Well it looks like the Trucker Protest in Ottawa is over. Most of the protestors left on their own and the rest were pushed out by police.
I for one am glad to see an end to the occupation and even gladder to see that it happened with virtually no violence from either side. Well done. When the protest stopped being a party and they were faced with actual consequences for their actions, most of the protestors lost their stomach for the "freedom" convoy. Ottawa residents can stop being imprisoned in their own city and people can get back to work.
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We can all be thankful this ended relatively peacefully. The protesters had the right to protest, they didn't have the right to hold the City and Citizens of Ottawa hostage in a siege for 3 weeks. To those who complain of "Tyranny" they might want to take a good long look at what a real Democracy is, the bad elements in the protest were even able to wave their Nazi and Confederate flags, till they got shamed into taking them down. If ever anyone even tried to stand on the "Grave of the Unknown Soldier" let alone dance on it in the good ole USA, things would have ended very badly for them. Canada remains one of the best Democracies in the Western World!
@spjennifer Agreed. I think the only thing badly handled by the police was how long this occupation went completely unchallenged. People calling this facist or tyrannical have no context for the accusation.
@Pikachu That being said, had the Police acted quickly everyone would have been screaming "Tyranny"! and support for the protesters might have increased. This way, pretty much everyone was fed up with them by the time action was taken and they'd shown their true colours.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Yeah, I suspect Canada hasn't seen the end of protests but I do suspect they will get much the same treatment if they persist in their siege attempts. It will be interesting to see if PM Trudeau's popularity goes up or down with all of this though...
