@onepeloton My first bike ride , I would do it as a live class instead . I was such a rookie and didn’t know about shoutouts . 400th ride coming next week :)
A Coventry Road location previously occupied by an unlawful assembly is now clear. 20 vehicles were towed and a police presence will remain in place to prevent anyone from returning. #ottawa#ottnews
I would like to thank @OttawaPolice, @OPP_News, @rcmpgrcpolice & officers from across Canada who aided in the effort to clear and secure downtown Ottawa. We are very grateful for their service and professionalism throughout the operation.
This is best speech in Parliament in years. Take a moment and listen. Truth, anger, resolve and hope. Leah Gazan MP articulates all of my fears and concerns in one powerful speech. Civics lesson. /1
And this: “This Convoy is a fraud whose lead organizers claim to represent workers, human rights, peace and love, but in fact are deeply hostile to the working class and direct and close ties to hate groups.” 2/2
@ShawnMenard1@cmckenney @JLeiper Taking pictures with the police is actually taking scarce resources away from police who still have a lot of work to do just saying vs residents actually doing something .
This feels a bit shameless. Thanks for driving by at the end after 24 days of #OttawaOccupation. My thanks to the mutual aid community, @cmckenney and @JLeiper who have been on the ground, #RamRanchResistance, Ottawa residents at the #battleofbillingsbridge, and first responders.
1. The ONLY reason @OttawaPolice acted at all was because thousands of residents stood up and were organizing against the far-right in our city and calling out their complicity with the occupiers.
We proved that WE keep each other safe not police. 2/8
A truck is not a speech. A horn is not a voice. An occupation is not a protest. A blockade is not freedom, it blocks the liberty of all. A demand to overthrow a government is not a dialogue. The expression of hatred is not a difference of opinion. A lie is not the truth.
Breaking: Alberta sent Federal govt a letter Feb 5 seeking Federal help to stop blockade at border even tho @jkenney threatens a court challenge over Emergencies Act. I obtained a letter sent saying: in order to ensure a return of free movement of people, vehicles and goods1/4
A major police operation in Ottawa to remove the occupiers including the OPP & Doug Ford is tweeting about free fishing and removing tolls.
Doug Ford has been been completely MIA in this crisis. He abandoned Ottawa residents. 100+ days til the provincial élection. Get involved.
We know the events in #Ottawa are upsetting. Still, we’re asking people to stop calling critical emergency and operational phone lines to express displeasure about the police action to remove an unlawful assembly downtown.
We are seeing protestors bringing their children to the unlawful protest site.
This is a reminder if you bring a minor (a person under 18) with you to an unlawful protest site you may be charged and be fined up to $5000 and potentially spend up to five years in prison.
Police arrested protesters wearing body armor, they had smoke grenades on them and miscellaneous fireworks in their bags. Additional smoke grenades and fireworks were located and seized in a vehicle on Wellington.