‘Freedom Convoy’ rolls into town, jams Parliamentary Precinct, thousands protest against COVID-19 mandates

Diesel fumes and the sounds of hundreds of truck horns filled the air throughout downtown Ottawa Friday and Saturday, which quickly became jammed with thousands of demonstrators making their way onto Parliament Hill in protest of COVID-19 mandates as the 'freedom convoy' hit the nation's capital in full force.

Supporters of the ‘freedom convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29, 2022. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill Jan. 29.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE AND MATT HORWOOD

January 30, 2022

The "Freedom Convoy," a large convoy of big rig and pickup truck drivers from across Canada, who are here to protest against vaccine mandates and the Trudeau government, rolled into town and took over the entire Parliamentary Precinct on Saturday. They started arriving in big numbers late Friday ni...

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