At some point, hopefully soon here, they need to stop calling this shit a protest. I'd say the protest was on Saturday when thousands marched around and then left town. I had no problem with that.
The couple of hundred zealots that remain aren't protesting, and I also wouldn't say they are demonstrators...they're occupying illegally and harassing the public.
I think what the police are doing thus far is avoiding escalation...they're hoping they simply get bored/run out of money/get reasonable/lose their will.
I think if you escalate this into full on mass arrests and ensued violence you'll make martyrs of these people and reinvigorate the more moderate zealots. Seems the strategy is kind of similar with the border blocking in Alberta, and the reporting needs to quit calling those perpetrating these actions a "Freedom Convoy"...call them illegal terrorists.
I think this is all a calculated thing, and I don't think it's cops not wanting to do anything. I'd bet those guys on the ground would love to drag these extremists away. I'm reading the police are upping the ante today, so we'll see how this goes, and we'll also see what happens at the protest at Queen's Park today.