Canada’s image of itself jolted by protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
OTTAWA, Canada — Andre Landry said he wasn’t worried about a threatened police crackdown on truckers whose rigs have blocked the streets of the Canadian capital, turning the stately government district into a boisterous protest strip and block party.
Landry sat in the cab of his big rig, which was draped with a Canadian flag and parked in front of the majestic Gothic Revival Parliament complex in Ottawa.
“We have done nothing wrong,” Landry, 49, said Wednesday. “The police are our friends. And we all believe in freedom.”
Truckers and other protesters who have essentially shut down part of Ottawa for almost three weeks in protest of COVID-19 mandates and restrictions responded with defiance as
