BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

  Community Solidarity Ottawa, a coalition of local labour unions, community organizations and residents, says the Rolling Thunder Ottawa motorcycle ride that is expected to roar into town on Friday and Saturday is not the bike rally in support of veterans that it claims to be, but rather little more than an extension of the “Freedom Convoy” that tied up the city’s downtown core in February.
   “’Rolling Thunder’ is a direct threat to our community, and the far-right politics it brings with it are a broader threat to our safety and democracy,” the group said in a media release Saturday.
   Up to 1,000 motorcycles and other vehicles are expected to arrive on Parliament Hill for a rally at about 6 p.m. on Friday, April 29, with Saturday’s program featuring a parade of bikes escorted by Ottawa police from the St. Laurent Shopping Centre to the National War Memorial.

   According to CSO’s release, other convoy groups are also planning events in Ottawa throughout the weekend.