Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Staying Put in Canada’s Capital

  • Poor behavior draws rebukes from military, political leaders
  • But Canadian group earns Trump’s praise south of border
Demonstrators stand on a logging truck outside the parliament buildings in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2022.Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other Covid-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.

The main avenue outside the parliament buildings in Ottawa remained blockaded by a line of big rigs, and protesters speaking on a makeshift stage said they don’t intend to leave anytime soon. Canada’s legislature has been on a winter break since mid-December, but is scheduled to resume sitting on Monday.