Counter-protesters gather in downtown Ottawa with message for freedom convoy: ‘go home please’

A group of counter-protesters gathered outside city hall in Ottawa to voice their growing displeasure with the anti-vaccine mandate ‘freedom convoy’ protest that has entered its second week of traffic gridlocks and incessant honking in the nation’s capital.

Roughly 200 anti-convoy protesters – mainly Ottawa residents frustrated by the presence of the truckers in their city – gathered on Laurier Avenue on Saturday despite police and other groups asking people to stay away from the downtown core.

They held signs like “Go Home Please” and “Take Back Our City.” They also chanted “All these truckers gotta go!” and “Whose city? Our city!” at various points in the afternoon.