Quebec City protesters have until 5 p.m. to move vehicles, police say
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Quebec City police say those protesting public health measures in front of the National Assembly must move their parked vehicles, which includes at least two dozen heavy trucks, or potentially face fines and towing.
The police service (SPVQ) made the announcement on Twitter Sunday afternoon, saying protesters have until 5 p.m. to comply.
Protesters, some carrying signs or waving flags, began gathering in the morning as the protest rolled into the fourth day.
"The way this weekend rolled out is magnificent. Unique. Quebec has stood up," said Bernard Gauthier, a protest organizer speaking to the crowd Sunday.
"We were asked to demonstrate peacefully, that's what we did."
He and other organizers spoke into a microphone from a makeshift stage while police quietly watched, wearing reflective yellow vests and masks while standing guard in front of the National Assembly.
The crowd cheered and chanted "liberté (freedom)" while horns blared and music blasted from the speakers.
Sunday's demonstration was smaller than Saturday which stretched about a kilometre in length at its peak, but Mayor Bruno Marchand said it has been peaceful so far.
"As long as it goes like this, there is no problem," he told reporters in the afternoon while attending the popular Quebec Winter Carnival — an annual event that involves blocking several streets from vehicle traffic.
But Donna Ouellette was none too pleased.
She owns a grocery store and another business on Saint-Jean Street and lives near the National Assembly. She was substantially delayed by traffic snarls Saturday.
"I had to go run errands, the police wouldn't even let me go down Saint-Jean Street. I was stuck in traffic for three hours to get to my parking lot," she said, calling the incessant noise "disrespectful."
Similar to the protest in Ottawa that began the week before, convoys of trucks and other vehicles rolled into Quebec City Thursday evening with horns sounding and lights flashing.
People also gathered on foot near the National Assembly, waving flags and holding up signs that call for an end to mask mandates and other sanitary restrictions.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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