Police arrest dozens blockading Canada's capital - Reuters

[Rhiannon12866]

Police scuffled with protesters in Ottawa as authorities worked to clear blockades that have occupied the city’s downtown area for three weeks. 02/18/2022.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Sad

Canada, the few times I was there, seemed to have an element of prim and proper British Empire to it. Streets were neat and clean, people didn't tolerate loitering and were very polite. Yet here they are.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I've said much the same thing, Canada is our more civilized neighbor.

And Ottawa is a beautiful city. My Dad, who was a world traveler, loved to go to Ottawa, a foreign capital he could reach by car. And I feel terrible for the residents (and businesses), too, this has been just awful for them, they must be relieved it's being dispersed.

[SheltieLover]

3. Agreed!

Such a lovely country & such nice people.

I wonder why police don't use water cannons?

[Rhiannon12866]

4. LOL! Isn't it still pretty cold up there??

It certainly is here on this side of the border...

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Make them wet and cold

Do that everyday,theyll get sick of it and move.

[SheltieLover]

6. All the more effective, I would think, in the cold.

Dead serious here

Sick of people being inconvenienced & out $$$$ for those who opt to break the law.

Who is going to make up the lost corporate profits? What about families who could not get to work or had no work due to shortages? Last I saw, lost wages were ~$54 million!

I wish they would confisgate trucks & sell them to help workers with lost wages.

Many people live payday to payday. How many are struggling / facing evictions / going hungry because of these asshats?

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Excellent points.

The mentality of these "protesters" reminds me of the insurrectionists...

[SheltieLover]

8. I wonder the % that were involved in 1/6?

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Yup, it's been said that there's a significant American influence - big surprise.

[SheltieLover]

10. Big $

For putin.