Protesters in Canada’s capital show no signs of ending their nearly three-week blockade on Thursday, just hours after police warned that the “illegal” demonstrations must end immediately.

“I’m not afraid,” one Ottawa protester who declined to identify himself told Reuters. “We’re here peacefully and we will remain peacefully. Even if they attempt to arrest us, we will be arrested peacefully.”

Ottawa police handed out fliers Wednesday warning truckers and others protesting vaccine mandates to “leave the area” now or risk being arrested and the potential loss of their commercial driving license.

“The people of Ottawa are being denied the lawful use, enjoyment and operation of their property and you are causing businesses to close,” the notice reads. “That is mischief under the Criminal Code.”

Anyone convicted of unlawful activity in the demonstrations may also risk “denial in crossing the USA border,” Ottawa police said.

Despite what appeared to be an ensuing showdown between cops and so-called “Freedom Convoy” protesters, there were few signs of action to clear out nearly 400 vehicles that remained on Ottawa streets, Reuters reported Thursday.

A trucker from Ontario said he took the police flier and tossed it into a fire outside Parliament that he was using to keep warm.

“It is a piece of encouragement,” Andrew Broe, 52, told the New York Times. “They are drawing at straws trying to remove a peaceful protest.”

A convoy of several trucks from Ottawa, meanwhile, was “successfully intercepted” as it was suspected to be heading to Windsor, Ontario, CBC News reported.

Windsor’s chief of police told reporters six or seven trucks were spotted about 150 miles outside the city in the last 24 hours. The convoy was spotted just days after the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor and Michigan reopened Sunday after cops arrested dozens of protesters there.

Ottawa’s chief of police, Peter Sloly, resigned Tuesday over criticism of his department’s handling of the protests. But Acting Police Chief Steve Bell told city leaders Wednesday that cops intended to “safely dismantle the illegal demonstration” in coming days.

“We will take over the entire city center and each of the occupied spaces,” Bell said in a statement. “We will remove this illegal demonstration. We will return our city to its normal state.”

Bell’s remarks come after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act on Monday, giving the federal government wide powers to restore order in the capital and elsewhere throughout the nation. Trudeau has thus far ruled out bringing in the military to clear Ottawa’s streets.

With Post wires