Canada cracks down on anti-vax trucker protests, seize fuel and ban honking

Truckers opposed to Canada’s vaccination requirements have gridlocked the nation’s capital of Ottawa for 11 days, in what started as a protest against vaccine mandates for cross-border drivers on January 28, 2022. The so-called “freedom convoy” consisting of trucks and other vehicles that have been moved into the city has since turned into a larger movement against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s public health measures against Covid-19. Police in the capital have seized thousands of litres of fuel in a bid to end the protests, and a judge granted an interim injunction against the protesters’ honking of deafening horns that has irked residents.