Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralysing cross-border trade at multiple locations.
"This unlawful activity has to end, and it will end," Trudeau said.
"We hope these people will decide to go home. Otherwise, there will be an increasingly robust police intervention."
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The Prime Minister added that the police and all levels of government are preparing to take action against the demonstrators behind the blockades in Ottawa, Windsor and elsewhere, Xinhua news agency reported.
Federal, provincial and municipal officials have been clear over recent days: the blockades and activities of the convoy are "illegal" and "unlawful", and must end.
Trudeau said the protesters must stand down or face severe "consequences" for any illegal activities -- consequences that include the possibility of criminal charges and steep financial penalties. He added that the federal government will no longer tolerate activists who "take the economy hostage" and bring life to a standstill in the nation's capital.
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Authorities are prepared to hit protesters where it hurts the most by suspending commercial trucking licenses and pursuing charges that could result in jail time, Trudeau said, warning that criminal sanctions could be leveled that would stop the protesters from ever traveling internationally again.
