Police arrested the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, as they try to end a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions.
"Enforcement will continue in the demonstration area and there will be zero tolerance for illegal activity.
"The whole city is furious at being abandoned by the people who are supposed to protect us. They have completely abandoned the rule of law. @OttawaPolice have lost credibility. #OttawaPoliceFailed," tweeted Artur Wilczynski, a senior government national security official at Canada's Communications Security Establishment.also blasted her former federal colleagues as well as the province and city for not putting an end to the protests.
Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday that a joint command center had been established with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They said that would beef up enforcement capabilities that had been limited by "safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities."
Even after protesters' vehicles were removed early Saturday, hundreds more arrived to bolster the crowd and settled into a faceoff with police about two blocks away, waving flags and yelling. "We are protesting the government taking away our rights," said Windsor resident Eunice Lucas-Logan. "We want the restrictions removed. We have to wait to find out."
"We want the right to choose," Ravensbergen said. "We want the right to be able to do what everybody else can do."
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