rules in canada have eased as case numbers trend downward protesters continued calling for a full lifting of restrictions which have been among the worlds strictestprime minister justin trudeaus government is meanwhile facing a lawsuit from a civil liberties group and pushback from political rivals over the decision to invoke rarely used emergency powers to crack down on the unlawful proteststhis is despite polls showing canadians once sympathetic to the truckerled movement have turned against themtrudeau himself kept his distance as the police operation unfolded refraining from public commentthe convoy began a month ago as a protest against mandatory covid19 vaccines to cross the us border it has inspired copycats in other countries with washington girding for a possible trucker protest to coincide with next weeks state of the union address by president joe bidenand it has triggered economically damaging blockades at the us border including a bridge that is the key transit point between windsor ontario and detroit michigan police cleared that blockade a week agodozens there were arrested and at other crossings including four people in coutts alberta found with a cache of weapons and charged with conspiracy to murder police officers and authorities froze can32 million 25 million in donations and bank accounts linked to the trucker movement