Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is consulting Canada’s premiers on triggering the Emergencies Act as the federal government tries to chart a course to bring blockades jamming borders and the capital city under control.
and their trucks on Sunday from the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest trade link between the U.S. and Canada.
Ottawa city residents have become so frustrated with the lack of police action that they took to the streets on Sunday to block roads to prevent protestors in trucks from going to Parliament Hill. Mr. Trudeau’s call with the premiers had been scheduled for 10:15 a.m., but Quebec asked to push it back until 11 a.m., according to the source. The Globe is not identifying the source, who was not authorized to discuss the matter.
As the country rolls into another week of uncertainty, nearly three-quarters of Canadians say the time has come for protesters to “go home, they have made their point,” according to the survey.