Trudeau: 'The people of Ottawa deserve to have their lives back'

The prime minister added his government will look at any formal requests for military help in ending the protests, but said it's "not in the cards right now."

"The people of Ottawa deserve to have their lives back, deserve to have their neighbourhoods back," he told reporters. "The citizens of Ottawa ... are increasingly being very vocal about the fact that this needs to stop.

"We’ve seen seniors step forward, we’ve seen young families being very, very vocal about the fact that this is absolutely unacceptable."

Trudeau added his government will look at any formal requests for military help in ending the protests, but has not received any.

“One has to be very, very cautious before deploying military in situations engaging Canadians,” he said. “As of now there have been no requests, and that is not in the cards right now.”