Trucker Convoy: Big Rigs and Cars Depart From South of Montreal to Join Ottawa Protest

Supporters of the "Freedom Convoy" wave to trucks passing by the south of Montreal on Jan. 28, 2022. Noé Chartier/The Epoch Times

One of three Eastern Quebec groups of truckers and supporters of the “Freedom Convoy” departed Friday from near the U.S. border south of Montreal, with about 50 vehicles heading to the meeting point of Vankleek Hill Friday night, before continuing on to Ottawa on Saturday.

Truckers and supporters mobilized across Canada after the government imposed in mid-January a vaccine mandate on truck drivers who cross the U.S. border. Thousands of truckers are now on the way to Ottawa for a mass protest to call for an end to all COVID-19 restrictions.