OTTAWA—It was a cold day on Feb. 11 and the move was probably slightly provocative. OK, it was very provocative at a protest site against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions, to have a sign saying “Go home terrorists.” Particularly when the gathered throng—drivers and supporters of a 400-truck protest that has blocked streets in the inner sanctum of Canada’s capital city Ottawa—was never going to like it. But that wasn’t going to stop Deana Sherif of Ottawa—a self confessed activist—standing with a red-rag sign to make her point. Sherif was angry and this wasn’t her first visit to the protest area to make sure people knew about her concerns about the protest. Her bugbear was the Shepherds of Good Hope organization that helps homeless people, and reports that some protesters harassed staff at the shelter on the first day of the protests on Jan. 29, demanding food. “When I was talking …
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