Protesters in cars block traffic in downtown Toronto at rush hour

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Hundreds of personal vehicles took to the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto on Tuesday afternoon, horns honking at full blast, to show their support for farmers in India.

Their reasons for protesting were valid (read: had nothing to do with the right to eat BBQ indoors during a lockdown): Hundreds of thousands of farmers are in New Delhi this week demonstrating against laws deemed exploitive and unfair to agricultural workers. 

Despite being entirely peaceful, these protests are in India being met with police batons, water cannons and tear gas, sounding the alarm among advocates worldwide.

That said, the link between this global human rights issue and the Toronto car convoy was not immediately clear to those observing from the sidelines along the Gardiner on Tuesday.

The convoy appears to have hit the city around 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.

Unable to immediately find information online related to the demonstration, they expressed confusion and concern on Twitter.