Amid the tide of whitelash, we remain unmoored

Luckily, what the Battle of Billings Bridge taught us is that we can come together as residents and resist and change the circumstances of our occupation without government oversight.

Canada First supporter Tyler Russell is pictured recording police on Metcalfe Street shortly after a 'Freedom Convoy' participant was arrested on Feb. 17. The mental health of a city has been irreparably changed, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

February 23, 2022

OTTAWA—#MakeOttawaBoringAgain is closer to a reality after a weekend of arrests and removals of convoy occupiers. Only, we didn’t win anything. In fact, we lost. We are lost. As the waters recede, what is...

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