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applegrove

(123,188 posts)
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 04:50 PM Jul 2023

(Trump flags) Trudeau cuts Belleville event short after nearly 100 protesters swarm motorcade

Trudeau cuts Belleville event short after nearly 100 protesters swarm motorcade

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED 44 MINUTES AGO

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surrounded by his security detail in Belleville, Ont. on July 20.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-trudeau-cuts-belleville-event-short-after-nearly-100-protesters-swarm/

"SNIP.......

An event for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was cut short in Belleville, Ont., today after nearly 100 protesters surrounded him and his motorcade.

.........

Protesters showed up at the market outside city hall as Trudeau met with a crowd of community members and took selfies.

Trudeau was set to meet with about 10 vendors, but he couldn’t make his way to the other side of the public square after being swarmed by the dozens of protesters.

Some of them were holding Trump flags, while others were screaming expletives about the government and the media.

........SNIP"

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yaesu

(8,244 posts)
4. I will bet the farm that Putin and other foreign agents are paying those traitors
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 08:11 AM
Jul 2023

to disrupt democracies.

erronis

(16,895 posts)
2. We in the US blame the pathological xian evilgelicals. Are they in Canada, or is this something else
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 05:13 PM
Jul 2023

I'm guessing it is manufactured outrage, just like in the US. Manufactured by RW plutocrats who don't want a functioning government getting in the way of their rapacity.

I'm sure the multi-national corps are fostering/festering this activity around the world.

applegrove

(123,188 posts)
3. Right wing in Canada has tried GOP wedge issue. They didn't work that well.
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 05:51 PM
Jul 2023

We are still wedded to education and growing the middle class in Canada. We love public healthcare. The left is split by three or 4 parties (Liberals, NDP, Green, Block Quebecois) so that is the only reason why the Conservatives sometimes win. Trump flags aren't new but this was organized and Conservatives need something other than Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre (conservatives did not do well in recent bi-elections). This does sound organized. So maybe the right in Canada is going to try to piggyback on Trump? Poilievre has just changed his image by getting rid of his glasses. Maybe he did not see the mention of Trump flags in the memo?

BlueWavePsych

(3,056 posts)
5. Something abou the Belleville/ Quinte region attracts white supremacists ...
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 05:34 PM
Jul 2023

and similar assholes .. eg Derek Sloan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Sloan

Will be boycotting and avoid spending when visiting the area ... better to visit Kingston nearby.

applegrove

(123,188 posts)
6. I lived there. Met the greatest people. Most popular restaurant in the city was
Fri Jul 21, 2023, 05:38 PM
Jul 2023

Tibetan/Himalayan. Wonderful. I ran into a two racists but most people were pretty cool.

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