This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. вЂњWe look forward to the City taking steps to mitigate against the prejudicial impact of the current state of access to the downtown core.вЂќ вЂњAccess to, from and through the downtown core needs to be preserved for our member companies and their employees so that their right and ability to perform work and earn livelihoods are preserved and protected,вЂќ he added. The protest, DeVries notes, вЂњmeans that employees are not earning their livelihoods and has meant that our members associated with those projects are incurring unanticipated costs and expenses with no corresponding revenue. In a letter to Mayor Jim Watson, Ottawa Construction Association president John DeVries urged council and the police board to act to improve access for workers. Work on the Centre Block of Parliament Hill and other construction sites in OttawaвЂ™s downtown core has slowed or shut down entirely because of the truckersвЂ™ protest.

Urban city councillors plan to walk the streets of Centretown starting Friday.

City warns of continued traffic and service impacts Friday, with numerous bus detours and several bridge closures still in effect.

Farmer convoys arriving in Ottawa Saturday, according to MPP who supports convoy.

Protesters have erected a 14-by-14-foot wooden shack between Confederation Park.

Ottawa area Liberal MPPs are urging Ford and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones to enact a piece of legislation that would allow policing costs during the ongoing anti-mandate protests to be recouped from organizers.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday called the trucker protest in Ottawa вЂњunacceptableвЂќ and called for it to end.Convoy protesters have been reported in the suburbs.Leaders of the trucker protest say they wonвЂ™t leave until mask and vaccine mandates are ended, numbers expected to rise Saturday.The Ottawa Police Service says itвЂ™s launching a вЂњsurge and contain strategyвЂќ with partners to tackle the protests.

GoFundMe says no further funds will be directly distributed to the Freedom Convoy organizers.A class-action lawsuit on behalf of Centretown residents seeks $9.8M for for emotional, mental and other distress and punitive damages.National Capital Region's Top Employers.

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