Protesters defy police threat with fuel cans

Hundreds of protesters appeared to mock Ottawa Police's threat to arrest anyone caught providing fuel to demonstrating truckers by marching through the city carrying red fuel cans this week.

The police warned on Sunday that anyone caught providing "material support," such as fuel, to the truckers protesting against Covid-19 restrictions would be arrested in an attempt to starve the demonstration of resources.

However, hundreds of protesters responded to the threat by carrying red fuel cans - mostly empty or filled with water - through the streets of Ottawa.

One video showed protesters marching towards parliament with fuel cans in hand, while another showed a man carrying two cans labeled "Got gas?"

Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly complained to CTV News on Monday that protesters had been "deliberately filling jerry cans with water, literally drinking out of them to show the police that they weren't gasoline."

"Meanwhile, they were carrying gasoline in other containers that would have been carrying water," he claimed.

Comment: Hats off to you Canada, that's some epic trolling!

Police have seized fuel from the protesters and prevented supplies from being replenished as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to rail against the truckers.

During a speech in Canada's House of Commons on Monday, Trudeau claimed the protesters were trying to "blockade" democracy and attempted to portray those demonstrating as far-right extremists.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency in the city on Sunday and called the protest a "serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents."

The truckers have been protesting near the Canadian parliament since January 28 against Covid-19 restrictions which require them to either be fully vaccinated or face quarantine periods while crossing borders as part of their duties.

Reader Comments

ReRan · 2022-02-10T11:27:14Z

God bless the truckers, and all their supporters!

life · 2022-02-10T16:08:16Z

ReRan

it's refreshing to see freedom loving people use humour and cheer to outwit the wef owned ottawa po-po strategists, love it !!!

JTF Truth · 2022-02-10T16:46:22Z

ReRan The news is having a meltdown. I toughed it out and watched 30 mins of BS news. My Tourette's flared up at the tellalievision and had to change the channel.

- Bankers at the bank of Canada are upset about the disruption at the border, the news only said people inside the BOC are upset.

- The protest is illegal (since when is it illegal to protest peacefully?)

- One Zombie commentator said they are disrupting our lives and food chain and that prices will rise and the auto workers will be out of work as plants close. Geeze, didn't the actor just do this to us for the last 2 years?

-Everything they are saying about the Truckers flies contrary to what the actor has done to us for 2 years.

- Europe is dropping restrictions daily, but our AH politicians have a plan that's going to take months and months. WTF?

- The news is so full of contradictions and the AH politicians are trying to ease away from it and try and take credit for easing restrictions that make zero sense, like the restriction they have in place.

InfoWithJo ·

Love it!!!!

· 2022-02-10T11:28:09Z

bj0311 · 2022-02-10T14:41:01Z

Except gasoline wouldn't help these truckers anyway as they use diesel. Great job though, could it be that the Canucks have bigger cajones than their heavily armed and camouflaged brethren to the south?