Trucker Bill Dykema, from Ontario, was one of the first protesters to park his rig in the center of Ottawa. He says he is taking action for his 19 grandchildren. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
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Protester Dana-Lee Melfi has a Canadian flag in one hand and makes a peace sign with the other at the site of the trucker protest in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A sign at the site of the trucker protest in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 11, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Protesters draped in Canadian flags walk at the site of the truck protest in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A protest supporter sings as she waves a Canadian flag at the heart of the truckers’ camp on Wellington St., Ottawa, on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A protest sign near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A signature-covered car in the downtown area of Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Armand Theriault stand in the Ottawa trucker protest area on Feb. 13, 2022. He came from Quebec to support the truckers and patrols the protest area at night. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Protest trucks have been parked in central Ottawa streets for more than two weeks by Feb. 14, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A truck sits in the main protest area on Wellington St, Ottawa, on Feb. 14, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Children at the protest in Ottawa, Canada, on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of protesters gathered on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill and sang “O Canada” on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Benita Pedersen raises a steer’s horn that symbolizes strength in Ottawa. During the protest, she led religious “Jericho Walks” around the parliamentary precinct. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Messages of support for the convoy truckers on Feb. 13, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Protest trucks have been parked in central Ottawa streets for more than two weeks by Feb. 14, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
There was plenty of support for the occupation of Ottawa by truckers on Feb. 12 , 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Thousands of people backing the truckers poured into Ottawa on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Protesters on Wellington St near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Denis Cadieux supports the Ottawa protests but would like to remove some negative messages, photo taken on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Protest trucks have been parked in central Ottawa streets for more than two weeks by Feb. 14, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A trucker talks with members of the public in the center of Ottawa on Feb. 11, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A protester beams happily after receiving a Valentine’s Day rose from a woman handing out the flowers on Feb. 14, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
There were plenty of flags of the Canadian province of Quebec in Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protest. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
After police tried to stop supplies of gas to the truckers Stephen Gilbert (L) and Ashleigh Laughren, of Perry Sound, Ontario, decided to have unique protest placards. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Families join the protest in the center of Ottawa after police distributed arrest notices to truckers and their supporters occupying Wellington St and the Parliament Hill area. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
There was plenty of support for the occupation of Ottawa by truckers on Feb. 12 , 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Signs and flags were everywhere during the truckers’ occupation of central Ottawa. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Signs supporting the Freedom Convoy 2022 adorn fences along Wellington St in the centre of Ottawa on Feb. 12. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A protester makes his view known on a placard on Feb. 11, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A woman writes while sitting in her vehicle that is part of the protest blockade in Ottawa. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
At a rally in Ottawa’s central core on Feb. 11, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
A protester sends a message in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2022. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)