Participants in a protest against coronavirus restrictions in CanadaMOSCOW, February 13 The mayor of the Canadian city of Windsor on US border Drew Dilkens on Sunday announced that the Ambassador Bridge, where protests against coronavirus restrictions were being held, had been unblocked. According to the CBC television channel, 12 protesters were detained. In Canada, protests against coronavirus restrictions initiated by truckers have continued since the end of January. The situation is tense to such an extent that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has changed residence for security reasons, and the mayor of the capital city of Ottawa, Jim Watson, has declared a state of emergency. The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge on the border with the United States went on for six days. On Friday, a court in the Canadian province of Ontario issued an order for the protesters to disperse, and police arrived on the scene of the protest on Saturday morning. «Today, the national economic crisis at the Ambassador Bridge came to an end. The border (with the United States — ed.) Will reopen when it is safe, and I will leave the decision to the police and border guards,” Dilkens, quoted in the official statement, said. The police say they have made arrests. According to the CBC television channel, 12 people were detained, while the police did not have to use force, and the protesters did not resist. The mayor noted the quality of the actions of law enforcement officers, saying that they were «decisive, but sympathetic.» «Canadians are a people who believe in the right to freedom of speech and expression, but we are also subject to the laws,» the mayor emphasized. Police used tear gas in Paris against the «Freedom Convoy»
