Tue Feb 8, 2022 – 7:41 pm EST
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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — An Ottawa judge banned protesters from honking their horns in the downtown area for the next 10 days as pressure mounts on politicians to cede to the truckers’ demand that federal vaccine mandates be dropped.
Today’s decision by Justice Hugh McLean at the Ontario Superior Court came despite the truckers voluntarily stopping all honking at 6 p.m. every evening in order to avoid disturbing downtown residents.
“Tooting a horn is not an expression of any great thought I’m aware of,” Justice McLean said at the court hearing. He also insisted that residents’ right for “quiet, if we can use term” supersedes the truckers’ right to honk horns when protesting.
Handing down an temporary injunction effective immediately against honking by protesters, McLean said the matter would be revisited on February 16, at which point the order could be continued.
Violators of the injunction could be found in contempt, risking harsher penalties than standard bylaw infractions typically result in.
McLean also ordered Freedom Convoy defendants Tamara Lich, Benjamin Dichter and Chris Barber to publicize news of the honking ban on social media.
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