Feds proposing cross-jurisdiction meeting to respond to trucker convoy

The federal government is proposing a special meeting with provincial and municipal governments to plan how to respond to the trucker convoy protests, now into their second week in the nation’s capital.

Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair announced Monday that the federal government wants to strike a “trilateral table with municipal and provincial partners,” that he says would allow the various parties responsible for managing the standoff to keep lines of communication open and respond efficiently.

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With the nation’s capital heading into a second week of trucker convoy protests, the lead federal ministers are providing an update on the situation amid new calls to step in.