The Excessive Fee of India, which relies in Ottawa and supplies consular providers, has launched an advisory telling Indian residents residing in Canada or these planning to journey there to “train a excessive diploma of warning” because of the protests towards COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates in Ottawa and elsewhere.
The assertion, posted by the Twitter account for the fee on Tuesday, talked about that a state of emergency had been declared in Ottawa and that different cities, together with Toronto, had been additionally seeing protests related to the trucker convoy.
It urged Indian residents to “stay alert” and “keep away from areas the place demonstrations and enormous gatherings are happening, akin to downtown Ottawa.”
It additionally stated residents ought to monitor native media for updates and that a helpline could be arrange within the Excessive Fee in Ottawa to “present help and steering to Indian residents in misery because of the ongoing disturbances in Canada.”
Downtown Ottawa has been besieged by protests for greater than every week. The “Freedom Convoy” initially centered on protesting the requirement for truckers crossing the border to be vaccinated towards COVID-19 to be able to keep away from quarantine, however has since broadened to encapsulate a spread of anti-vaccine sentiment and protests towards authorities insurance policies.
A protester carrying an empty gasoline container on a brush deal with walks on Metcalfe Avenue previous Ontario Provincial Law enforcement officials, as a protest towards COVID-19 restrictions that has been marked by gridlock and the sound of truck horns continues into its second week in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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