One year after the 'Freedom Convoy' arrived in Ottawa, the city says only about half the value of the tickets handed out during the protests has been paid.
A sign points to a toilet, mocking police efforts to ticket protesters on the 18th day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on February 14, 2022. One year after the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa, the city says a little more than half the cost of tickets handed out during the protests against COVID vaccine mandates have been paid.
The weeks-long protests cost the city about $7 million and cost Ottawa police $55 million, as demonstrators opposed to COVID-19 mandates and the federal government blockaded downtown streets. Last year, the government set aside $6.9 million to cover costs of the protests in Windsor, Ont., where protesters blockaded Canada's busiest border crossing.
Similar protests shut down border crossings in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and near the town of Coutts, Alta., last winter as the majority of "Freedom Convoy" demonstrators camped out in the streets near Parliament Hill.
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