Mon., February 7, 2022, 8:46 a.m.
Protesters in Ottawa haul fuel to their vehicles. The Ottawa Police Service has said that anyone trying to bring
In its most obvious display of enforcement against the anti-pandemic rule demonstration that arrived in Ottawa 10 days ago, dozens of heavily armed police officers descended Sunday night on the baseball stadium parking lot that's been serving as a staging area for the protesters in the downtown core.
Police removed vehicles and at least one tanker of fuel that was stored at the Coventry Road lot. Ottawa police later announced they had arrested two people at the site, with other arrests elsewhere that day linked to protest activity.
About 10 protesters in reflective vests stood firm in front of fuel supplies that were stored toward the southern end of the lot.
Snipers stood guard on the roof of the stadium and hotel on either side of the parking lot as police moved through the camp.
Protesters yelled "Shame, shame" and "On the wrong side of history" at the officers. As police moved in to act, one protester was heard saying "This can't end well." There have been no reports of injuries.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning Monday that the tanker that was removed held about 3,500 litres of fuel.
Camp still stocking supplies
There is still believed to be more fuel and other supplies such as food stored at the parking lot, which volunteers have been shuttling to the protesters jamming the so-called "red zone" around Parliament Hill.
Ottawa police said Sunday they would be stopping these deliveries. Protesters say they plan to continue to bring cans of fuel downtown.
