Masato's Ottawa Canada Day 2022 AdventureLeft the morning of July 1.
James Topp had arrived the day before, we missed it.
He was supposed to be at the Canada Day Family Picnic, but Ottawa City/Cops cancelled it at the very last minute and fenced off the area it was planned to be held. They did not Want Topp to be there
I'll start with a pic of this guy, lolololol
He was there in Jan & Feb too, he hangs out on a post and TROLLS EVERYONE LOLOLOLOL
He was back again but not so cold this time lolol hilarious
COPS EVERYWHERE
Literally everywhere, moving around in weird patterns freaking everyone out.
Frankly it destroyed the day, made the whole thing broken and suspicious. The cops were not even remotely connected to the crowd, in Jan/Feb they were somewhat friendly, even helpful/supportive... but Canada Day there was a very steep divide, they did not blend with anyone.
Parliament Hill for the first time in history as I understand it was fenced off, littered with cops, and you had to go through BODY SCAN CHECKPOINTS to actually go up and walk around on the grass. Many were lining up to do this I don't understand why.
Look at this doofus lolol
Some folks had a small table giving out information. Cops tried to take it down. Crowd/media swarmed. They tried to Pray. A crazy leftist was screaming and heckling the whole time. Cops eventually backed down. Everyone went nuts. lol
Was so surreal
Mrs Masato lookin fine, lolol
Confederation was all walled off/blocked. They had events but you had to go through body scanners and rumor was you also had to check your phone (?) Nobody was inside while I was there.
The cops were on anyone with a display or music like flies on shit... whereas the Hare Krishnas danced and sang all fuckin day lolol
Some of the flavour of the Jan 2022 Convoy, but not much. This guy was tryin, lol
It is my estimate that almost everyone there was there to stand against Vax Mandates. The majority of the crowd all had the same vibe as the winter. When the march began it sucked almost everyone along.
We didn't know there was a planned March... we were just strolling around observing and then everyone started walking. It grew and grew, so we did the loop with them. I estimate thousands from front to back. Saw a CBC article claiming only 'hundreds'.
Some cool artwork I saw along the march:
Tail end coming back up to Parliament Hill:
O CANADA:
CAMP EAGLEWe tracked down 'Camp Eagle', where many of the the hardcore Truckers/organized protesters have built a sort of base-camp for the summer (or beyond?)
Its private property so they should be safe.
There was a WEDDING there, and I think quite a lot of drinking, lol
It was quite crazy, the fringe of the fringe, lol
God bless em all
Some leftovers from the Convoy:
Lots of kids/families there. Interesting childhood, lol
We went for food in a small town near Camp Eagle. I don't know the name of it but it was sweet, peaceful small town Canadian life. Very nice after all the chaos
Canada Day fireworks in the small town by the river. Great night to be a kid and run around. Happy Canada Day.
Trudeau banned them in Ottawa, lol
Campsite we slept at: