This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The recently began and quickly spread Idle No More protest movement is continuing to grow bigger as the time passes, gaining mainstream attentions with additional demonstrations day by day. This Saturday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed he will be meeting with a delegation of First Nations chiefs, which includes Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence, who is now on the 26th day of her hunger strike to meet him.
Among many other demonstrations all over the country and abroad, a groups of protestors have vowed to block all major bridges of Canada, especially the ones which connect the Canada-U.S. border. The police in Cornwall, Ont., had to close the International Bridge for almost three to four hours due to an active protest which began around mid-Saturday morning. Almost 350 protesters crossed the bridge, after which it was reopened for general traffic around by 2 p.m. local time. On the other hand RCMP of Saskatchewan, claims to have shutdown Highway 624 from Highway 1 to Highway 46 in order to remain cautious about public safety since a demonstration was organized by nearly 300 people.
Meanwhile, there was another Idle No More protest disrupting the normal flow of commercial trains on Canadian National Rail tracks between Moncton and Miramichi, N.B. on Friday, after which the service was shut down. Consequently, CN Rail filed another temporary court injunction as of Friday afternoon. The website of Idle No More movement has further organized and scheduled numerous other protest and demonstrations on the upcoming Saturday at different sites in the country.
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