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Feb 2 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Been asking this question all day. How do other G7 capitals deal with long drawn out protests which are routine in those places? Do Paris, London, DC, Berlin, Tokyo,Rome shut down their version of the Rideau centre for days on end. If they don't,what does it tell us about Ottawa?
Maybe this is like our healthcare system. Fragile, where everything needs to shut down at the first sign of pressure. So much for a G7 capital.
There were hardly any protestors today in Ottawa. The truckers are not moving. Staying put on Wellington and surrounding streets. Very little foot traffic since Sunday. Most things open today including my neighbourhood LCBO. So why is the Rideau centre shutting down?
You don't even have to look at a G7 capital. Two hours from Ottawa, take Montreal which sees protests all the time, violent at times, sometimes even over a hockey game. Do they shut everything down?

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Feb 3
Just returned from a perilous excursion into the Ottawa badlands. It was tough but the world needs to see these disturbing visuals of “mercenaries” at ground zero. These “occupying forces” continue to threaten civilization as we know it. #FreedomConvoy ImageImageImage
This particularly brazen “mercenary” was offering hugs to anyone passing by. Some innocent bystanders were entrapped by this snare. Terrifying. ImageImage
More disturbing scenes…. Image
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Feb 2
I just returned from walking around the Byward market and Elgin street. Almost all restaurants, pubs and small businesses were open with people dining in and shopping. All peaceful. #freedomconvoy22 ImageImageImageImage
Everything from high end restaurants like Social and Play to basic pubs are open in downtown Ottawa for dining in. I saw people dining in. ImageImageImageImage
As I was walking, I asked a couple of guys if the restaurants on the street they had just walked down were open. They said yes and assumed I was hungry and invited me to the truckers stall to have food with them. 🙂
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Feb 1
Ottawa is a G7 capital but some residents don't seem to realize that.Peaceful protests in the nation's capital is part of democracy like in every major city whether London,Paris, DC, Tokyo, Berlin, etc. By all means act like we're small backwater rather than a G7 capital.
Ottawa downtown is mostly government offices which have been shut for 2 years. It's been a wasteland populated by drug dealers, homeless people and criminal gangs. I live here and sure the fact my local LCBO was closed yesterday was annoying. But was I freaking out? No.
To be fair, #TruckersConvoy2022 will need to have a plan to peacefully & safely accommodate both protestors and residents if the protests are drawn out. The city needs to think creatively but the mayor & some councillors have taken a hardline position mimicking that of Trudeau.
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Jan 31
While walking around this afternoon in Ottawa, spotted these hateful and divisive messages by Canada’s “fringe” at the #FreedomConvoy2022 protest site. Unacceptable views. 👀
Some more divisive and hateful signs from todays protest. Deplorable.
More hateful and problematic signs at #FreedomConvoy2022 . Stunned by this extreme language. What have we become.
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Jan 31
Funniest thing I'm hearing is Lowertown is unsafe because of the protestors as if it was Shangri-La before. I live here and over the years seen gun violence go up, people shooting up, urinating & defecating next to a daycare, flashers & drug dealers threatening residents etc.
If anything there's more foot traffic and police presence in the area so it feels safer. Over the last few years, I've reached out to city officials to complain about the problems in the area. The pandemic any resident will tell you has made the area worse in many ways.
May 2021: "ByWard Market growing more dangerous, scaring visitors away: businesses". Yup definitely wasn't Shangri-La before the protestors showed up.
ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/byw…
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Jan 31
Looks like a new convoy just rolled into town. I live in the market so I have prime view. These looked like fresh trucks coming in. My cat who makes a cameo was also intrigued.
There is a fair bit of honking and foot traffic around where I live. It's picked up since this convoy rolled in.
Am not at the protest so don’t know how big it is right now but where I live is an important intersection before you get to parliament and there has been a steady stream of vehicular traffic, foot traffic and sounds of horns all evening. No signs of letting up.
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