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Senior Reporter, @CBCPolitics Parliamentary Bureau (via Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal). raffy.boudjikanian@cbc.ca. DMs open. Author tweets: @Raffyauthor

Feb 12, 2022, 15 tweets

There's a court injunction against blowing horns still in effect. #cdnpoli #protestconvoy

just fyi I have seen two police officers while I've been walking along this stretch of Wellington on the night @fordnation declared a provincial state of emergency. Have definitely seen more police presence on other nights.

In fairness, more of them as you get closer to Chateau Laurier/ Sussex.

For instance

Basically watching over this dance party at Sussex/Wellington.

A freedom party that, by the way, is in the shadow of the shopping mall that's shut its doors for two weeks, citing health and safety concerns for employees and customers.

Lone officer standing watch.

In case you're wondering the crane across the street from the Prime Minister's Office is yes very much still there.

The screen is a new addition this evening.

Found a few more officers from @DurhamPolice (pictured: 4, saw 8) standing by the Terry Fox statue.

Part or the surreality of downtown Ottawa is you step away from Parliament Hill and it vaguely looks like life as usual (minus y' know police barricades and trucks here and there). #protestconvoy #cdnpoli

I've been quote-tweeted with enough of this hashtag in my career that I can say with some authority they meant to write lamestream because you see mainstream and oh never mind.

Few more pix I took earlier to end the thread. These kinds of signs have been all over the fences in front of West Block/Parliament Hill for a while. Last weekend spotted one absurdly comparing the PM to Hitler. Appeared to be gone now #cdnpoli #protestconvoy

and I wonder how the injunction in Windsor is going oh ok

I had missed this by the lawyer involved in the suit/ injunction that had led to the court order:

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