No Plans To Send Force Against Trucker Protesters: Canadian PM
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At the same time he urged protestors to go home, saying locals had had enough of the "significant disruptions" caused by the protestors.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday poured cold water on sending in the military to clear protestors opposed to Covid vaccine mandates, whose convoy of big trucks are clogging Ottawa's downtown.
The city's police chief, under pressure from local residents weary of harassment and incessant loud honking, had pitched the idea during a briefing the previous day.
"That is not in the cards right now," Trudeau told a news conference, adding that governments must be "very, very cautious before deploying the military in situations against Canadians."
Since Saturday, Canada's capital has been beset by protestors led by truckers opposed to mandatory Covid vaccines for travelling between Canada and the United States.
