OTTAWA –
Freedom Convoy 2.0 seems to be a bust. Canada Unity, one of many anti-government protest teams behind the protests that headlined a lot of final yr, is asking off its plans to restage the occasion this February.
Canada Unity founder James Bauder initially deliberate to convey a four-day blockade to Ottawa however then said it would be moved to Winnipeg.
Bauder now says in a Fb put up it is not going to occur in any respect, citing safety breaches and private character assaults on him.
Because the 2022 protest in Ottawa was compelled to finish final February Bauder was amongst dozens of individuals arrested and charged with mischief and varied counts of disobeying police and court docket orders.
The primary iteration of the Freedom Convoy blockaded downtown Ottawa for 3 weeks and shut down at the least 4 border crossings, ensuing within the federal authorities’s choice to invoke the Emergencies Act for the primary time.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 2, 2023.
