A year since the convoy protests ended, participants returned with signs directed at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Justice Paul Rouleau.
Saturday’s numbers weren’t what Ottawa is accustomed to seeing with protests, but there were a few hundred people with insulting signs, mostly directed at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but also with a few castigating Justice Paul Rouleau who issued a report Friday declaring the federal government “met the threshold” to invoke Emergencies Act to bring an end to last winter’s three-week protest.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Saturday’s group left Parliament Hill and headed toward the ByWard Market, where they marched around for about an hour. This included a brief stop outside the Bell Media building on George Street, where several protesters shouted “Fake news,” before moving along on a path that took them to the Sparks Street Mall.Article content
“Due to a demonstration, police are blocking Sparks and Elgin to prevent major disruptions to Winterlude activities,” the Ottawa Police Service posted on Twitter. “Winterlude attendees: please find an alternate entrance to the event.” On Sparks Street, protesters were met by a growing group of police, including a large contingent that had gathered in advance on MacLaren Street.Just before 5 p.m., police tweeted again that Sparks and Elgin had been reopened and there were no other temporary road closures in effect in the downtown area.
Mathieu Venne of Val-des-Monts, Que., speaks with an Ottawa Police Service liaison officer on Wellington Street on Saturday afternoon.A group of protesters caused a disturbance at the intersection of Sparks and Elgin, creating a disruption to the last weekend festivities of Winterlude.Monty Walker stands outside the entrance gates to Parliament Hill on Saturday. Walker said he had been issued a trespassing notice weeks earlier and was not permitted on the hill.
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