The leaders of Ottawa’s police force assumed the trucker protest would last a weekend.
When the Freedom Convoy protest began arriving in Ottawa on Fri. Jan. 28, police assumed it would mostly be gone by Sunday evening, according to a source in the municipal government with insight into the city’s decision-making process (the source was granted anonymity in order to speak freely). This was despite the public pledge by protest leaders to stay until all COVID-19 mandates and restrictions were lifted.
