Toronto trucker convoy protest begins with tractors as police bolster hospitals

Dozens of tractors and pick-up trucks rolled into Toronto’s downtown core Friday afternoon ahead of a planned anti-vaccine mandate protest.

Waving Canadian flags and signs, the vehicles stopped in front of the Royal Ontario Museum on Avenue Road, just north of Queen’s Park where the protest is slated to happen Saturday. 

Some of the signs referenced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while others mentioned “Freedom” and suggested that there was no “true media coverage.” In a play on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, another sign read “Make Canada great again.”

Police on horseback could be seen patrolling the area amid the honking, but no serious problems were reported.