Kenney calls trucker blockade at U.S. border 'unlawful,' RCMP taking action
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RCMP are moving in on a blockade of truckers and others protesting COVID-19 measures at Alberta's southern border crossing. Commercial trucks, vehicles and camper vans have been blocking the highway at the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alta. since Saturday to protest COVID-19 restrictions.
Some vehicles, including trucks, were seen leaving the blockade on Tuesday afternoon amid a growing presence of RCMP officers on foot.
“What may have begun as a peaceful assembly quickly turned into an unlawful blockade,” Alberta RCMP wrote in a statement.
“While the Alberta RCMP has been in a position to conduct enforcement, we have been engaged with protesters at the Coutts border crossing in an effort to find a peaceful and safe resolution for all involved. We thought we had a path to resolution, the protesters eventually chose not to comply.”
During a Tuesday news conference, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called the border blockade “unlawful” and urged the protesters to make their voices heard in a peaceful manner.