Judge bans honking from truckers in downtown Ottawa for 10 days

An Ontario judge granted a 10-day injunction on Monday that forbids truckers parked on city streets in downtown Ottawa from constantly honking their horns.

“Tooting a horn is not an expression of any great thought I’m aware of,” Ontario Superior Court Justice Hugh McLean said during court proceedings, according to the CBC.

McLean said he had heard sufficient evidence that the incessant honking from the convoy in protest of government vaccine mandates is impinging on Ottawa residents’ right for “quiet, if we can use that term,” which he said trumped the trucker’s right to protest.

McLean emphasized that his injunction was temporary because a “myriad of people” might wish to be heard before the court on the issue. – READ MORE