Protesters rally on Parliament Hill on anniversary of ‘Freedom Convoy’ removal

A group of “Freedom Convoy” supporters rallied on Parliament Hill and marched through downtown Ottawa Saturday on the anniversary of the police operation to remove the entrenched convoy protesters from Ottawa.

A massive police operation with hundreds of officers began Feb. 18, 2022 to push out the protesters who had occupied downtown Ottawa streets for three weeks. It would take multiple days to clear the parliamentary precinct.

The rally on Parliament Hill Saturday comes a day after Justice Paul Rouleau released his findings into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell the convoy protests in Ottawa and at border crossings in Alberta and Manitoba, which found, “with reluctance”, that the government was justified in using the legislation.

Protesters could be seen with many of the usual symbols and signs of the “Freedom Convoy” movement, including anti-vaccine messages and denounce