Trudeau visit to Ottawa-area brewery cancelled after protesters gather outside

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops within the Ottawa space ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outdoors a brewery earlier than he arrived.

Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier within the day, Trudeau was on his option to the Brasserie Etienne Brule Brewery in Embrun, Ont., about half-hour east of Ottawa. The occasion was referred to as off earlier than he arrived.

A couple of dozen protesters gathered throughout the road from the brewery, together with one who was carrying a flag emblazoned with a profanity directed at Trudeau, and one other who was recording the institution on their cellphone.

RCMP officers in plain garments have been posted outdoors.

The brewery itself was packed, each inside and on the patios. Three of these patrons, seated on the again patio, have been requested to depart by a brewery worker. Considered one of them, a girl, approached RCMP officers showing to briefly argue with them earlier than strolling away.

The Prime Minister’s Workplace stated in a press release that whereas the occasion needed to “sadly” be cancelled, the prime minister seems to be ahead to being again quickly.

Authorities sources confirmed the presence of the obvious convoy supporters was behind the cancellation. The presence of a giant crowd of individuals contained in the restaurant added to the chance within the occasion of any escalation.

It’s the second time in lower than two months Trudeau was compelled to drag out of a deliberate look due to the presence of individuals espousing comparable views because the “freedom convoy” protesters who blockaded downtown Ottawa for 3 weeks final winter.

On Could 24, greater than 100 protesters crowded outdoors the gates of a banquet corridor in Surrey, B.C., one carrying a makeshift gallows with a noose, and Trudeau Treason written on it. Trudeau opted to handle the fundraising occasion just about.

Trudeau has been dogged by protesters repeatedly for the reason that final federal election. One election cease in Bolton, Ont., was cancelled due the presence of a giant crowd of protesters.

At a later occasion in London, Ont., a handful of gravel was thrown at him as he boarded his tour bus. One man was later charged with assault with a weapon.

That man was additionally arrested in February in Ottawa in the course of the convoy protests.

The protesters are largely rallying in opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, together with vaccine mandates and masks necessities, however some have additionally demanded Trudeau resign or be thrown out of workplace.

Earlier than Embrun’s occasion Friday the massive speak of Trudeau’s day was his new brief hair lower — a person at an ice cream shot within the Ottawa suburb of Orleans was one in all many who seen the shorn locks and made a remark.

Trudeau additionally visited a household’s residence in Ottawa to debate a “local weather motion incentive” cost that Canadians acquired from the federal authorities. Some neighbours gathered as curious onlookers, however there have been no protesters seen there.

Earlier within the 12 months, a “Freedom Convoy” base camp was arrange in Embrun in the course of the blockades that seized Ottawa for 3 weeks.