City of Ottawa Says Thousands of Tickets Issued During Freedom Convoy Protest Unpaid After One Year

City of Ottawa Says Thousands of Tickets Issued During Freedom Convoy Protest Unpaid After One Year
Chalk art asking for freedom is seen across the street from Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa on May 1, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Andrew Chen
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The City of Ottawa said thousands of tickets issued during last year’s “Freedom Convoy” protest have not been paid, with only about half of the total value of the fines received after one year.

Between Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, 2022, when protesters gathered at the national capital, officials handed out a total of 3,812 parking tickets and 318 provincial offence notices for illegal parking, including on private property and in no-parking zones, totalling $320,545.