Canada: Justin Trudeau moves to 'secret place' with family amid anti-vax mandate protests

Canian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday left Ottawa along with his family to a "secret location" after security concerns sparked over intensifying anti-vaccine mandate protests in capital city, CBC News reported. decision to evacuate prime ministerial residence came after Canian Parliament's Seargent-at-Arms warned that demonstrators could show up at official homes. PM's office has refused to comment on relocation of Trudeau, citing security reasons.

Anti-vaccine mandate protests in support of cross-border truckers began on Saturday when Parliamentary Protective Service estimated an amassment of nearly 10,000 demonstrators in Canian capital city of Ottawa. In dition, a convoy of truckers against COVID-19 vaccine mandate descended to Ottawa, sparking an imminent violent turn of events.

While Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sholy on Wednesday said that he has been in contact with protest leers, who affirmed peaceful demonstrations, Deputy Chief Steve Bell raised concerns about presence of "parallel groups" that Canian intelligence speculated.

"We do not know all parallel demonstrations that may occur, and/ or lone wolf individuals who may insert mselves into mix for various reasons," Bell said. Meanwhile, PM Trudeau has condemned growing anti-vaccine movement, saying that it is against value of kindness of Canians.

“ small fringe minority of people who are on ir way to Ottawa who is holding unacceptable views that y are expressing does not represent views of Canians who have been re for each or, who know that following science and stepping up to protect each or is best way to continue to ensure our freedoms, our rights, our values, as a country,” Canian PM Justin Trudeau h said, as quoted by CBC.

[Protesters and supporters against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers cheer as a pare of trucks and vehicles pass through Kakabeka Falls outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Image: AP]

Cana anti-vaccine protest

It is to pertinent to mention that Canians launched protests against vaccine mandate after government launched a new requirement that truckers entering Cana have to be fully immunised as of January 15. This came after US imposed an identical mandate on truckers entering country.

However, as per Canian Trucking Alliance estimate, about 15% of truckers in Cana i.e. about 16,000 are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Canian opposition of Conservative lawmakers has supported convoy, saying that vaccine mandate has created a bottleneck for supply-chain, leaving store shelves empty in country.

(Image: AP)