All travel between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal is cancelled. Feb. 8: Protesters in Toronto disrupt Canadian Pacific Railway traffic moving through the downtown area. Kahnawake Mohawk community members south of Montreal erect a blockade on a CP rail line. Feb. 12: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls for demonstrators across the country to observe the rule of law. Feb. 13: CN shuts down its operations in Eastern Canada. Feb. 16: Trudeau cancels a planned trip to Barbados so he can handle the protests in Canada. Feb. 17: Trudeau convenes the Incident Response Group, an emergency committee that meets in the event of a national crisis. Feb. 18: An emergency debate is held in the House of Commons. CN issues temporary layoff notices for 450 employees, citing the ongoing protests as the reason. Feb. 21: Trudeau says barricades around the country must come down and the injunctions to clear the rail lines must be enforced.