Topless woman chains herself to Trudeau’s office in climate protest, group says | 24CA News
A local weather group says a topless lady chained herself to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s workplace doorway in Ottawa in protest on Saturday, calling on the federal government to take speedy motion to sort out the local weather disaster.
Photos launched by the local weather motion group, On-2-Ottawa, confirmed the girl holding a pink signal that learn ‘Demand Climate Action Now!’ with pink paint splashed over the PMO’s partitions.
“We are here in Ottawa to demand a citizens’ assembly to address the desperate need for climate action now, not in the five to 10 years our government has slated,” stated the protester in an announcement launched by the group.
“The time for dramatic action is now, we still have time to make a difference.”
The group stated the girl’s protest was additionally aimed “to raise awareness for the upcoming caravan coming to Ottawa this August.”
Video footage shot by Global News confirmed upkeep workers later eradicating the paint.
Global News reached out to the PMO for remark however didn’t obtain a response by the point of publication
Maintenance workers take away pink paint thrown on the partitions of the Prime Minister’s Office by a protestor on April 15, 2023.
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The lady, recognized by the local weather group as ‘Ever’ additionally disrupted the Juno Awards held in Edmonton, Alta., final month. The Canadian Press reported she is going through a cost of mischief in reference to that disruption.
Over the following a number of days, On-2-Ottawa organizers are planning demonstrations at Parliament Hill. They say they need the federal authorities “to begin establishing a Citizens’ Assembly to decide how Canada’s economy will be transformed to tackle the climate and ecological emergency in the next 2-3 years.”
With a file from The Canadian Press.
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