According to a Twitter post from Windsor Police, the Ambassador bridge at the border between Windsor and Detroit has re-opened to traffic. It had been closed for nearly a week from a blockade of protesters against COVID-19 regulations. Protesters were removed on Sunday after the Ontario Superior Court granted an injunction on Friday, barring protesters from blocking the bridge which sees hundreds of millions of dollars in imports and exports a day.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister met with his cabinet last night (Sun) and is speaking with provincial and territorial premiers today (Mon), about using the Emergencies Act in response to the border blockades across the country and the Ottawa protest. The Ottawa convoy began as a protest against mandatory vaccination for truckers crossing the U.S. border, but has become a call for getting rid of all restrictions. The Emergencies Act has never been used before.  It replaced the War Measures Act in the 1980s, and would allow temporary measures which must comply with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to protect national security, public order and public welfare.

Saskatchewan’s Premier doesn’t approve with the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act. Scott Moe posted on social media that the illegal blockades must end, but adds that police already have sufficient tools to enforce the law and clear the blockades, as they did over the weekend in Windsor.
He adds that if the federal government does proceed, he hopes it will only be invoked in provinces that request it, as the legislation allows.