OK, let's get back on track:
Here's some geographical context to the situation.
Right now, the two most pressing issues for the government to shut down are the Ottawa protest (obviously) for the psychological impact its having, and the Ambassador Bridge protest due to the massive amount of money/industry being impacted.
I'm going on the assumption that any of the specialized heavy wrecker companies are not going to scab (or if any do, it will be extremely limited).
On that assumption, the only option left would be to use the military recovery vehicles to drag them out of there.
The closest armored regiment to the happenings is CFB Petawawa, home to the Royal Canadian Dragoons, which has 20 Leopard tanks (out of the 80 total tanks the Canadian military has).
I don't have an exact number, but I'd estimate the Army has around 30 armored recovery vehicles in total, so if we extrapolate the 1/4th ratio (20/80) to the ARVs, we're looking at ~7 nearby.
Unfortunately, they'll have to pick which is the bigger priority, because while Ottawa and Windsor are technically in the same province, they're at totally opposite ends (for the amerikiwis, it's basically the distance between Washington DC and Buffalo NY):
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CFP Petawawa is pretty close to Ottawa, so it wouldn't take long to get the recovery vehicles there:
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That's the time estimates at highway speeds (100 km/h aka ~60 miles/h). The armored recovery vehicles are not that fast, so even under full road march and escort to clear traffic the whole way, they'd probably get around half the speed max. So, more like 3 hours to Ottawa, and 17 hours to Windsor.
Now, personally, I have hope that these protests will end in a victory for the protestors (either diplomatically or ideologically), but if I had to wargame how I'd handle this as the government (with the obvious restriction of not being able to compromise on any of my retarded covid policies):
First, completely blackout the media and coverage of the incident, Tiananmen Square style. Jam the cell networks, and then just start black bagging everyone, ignoring the trucks left behind. Then, once all the people have been 'pacified', just use the ARV to rip the vehicles within view of the parliament hill just out of frame, so that you can stage a press conference declaring victory over the evil nahzee scum.
Then, just spend the next days/weeks ripping the vehicles out, with little regards to the road condition or the condition of the trucks, since you know the courts will never side against you, and the media/optics are entirely within your control.
Leave only a fraction of the recovery vehicles in Ottawa to continue those clearing operations (because the soys will not complain about the streets still being blocked once the wrongthinkers are gone), and send the bulk of the ARVs to Windsor, and repeat the tactics. Only this time, when ripping the vehicles out, take a bit of extra precaution to prevent damaging the roads/bridge.
Trudeau might still face international condemnation from free/right-leaning countries, but any country under the neoliberal caucus will sing the right tune and beat the right drum for him.
This is the only real way they can play it and have a chance of 'winning' without compromising on anything (and on the assumption that the protestors don't quit).
