Ontario skipping third meeting with federal, Ottawa governments to discuss ongoing protests [View all]

Representatives of the Ontario government have declined a third invitation to participate in trilateral talks to deal with ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protests, sources tell CBC News.

A provincial source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told CBC the government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford does not think trilateral talks between the federal, provincial and Ottawa municipal governments are necessary since all three levels of government have kept in touch since the protests started.

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Earlier this week, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced plans to set up the meeting with the two other levels of government to co-ordinate efforts to end the protest.

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A spokesperson for Ontario's solicitor general added in a statement that policing protests is a responsibility carried out by local police services.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ford-trilateral-ottawa-border-protest-1.6346687


Doug Ford is being his usual asshole self, doing nothing to end this, he has the responsibility and the power to direct the police, the OPP, to end this. It is not the Federal Government's responsibility unless or until Ford makes a request for their help. He has not done so.