Ottawa mayor calls emergency due to ongoing trucker convoy protests
Freedom Convoy truckers and their pedestrian supporters have taken over downtown Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson told Newstalk radio earlier on Sunday, lamenting that police have been outnumbered by the demonstrators. He wants the federal government to help squash the protest.
“The situation at this point is completely out of control because the individuals with the protest are calling the shots,” Watson said. “They have far more people than we have police officers and I’ve indicated to the chief that we have to be much more nimble and proactive when it comes to these activities.”
Watson pleaded with the federal government to “sit down and have some kind of a discussion, some kind of mediation to get this situation resolved because it’s now spreading across the country.”
