As somebody here on the ground, I’m sorry to tell you that you’re misinformed.
Businesses are closed and access to the core is very limited due to the siege (or if you don’t like that word, let’s call it a ‘truckers’ tantrum’).
How about just “protest”? BTW, you restarted this topic with misinformation about the motivations of the protesters to “overthrow government”.
On businesses closing, that was their choice, the ones that remained open were doing booming business: 90% of Ottawa restaurants CLOSED this weekend — and they missed a jackpot!
Part of the problem is that all Canadian mainstream media is pro government. So if that’s all you listen to, you’ll get quite the distorted view of the situation. The mainstream press hasn’t even covered the press conferences of the protesters.
I grew up in Ottawa, and still visit frequently, so I’ve been following reporters who post 2 hour long videos of walk abouts around downtown instead of reporters talking to the camera. I am not misinformed.