Source: China News Network
China News Network, February 10, comprehensive report, from the Ottawa Parliament building was blocked, to the United States and Canada border passage blocked, the chaos brought about by the Canadian truck drivers anti-epidemic demonstration is still continuing, and continues to spill over, and even alarmed the US White House. U.S. President Joe Biden worries that the blockade of the border between the two countries could affect supply chains.
Canada protested, and the White House panicked
Since late January, demonstrations by large numbers of truck drivers honking their horns against measures such as mandatory vaccinations have led to traffic jams in Canada's capital, Ottawa, chaos near the Houses of Parliament, the city entering a state of emergency and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau forced to move to safety.
A few days ago, truck drivers expanded the "battlefield" from the capital to the U.S.-Canada border. Initially, truck drivers staged demonstrations against Canadian and U.S. legislation requiring truck drivers crossing the border between the two countries to be vaccinated.
Drivers blocked the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, disrupting traffic into Canada. Another border crossing in Alberta, Canada, has also been closed in both directions since the evening of the 8th.
Ambassador Bridge is the main artery for U.S. Detroit automakers and agricultural products, accounting for about 25 percent of U.S.-Canada trade. Once this bridge is blocked, the United States "can't sit still."
White House spokesman Psaki said on the 9th that he supports freedom of speech, but also warned that the border blockade may affect the supply chain and hurt the automobile industry and agriculture.
"I think it's important for every Canadian and American to understand the impact (potential impact) of this road closure on workers, on the supply chain, and that's our biggest concern," Psaki said.
Source: US President Joe Biden.
She also noted that U.S. President Joe Biden is very concerned about the matter and has maintained close contact with the Department of Homeland Security, Canadian officials and related industries to do their best to mitigate the impact.
"Global supply chains are already strained. Let's not make it worse. Bank of Canada President Michael M. McClam also called for a quick solution to the problem.
Protest spilled over and dozens of people in New Zealand were arrested
The trucker protests in Canada have also been spilling over to other countries, triggering demonstration effects in many countries.
Because many countries have implemented epidemic prevention and restriction measures for nearly two years, as the epidemic of the Olmikron mutation virus begins to ease, the fatigue of epidemic prevention measures has risen. Protests in Australia, New Zealand and France have followed Canada's example.
On January 29, local time, protests of up to thousands of people broke out in Ottawa, canada, opposing the government's new crown restrictions.
Hundreds of New Zealand residents held a "free motorcade" demonstration in the capital, Wellington, to protest the government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order. New Zealand police began to disperse the demonstrators gathered outside the Parliament on the morning of the 10th, and physical clashes occurred between the two sides, and dozens of people were arrested.
The protests in Canberra, Australia, have been going on for several days and are expected to last at least until the weekend. Lawmakers in the country have expressed concern that anti-vaccine protests could escalate.
In the United States, truck drivers are also seeking to join the protests, with thousands of people promising on social media that they will demonstrate in Washington, D.C. next month.