A towing firm CEO plans to disregard Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's order for towing firms to disrupt truckers protesting vaccine mandates.

Trudeau, who invoked emergency powers for the primary time in 50 years, has confronted a fierce backlash over his directives, which embody towing firms forcing their staff to take away trucker's rigs or face lack of federal contracts and different penalties.

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A police car blocks a downtown avenue to stop vans from becoming a member of a blockade of truckers protesting vaccine mandates close to the Parliament Buildings on February 15, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act for the primary time in Canada's historical past to attempt to put an finish to the blockade which is now in its third week. The CEO of a towing firm in Ottawa, Canada stated his enterprise is not going to adjust to Trudeau's order. (Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Photographs)Scott Olson/Getty Photographs

To date, there's little proof that towing firms are complying with Trudeau's orders.

in an interview with Newsweek, Ibrahim Masir, CEO of Alliance Towing in Ottawa, Canada, stated the federal government has put small companies in a horrible place. He described it as a "damned should you do, damned should you do not" spot.

"It is a place that no small enterprise needs to be in and we're right here due to the federal government measures."

Masir went on to say that the current state of affairs with the trucker protest is a government-created downside, and it is a problem that Canada and the army ought to be tasked with fixing. Nevertheless, he did point out that his stance was to not be interpreted as being for or in opposition to the trucker's protest.

A primary-generation immigrant, Masir stated he's simply trying to run his small enterprise to make a dwelling for himself and his staff.

"I began this enterprise from the bottom up. I'm simply on the lookout for the chance to create jobs. Nobody is speaking about, any longer, the pointless stress the lockdown restrictions have positioned on companies. Sixty-six % of Canadians assist eradicating all the mandates."

Moreover, Masir stated the protection points concerned with eradicating the vans are an excessive amount of, and as such, he would simply favor to not get entangled.

"My staff will not be educated to work in that sort of an atmosphere. The legal responsibility points related to that state of affairs are simply too nice."

Masir additionally cited the stress the restrictions have positioned upon the psychological well being of people and relationships.

On Wednesday, police in Ottawa supplied the truckers with leaflets warning them to depart the world instantly or face the potential for arrest. Thirty-three individuals, at the moment, have been arrested in connection to the protest.

The CEO of Alliance Towing's refusal to stick to Trudeau's order is just like the stance of different firms earlier than the order was put in place.

Earlier this month, Ottawa metropolis supervisor Steve Kanaellakos stated he was having bother getting firms to take away the vans taking part within the protest, in accordance with Enterprise Insider.

"I've contacted all of them they usually're all refusing, as of right now, to offer heavy tow truck work."

On February 5, Jim Watson, the mayor of Ottawa, declared a state of emergency, saying the state of affairs had gotten uncontrolled. At that time, the truckers' protest had reached 10 days. Police within the Canadian metropolis additionally stated that anybody who was discovered to be aiding the truckers with their protest was topic to arrest.

Newsweek additionally reached out to a number of different towing companies in Ottawa. Ottawa Metro Towing and Restoration, Gervais Towing & Restoration, and Abrams Towing all responded with "no remark." One different enterprise couldn't be reached for a response.