Trucker-protest paralysis reveals need for leadership in Ottawa, occupation of Canada’s capital shouldn’t be left to just Ottawa mayor and chief of police

Angus Reid says a 'bifurcation has occurred in the country as a result of the style that Justin Trudeau and his cronies have brought to Canadian politics, which is virtue signalling and largely ignoring great chunks of Western Canada. He says the country's top leadership can't continue to dismiss this group as a bunch of hooligans.

A Freedom Convoy supporter, pictured on Feb. 5, 2022, waving a sign in the middle of Albert Street as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out meeting with any of the organizers behind the massively disruptive demonstration initially crafted as a display of opposition to the cross-border vaccination requirement for long-haul truck drivers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

February 7, 2022

As the end-of-January truckers’ protest near Parliament Hill transformed into the early-February occupation of Ottawa’s downtown core, residents and their representatives on the capital's city council have reached their breaking point and are desperately looking for leadership from the many elec...

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