Canadian truckers blasted the government and Ottawa police Monday after members of their 'Freedom Convoy' protest were arrested and charged with hate crimes

The protesters also strongly deny they have ties to ultra-right-wing groups, insisting they are just 'ordinary truckers' trying to make a living without being bound by the government's covid vaccine mandates  

'Justin Trudeau and his government like to paint us protestors as right-wing conspiracist, associated with QAnon. But we aren't. We are far from it,' trucker Guy Meister, of Nova Scotia, told DailyMail.com

Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency Sunday to help deal with an unprecedented 11-day occupation by protesting truckers

The protest has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital, Ottawa Police arrested seven people and opened 60 criminal investigations for hate crimes and mischief 

They also seized fuel and supplies for 1,000 vehicles just hours after the mayor declared a state of emergency