Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family have been shifted to a secret location after a huge protests opposing Covid-19 vaccine mandates converged on Parliament Hill, media reports said. What started as a self-titled “Freedom Convoy" to oppose vaccinate mandates required to cross the US border snowballed into a large-scale as hundreds of truckers were joined by thousands of other protesters angered not only by Covid-19 restrictions but by broader discontent with the government.
The protest originated last week in western Canada, where dozens of truckers organized a convoy to drive from Vancouver to Ottawa to demonstrate against Covid-related restrictions, particularly a vaccination requirement for truck drivers.