Canadian authorities are scrambling to find ways to end the 12-day occupation of the national capital's downtown over COVID-19 measures, as protesters continue to block two border crossings between the United States and Canada, including the key Ambassador Bridge.
While police say the number of protesters in Ottawa is dropping, a blockade that start Monday at the vitalThe bridge, one of the busiest border crossings on the continent, handling around 8,000 trucks a day, reopened on Tuesday for U.S.-bound vehicles, but the Canada Border Services Agency's website showed lanes from the United States were still closed on Wednesday.Business associations on both sides of the border have called for the reopening of the bridge.
"We are working with all relevant partners to see this come to a swift conclusion and we will continue to do everything we can to support Canadian workers and businesses," Canada's Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Twitter. "We continue to know that science and public health rules and guidance is the best way to this pandemic is the way we're going to get to the other side," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters as he entered a Liberal caucus meeting on Wednesday.
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