In anticipation of Saturday's counter protest in #ottawa, I decided to check out the downtown core on Friday night and here are my impressions. Some interesting data towards the end this thread… #ottawaprotest My first impression upon parking near Gilmour and Bank at 9:40PM: I could hear nothing. It was a normal, quiet night in #Ottawa. There were no horns. It was dead quiet. (But keep reading.)

Last night I went downtown to get a first hand look at the #ottawaconvoy protest. From online reports, I have found the use of train horns the most offensive element of the protest so I wanted to get a sense of it myself. #ottawa It's important to note that I went on Tuesday night (5:30 - 7) after many of the weekend trucks had left. But a large number of trucks and protesters remained. The numbers were high enough to still feel like a full protest so I can't imagine what the weekend was like.