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What Ottawa is Talking About – 27 January 2022

▪️The City is advising people who use cars or transit to avoid downtown Ottawa tomorrow and over the weekend.The Freedom Convoy of COVID 19 vaccination opposers will arrive, possibly as early as tomorrow, some with big rigs which may snarl traffic. [City of Ottawa] 

+ Related Joe Rogan, proprietor of the world’s most popular podcast, is chatting about the convoy coming to town

+ Related The Parliamentary Protective Service has sent out a memo saying they expect no more than 10,000 protestors. 

▪️The University of Ottawa is creating the first French language programme in Indigenous law. The programme will look at the legal systems of Indigenous peoples across Canada to compare and contrast them against Canada's common-law and civil law systems. [The Lawyer's Daily]