Ontario Declares State of Emergency Over Blocked U.S. Bridge

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- The premier of Canada’s biggest province declared a state of emergency, warning protesters choking off traffic at a key U.S. border crossing and causing gridlock in Canada’s capital they face stiff punishment if they don’t leave.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, in a news conference Friday alongside his solicitor general, said the government is enacting new powers to end the blockade, including issuing fines of up to C$100,000 ($78,800) and jail time.

The Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ontario into Detroit has been largely closed since Monday night. The conduit carries about one quarter of the commercial trade between the U.S. and Canada. Automakers including General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Stellantis NV and Toyota Motor Corp. have been forced to curb production.

The Ontario premier called the situation “a pivotal moment for our nation” with the “the eyes of the world” watching how Canada and its leaders confront growing public unrest over Covid-19 restrictions and the occupation of its capital city’s downtown core.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ontario-declares-state-of-emergency-over-blocked-us-bridge/ar-AATK5qV

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Lock them up!!!!!

[Blues Heron]

1. Truck Nutzis

fuck em

[pandr32]

2. Yay! About time.

Now what?

[Samrob]

3. Should have been done days ago!

Western democracies are really showing their weaknesses I'm afraid.
The RW will continue to do anything we fail to stop them from doing.

[calimary]

21. THIS!

If they won’t stop on their own, warning after warning, then we have to MAKE them stop.

[Budi]

4. Same are organizing in SanDiego to disrupt Super Bowl traffic & in DC for Biden's ...

...Biden's upcoming State of the Union Speech.

Chaos fed by Media is a Foreign Operation to divide a populace & chip away at foundations & norms of a Democracy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. They're not winning any friends if they fuck with the Super Bowl

[Budi]

12. No kidding! 😬 They may want to rethink that one

[Justice matters.]

26. They lost their minds a long time ago...

They can't "think" to begin with.

[IronLionZion]

18. They should definitely do it then

[calimary]

20. My thought exactly. Reap the whirlwind, assholes!

[LiberalFighter]

27. Even if they don't blame them for anything negative happening.

[OldBaldy1701E]

25. My thought as well. (So, I hope they do it!) N/T

[SheltieLover]

6. Lock them up & congisgate trucks!

[IronLionZion]

29. Congisgate sounds like some sort of rice porridge scandal

kind of like pizzagate or deflate gate and other gates. Once we have a water scandal, things can come full circle back to watergate.

[llashram]

7. I am watching

for gross linkage here to this type of protest. WE just have to watch for trolls and have each others' back...in the ongoing ideological difference(s) tug of war for hearts and minds.

[yaesu]

8. Confiscate the trucks & turn them into mobile get vaccinated billboards. nt

[Budi]

13. Haaaahaa! 😄

[Ford_Prefect]

9. I believe this falls in the category of A Bridge Too Far...

[Probatim]

16. You're gonna burn bridges with puns like that.

[Ford_Prefect]

34. Then I'd have to worry about smoke on he water?

[ffr]

10. Merrick Garland, this is how you deal with unusual situations where laws are broken

You act, so that justice may be served, instead of accumulating a mountain of evidence when a thimble is more than enough to get the job done.

[hamsterjill]

30. I like this.

I wish they had done this even sooner. Don’t even get me started on Garland. He needs to put the pedal to the metal and move.

Thanks for your post.

[C Moon]

11. You know some are going to try this in Los Angeles before the Super Bowl.

[Budi]

14. Could the Natl Guard be called in to blockade the blockade?

Or call in the Super Bowl fans to Block the Block!

[C Moon]

15. :D

[BadgerMom]

23. I believe Gov. Newsom will be prepared.

Certainly, I hope I’m correct. Gov. Newsom has loftier ambitions than the governorship of California I think. This could be a moment for him. I would enjoy seeing these chaos-loving traitors set up a situation that propels a Democrat into positive national prominence.

[Bengus81]

17. Super Bowl tickets going for $7 grand and UP,UP. Yeah,go ahead and block the SB routes gear jammers

Take some Cat heavy duty (112,000 lb operating weight) front loaders and smash your tractors into a block of nothing.

[Traildogbob]

24. GQP made it

“Legal” to run over protesters blocking streets. The only people AT the game are rich people, and they can fund a massive plowing exercise. They will not be happy about a $7,000 dollar seat lose.

[roamer65]

19. Time for OPP and RCMP to start arresting.

Fine them and impound the vehicles for auction to pay the fines.

[pdxflyboy]

22. DUMBFUCKS IN TRUCKS

[erronis]

28. My recollection is that the Ottawa Premier, Doug Ford, is a RW nutjob also.

I do remember a lot of salacious articles about his personal antics.

Why would he be against what other RWNJ's want? (trump, devos, putin)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ford

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

31. He was not happy with Trump's aluminum tariffs.

[applegrove]

33. Ontario Premier. Not Ottawa premier. Ottawa is a city and has a mayor.

[erronis]

35. Sorry! I know better and wrote worse. I love both Ontario and Ottawa.

First visited Ottawa in 1959(?) when we lived in upstate NY and the Saint Lawrence Seaway was opening. Enchanted by the city and the canals.

[applegrove]

36. I think they are both Indigenous names which is a blessing.

[applegrove]

32. I am reminded of when Miami Vice got popular and Don Johnson said he no longer

wanted to be seen with Philip Michael Thomas because he had a brand to protect. Doug Ford is an ***hole for not attending meetings these last few days with the federal government and the Mayors of cities that have truckers stinking and jamming everything up. No doubt Ford plans to run federally one day.

[orangecrush]

37. Go Canada!