When the convoy arrives in Ottawa on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will still be completing his five-day quarantine.
Canadian truck drivers are protesting vaccine mandates on the trucking industry in a massive, cross-country convoy as the majority of the industry's workforce are vaccinated.
The protest, organized by anti-mandate group Canada Unity, was planned after the federal government refused to back down on a new vaccination rule for cross-border truckers, who were previously exempt from vaccine mandates because they were considered essential to the supply chain. According to the police department's count, there were 121 trucks, 421 passenger vehicles and six RVs.
The CTA has also spoken out against the protest, saying it"does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways and bridges."
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