Truck drivers penalized with provincial infractions for their involvement in the weeks-long occupation in downtown Ottawa saw those penalties expire after a week, something critics say is not harsh enough.
Days after Ottawa police pushed protesters out of the city’s downtown, the province’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) said it had issued a total of 39 suspension and seizure orders to large truck operators — essentially grounding them from operating within Canada.
The penalties seemed in line with Premier Doug Ford’s comment about a week earlier promising “severe” consequences for protesters who had occupied Ottawa’s downtown, including maximum fines of $100,000 and up to a year imprisonment.
