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Canadian Prime number Minister Justin Trudeau has been moved to a clandestine location every bit tens of thousands of protesters demonstrating against vaccine mandates and continuing COVID-xix restrictions showed up in the downtown area of the nation's capital of Ottawa this weekend.

Trudeau and his family have been moved from their Ottawa home to an undisclosed location still within the nation'south upper-case letter amid security concerns, the Canadian Dissemination Corporation reported.

"The Prime Minister is continuing to isolate in the National Upper-case letter Region and work remotely," the Office of the Prime Government minister of Canada told Fox News Digital via e-mail on Sunday. "Nosotros've consulted Ottawa Public Health on appropriate protocols. As always, we do not comment on security matters."

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This comes after what'south been dubbed the "Liberty Convoy" of truckers set out final week from the western province of British Columbia in protestation of a new regulation that took issue on Jan. 15 requiring truckers returning from the U.S. to show proof of vaccination. The convoy swelled to include other cars and personal vehicles, equally others more generally protested Trudeau and pandemic restrictions.

As many equally x,000 people reportedly converged amid an farthermost cold alert on Parliament Loma in Ottawa Saturday. CBC reported the sit-in remained peaceful. A shopping center was shut downwardly when maskless crowds entered the building, defying mandates requiring confront covering indoors.

  • Protesters participating in a cross-country truck convoy protesting measures taken by authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19 and vaccine mandates gather near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Protesters participating in a cantankerous-country truck convoy protesting measures taken by government to curb the spread of COVID-19 and vaccine mandates gather near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sat, Jan. 29, 2022. ((Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP))

  • Protesters participating in a cross-country truck convoy protesting measures taken by authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19 and vaccine mandates gather near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Protesters participating in a cross-country truck convoy protesting measures taken by government to curb the spread of COVID-nineteen and vaccine mandates get together near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, January. 29, 2022. ((Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP))

  • A person wearing a Monopoly Man mask holds a sign during a rally against COVID-19 restrictions on Parliament Hill, which began as a cantankerous-country convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, in Ottawa, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. ((Justin Tang/The Canadian Printing via AP))

  • People walk in front of trucks parked on Wellington Street as they join a rally against COVID-19 restrictions on Parliament Hill, which began as a cross-country convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, in Ottawa, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

    People walk in front end of trucks parked on Wellington Street as they bring together a rally confronting COVID-19 restrictions on Parliament Loma, which began as a cross-country convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, in Ottawa, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. ((Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP))

  • People walk beside trucks parked forth Wellington Street during a rally confronting COVID-xix restrictions on Parliament Hill, which began as a cross-state convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, in Ottawa, on Saturday, January. 29, 2022. ((Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP))

The prime government minister'south itinerary for Sunday says he remains in the National Uppercase Region. The nature of his business is listed as personal, and no other details are included in the public schedule.

"The Canadian truckers – you've been reading almost information technology – who are resisting, bravely, these lawless mandates are doing more to defend American freedom than our own leaders by far," sometime U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday evening, speaking at a Relieve America rally in Conroe, Texas.  "And we want those groovy Canadian truckers to know that we are with them all the way."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, podcaster Joe Rogan and comedian Russell Make have also voiced support.

Among news the convoy was nearing Ottawa, Trudeau announced Thursday that he learned he had been exposed to COVID-xix and has since tested negative but would still follow Ottawa Public Health rules by working from abode and isolating for the next v days. He urged people to get vaccinated.

"The small, fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa or who are holding unacceptable views that they are expressing do not represent the views of Canadians following the science," he said Wed. "Stepping up to protect each other is the all-time style to continue to ensure our freedoms."

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to question during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to question during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October half-dozen, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle

Meanwhile, Canadian media take begun suggesting Russian federation, in some manner, is behind the protest as a form of payback for Canada's support of Ukraine in the mounting military standoff at their border.

"Given Canada'south back up of Ukraine in this current crisis with Russia, I don't know if it is far-fetched to ask, just there is concern that Russian actors could be continuing to fuel things as this protest grows. But maybe, even instigating it from the kickoff," a CBC journalist recently stated during an on-air broadcast.

Maxime Bernier, leader of the People's Party of Canada, and the group Canada Proud, have shared clips of the remarks, accusing the CBC of trying to smear the protesters by spreading conspiracy theories.

Photos have been circulating showing a Confederate and a Nazi flag in the crowd, likewise as at to the lowest degree ane person carrying a Trump 2024 flag. Overwhelmingly, oversupply members were seen carrying Canadian flags.

Critics accept also made comparisons to the January. 6, 2021, riot at the U.Due south. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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Gen. Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff, tweeted Sat that he was "sickened to meet protesters dance on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and desecrate the National War Memorial."

"Generations of Canadians accept fought and died for our rights, including gratuitous spoken communication, merely not this," he connected. "Those involved should hang their heads in shame."