Ottava: In a first of its kind, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau faced an angry crowd of protesters, which surrounded campaign buses and diatribed Trudeau during a campaign even in Cambridge.
The party’s event got delayed for over two hours as agitators choked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Liberal leader made his first major climate announcement as his re-election effort.
Canada is now two weeks into a national election campaign for the September 20 snap polls and this might become a concerning for the Liberal as the party’s rally in Bolton, Ont., was cancelled due to security reasons from another angry crowd.
Trudeau has been facing protest from a group of protesters since he had commences his re-election campaign.
Trudeau attempted to pacify the protesters and said he apprehend that Covid-19 pandemic has manifold fear and anxiety in many but he condemned any threats or use of violence, racism and bigotry.
“People who decline to accept science around vaccine and climate change are not ones, who are going to dictate, how Canada moves forward, he said.”
Trudeau continued to speak even though he was difficult to hear at times over the tumultuous of crowd and expletive-filled slogans aimed at the Liberal leader.
Some also carried signs which carried a photo of Trudeau about to be executed by hanging.
A agitator also hurled a racist slur at a Black officer in Trudeau’s security detail and a misogynist insult at a female officer. Following which, police physically carried one woman off the private property when she refused to move back.
“The time was tough during Covid-19 but let me assure you that I am absolutely resolute in my conviction to continue to move Canada forward. And that’s the choice people get to make in this election,” he said in his speech. Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh both condemned the angry crowds and called on people to be respectful.