Like the US counterpart, the Canadian protest didn't accomplish its goal of stopping vaccine requirements in the country, but it put stress on supply lines between Canada and the US.
Organizers of the trucker convoy spoke with some members of Congress during their time protesting, while also sharing misinformation and making references to conspiracy theories such as QAnon, the fringe right-wing theory that posits former President Donald Trump was fighting a secret cabal of Satanic pedophiles. On Sunday, leaders of the protest, referred to as the "People's Convoy," said they were beginning to pack things up from their staging point at Hagerstown, Maryland, according to a report from The Daily Beast Monday. Then, as the Canadian protest came to an end, the US version began, but it too now appears to be over.ĭemonstrators in semi-trucks and other vehicles drove around Interstate 495 - better known as the Capital Beltway that surrounds the Washington, DC, metro area - as part of their protest, with occasional ventures into the heart of the US capital. Canadian law enforcement eventually cleared out demonstrators, bringing the city and the rest of the country back to normal. For weeks in February, Canadian truckers occupied Ottawa, the country's capital, and blockaded major international crossings in a protest against COVID-19 vaccine requirements.