Ottawa mayor Jim Watson is looking on a Conservative MP to apologize for a supportive go to to the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters which have been occupying downtown Ottawa since Friday.
Conservative MP Kevin Waugh tweeted that he and among the celebration’s Saskatchewan caucus members wished to point out their appreciation for the truckers.
“It’s nice to see Canadians championing freedom on Parliament Hill,” he tweeted Wednesday night time, together with two photographs. Sen. Denise Batters and former Conservative chief Andrew Scheer had been among the many guests in one of many footage.
The tweet was met with a refrain of criticism from native residents. Mayor Jim Watson known as it a “shame.”
“That is an absolute shame that you'd come out and reward this unlawful motion that has induced stress and hardship to residents who've been placing up with horns blasting all through the night time and residents harassed for sporting a masks & companies compelled to shut.” Watson tweeted “Apologize.”
The protest started final Friday and is inflicting gridlock all through downtown, with companies compelled to stay closed and residents coping with noise and blocked streets.
Watson informed CTV Information he was "outraged" when he noticed the photograph Wednesday night time.
"They perceive what our metropolis goes by way of; the chaos, the turmoil, the stress," he informed CTV Information at Midday. "To go on the market and do selfies in entrance of the convoy, is salt within the wound."
Watson reserved specific criticism for Scheer.
"He is a former chief of the Conservative Celebration, he grew up in Ottawa. He is aware of that Ottawa isn't just a authorities city. It’s a city made up of fantastic communities, and these communities are beneath siege.
"To have these members of Parliament and one senator come and mug for the cameras is completely disgraceful."
CTV Information has reached out to the Conservative Celebration and the MPs’ particular person places of work for remark. The opposite MPs within the photograph had been Warren Steinley, Fraser Tolmie and Rosemarie Falk.
A spokesperson for Falk responded with a press release saying, partly: "I reject the assertion that I, as a Member of Parliament, shouldn't take the time to satisfy and take heed to Saskatchewanians who've come all this technique to be heard. The Mayor of Ottawa ought to as a substitute name on the Prime Minister to step up and assist carry a resolve to the continuing protests."
Waugh's workplace declined an interview request and didn't present a press release. Batters's workplace declined an interview request.
The principle group behind the protests has scheduled a information convention for early Thursday afternoon.
- with information from Hannah Berge, CTV Information Ottawa
Some members of the Conservative celebration's Saskatchewan caucus visited the trucker protest in downtown Ottawa on Wednesday. (Twitter/Kevin Waugh)
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