Ottawa Court Issues Injunction Against Honking Horns

The CBC reports:

An Ottawa judge has granted an interim injunction seeking to silence the honking horns that have plagued residents of downtown Ottawa for the past 11 days. “Tooting a horn is not an expression of any great thought I’m aware of,” said Justice Hugh McLean during a court hearing in Ottawa Monday.

The temporary injunction order is effective immediately and is meant to silence the horns at all hours for the next 10 days. Lawyer Paul Champ said air horns and train horns are blasted at sound levels of 105 to 120 decibels for prolonged periods and can cause permanent hearing damage.

Keith Wilson, a lawyer representing three protest organizers named in the suit, argued that his clients — Tamara Lich, Benjamin Dichter and Chris Barber — are not personally responsible for the noise.

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The request for an injunction came out of a proposed class-action lawsuit filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. https://t.co/axBZmLuYWD

— CBC News (@CBCNews) February 7, 2022