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Ottawa under state of emergency as Mayor declares ‘war’ on peaceful truckers and police move to arrest participants

Mark Slapinski by Mark Slapinski
March 16, 2022
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Ottawa under state of emergency as Mayor declares ‘war’ on peaceful truckers and police move to arrest participants
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Ottawa is now officially under a ‘state of emergency’ due to the largely peaceful protest occurring in the city, on the request of the city’s mayor, Jim Watson. While left-wing politicians have inaccurately described the protest as being violent, media outlets such as Reuters and the New York Times acknowledged it was “mostly peaceful.” Journalists from Toronto 99 were on scene, and were able to corroborate, with video evidence, the protest was peaceful, albeit noisy.

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Mayor Jim Watson made waves in media outlets around the world after he announced he was declaring a “state of emergency” in the capital city of Canada, as per an announcement made around 4 P.M.

According to a statement published to the City of Ottawa’s website:

Mayor Jim Watson today declared a state of emergency for the City of Ottawa due to the ongoing demonstration.

Declaring a state of emergency reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government.

The reports of “serious danger” and an apparent “threat to the safety and security” of residents made by the mayor have been disputed. Various independent journalists, including two reporters from Toronto 99, were on scene in Ottawa and did not observe any unlawful activity.

City of Ottawa on Twitter: “Today, February 6, Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency for the City of Ottawa due to the ongoing demonstrations.For more information, visit: https://t.co/1ga2tHegDd pic.twitter.com/UO3hdSnQeq / Twitter”

Today, February 6, Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency for the City of Ottawa due to the ongoing demonstrations.For more information, visit: https://t.co/1ga2tHegDd pic.twitter.com/UO3hdSnQeq

The protest was described as “mostly peaceful” by left-leaning news organizations such as Reuters and the New York Times. On Saturday, Reuters published an article stating the protests were “mostly peaceful.” The first paragraph reads:

Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa on Saturday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of Parliament.

On Monday, the New York Times published an article describing the majority of protesters as “peaceful.” The article states: “while the protests were, at times, unruly, a majority of the protesters were peaceful.” Toronto 99 journalists were on scene for the weekend, and did not observe any illegal activity or harassment.

However, it appears that the Ottawa Police have a different opinion, and are now asking protesters to leave. According to a press statement, the police are now saying, “demonstrators exhibited extremely disruptive and unlawful behaviour, which presented risks to public safety and unacceptable distress for Ottawa residents.” It is unclear what Ottawa Police are referring to, considering the fact independent media continues to document the protest, and no reports of violence or illegal activity have been noted. Peaceful protest is protected by the charter, and police have previously given leeway to left-leaning groups when they were engaged in civil disobedience.

Earlier, the chief of Ottawa Police suggested the military may be called in on peaceful protesters. Many perceive the mayor’s recent announcement as an act of “war.” The convoy protesters received the message, and are preparing to “hold the line.”

The Post Millennial on Twitter: “Freedom Convoy supporters react to a State of Emergency being called in Ottawa in reaction to the peaceful event.Read more: https://t.co/HNPg9Bj1Wq pic.twitter.com/MZFipx8aVv / Twitter”

Freedom Convoy supporters react to a State of Emergency being called in Ottawa in reaction to the peaceful event.Read more: https://t.co/HNPg9Bj1Wq pic.twitter.com/MZFipx8aVv

The ongoing protest was described by Mayor Jim Watson as the “most serious emergency the city has ever faced,” a comment that drew immense criticism online. It is notable that Ottawa suffered a “terrorist attack” in 2014 and a large, fatal gas explosion earlier in 2022. Neither of these incidents were mentioned by Ottawa’s Mayor or members of city council as the ‘state of emergency’ announcement was made.

On 22 October 2014, a lone gunman murdered Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a ceremonial guard at the War Memorial, and then moved into Parliament, where he was shot and killed inside. The attack raised serious concerns over parliamentary security.

UPDATE: A few typos were brought to our attention on Feb. 14 and were immediately corrected. Learn more about our editorial standards.

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Comments 4

  1. Mel Kozun says:
    1 year ago

    Why the photo of the military?? The CAF brass has already told them no.

    In Oct 1970 during the FLQ crisis, Sr. declared “martial law” and brought in the Army to end it. Scholars, politicians and the really smart people in Canada took a REALLY HARD look at this in the post-mortem and decided they didn’t like this kind of power in the PMO.

    To that end, a very vigorous re-write was undertaken. In 1988 the “War Measures Act” was repealed and replaced with the “Emergencies Act” … There is NO mention of the CAF in the new Act, only the RCMP.

    Stop with the #FearMongering – leave it to the NDP! It’s their go-to move…

    Jim Watson can’t “call in the Army”

    Doug Ford can’t “call in the Army”

    Least of all, even while in hiding, Justin Trudeau CAN NOT CALL IN THE ARMY!!

    Reply
  2. Haully says:
    1 year ago

    A good article but the headline photo is VERY misleading…

    Reply
  3. Taze Palmer says:
    12 months ago

    Now is the time to park all the trucks. Move no food, Move no fuel..Starve these rotten communists out once and for all

    Reply
  4. Masing says:
    12 months ago

    Need to proofread better—- in two places you left out the word “not” which totally changed the meaning of the sentence:

    “ Various independent journalists, including two reporters from Toronto 99, were on scene in Ottawa and did observe any unlawful activity.”

    “The article states: “while the protests were, at times, unruly, a majority of the protesters were peaceful.” Toronto 99 journalists were on scene for the weekend, and did observed any illegal activity or harassment.”

    Reply

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