{"id":21135,"date":"2022-02-12T08:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T13:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21135"},"modified":"2022-02-12T08:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T13:21:38","slug":"canada-court-orders-end-to-trucker-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/02\/12\/canada-court-orders-end-to-trucker-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada court orders end to trucker blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protesters are still occupying a main crossing at Canada’s border with the United States, despite a court ruling ordering them to leave.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The injunction came into effect at 19:00 local time (midnight GMT) on Friday to end days of protests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Truckers are blockading Ambassador Bridge, a vital trade link between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Truckers’ protests against Covid restrictions are also ongoing at other border crossings and in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The injunction was filed by the city of Windsor and the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, which argued that they were losing as much as $50m ($39m; \u00a329m) per day because of the convoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Following the court order, Windsor Police put out a statement to “make demonstrators clearly aware that it is a criminal offence” to block the border crossing. The police added that a criminal conviction could lead to the seizure of vehicles and the inability to enter the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But hours later, crowds of people waving Canadian flags flouted the order and continued to occupy the bridge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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