Thread by @adamhuras

I have been on the Hill for the last hour and a half walking around, so here's a thread on what's going on, so far...

https://twitter.com/adamhuras/status/1494690844074409988

First, I don’t live in the core, so it took a long time to get to ground zero. Road blocks everywhere. One police check even turning back a guy with Parliamentary Press Gallery credentials. So you just go to the next perimeter point and hope for a friendlier cop.

Several large paddy wagons are positioned on secondary streets. Police on every corner.

This guy with the #NB flag, who says he is actually from Quebec, remains in place just east of Parliament adjacent from the prime minister’s office.

So is Peter and James Doull, the middle truck, directly in front of Parliament Hill. For now.

Peter Doull says he will head home later today. He contends a “family emergency” is why he must go, not the police who are beginning to arrest and tow.

But Doull notes that the only car in front of him got removed last night.

How about #NB’s Paul Aubut, owner of a Saint-Quentin trucking company? He tells me this a.m. that he’s still not going anywhere.

But he’s on Kent Street, and notes that word is that police are starting to arrest those at the back of the pack on this street. He’s at the very front.

There are undoubtedly fewer trucks on Wellington today, but that said, there are still a lot here.

They have also parked is an “S” pattern, likely making it harder to tow them.

The Ottawa police have also sent out a warning to media that they too could be arrested.
And here’s the appropriate response to that:

https://twitter.com/EvanDyerCBC/status/1494688175607980035

The tricky part for me today is that the Parliamentary precinct has informed journalists that security services can lockdown buildings at any time. If you’re in the building, you can’t leave. So I risk being separated from my laptop, unless I carry it. Or risk being locked in.