Organizers behind truckers protest say they are preparing to stick around even longer

Organizers behind the demonstration that has seized the nation's capital say they are preparing to stick around even longer by distributing fuel and supplies to the trucks clogging up Ottawa streets.

Organizer Pat King says in a video posted online early this morning that the protest is ``so much fun'' and bragged that demonstrators have ``all of Ottawa gridlocked right now.''

The president of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association says some protesters have been extending their stays at hotels, or are asking to rebook for the coming weekend.

Politicians at all levels of government are asking them to roll out.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the protesters have been heard, and now it is time for them to go home and let the people of Ottawa ``live their lives.''

Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says what is happening in Ottawa is no longer a ``legitimate protest,'' after some demonstrators appropriated Nazi symbols and called for violent acts toward the prime minister.