For nearly two weeks, anti-vaccination mandate protests have clogged critical thoroughfares in Ottawa, snarling traffic around Parliament Hill, disrupting the daily lives of local residents and prompting the Canadian capital’s mayor to declare a state of emergency.
The protest, which has become a cause celebre for the political right, has spurred several other solidarity protests, including at the Ambassador Bridge that connects Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit — the busiest land border crossing on the U.S.-Canada border — and in Coutts, Alberta, another important crossing. It is also inspiring copycats from Europe to Australia and elsewhere around the world.
The Post’s Canada correspondent Amanda Coletta and breaking-news reporter Annabelle Timsit answered your questions about the “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa.
Here are some of the questions they got to:
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Teddy Amenabar, an editor on the audience team, and Sammy Westfall, an assistant editor on the foreign desk, produced this Q&A.