The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing reopened late yesterday after protests against COVID-19 restrictions closed it for almost a week:
Police arrest a person as they walk the line to remove all truckers and supporters after a court injunction gave police the power to enforce the law after protesters blocked the access leading from the Ambassador Bridge, linking Detroit and Windsor, as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Windsor, Ontario, Sunday.
Police in Windsor, Ontario, said earlier in the day that more than two dozen people had been peacefully arrested, seven vehicles towed and five seized as officers cleared the last demonstrators from near the bridge, which links the city — and numerous Canadian automotive plants — with Detroit. Canada's industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, welcomed the development, saying on Twitter:"Good news. Glad to see that the Ambassador Bridge is now reopened."
Watson said he agreed to meet with demonstrators if they confined their protest to an area around Parliament Hill and moved their trucks and other vehicles out of residential neighborhoods by noon Monday. Clayton Goodwin, a 45-year-old military veteran who was among the counter-protesters, said it was time for residents to stand up against the protesters."I'm horrified that other veterans would be down there co-opting my flag, co-opting my service," said Goodwin, who is the CEO of the Veterans Accountability Commission, a nonprofit advocacy group."It's a grift. The city was free. We're 92% vaccinated. We're ready to support our businesses.
"It just feels like I'm living in a different country, like I'm in the States," said Shannon Thomas, a 32-year-old teacher."It just makes me really sad to see all these people waving Canadian flags and acting like patriots when it's really the most sad and embarrassing thing I've ever seen." Partial closures at the bridge started on Feb. 7 and by midweek the disruption was so severe that automakers began shutting down or reducing production. The standoff came at a time when the industry is already struggling to maintain production in the face of pandemic-induced shortages of computer chips and other supply-chain disruptions.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Sunday afternoon four people had been arrested for"mischief" during the protest. Some people who stayed overnight had packed up and left, but the border crossing and roads in the area remained closed.
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