An occasion for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was lower quick in Belleville, Ont., at the moment after almost 100 protesters surrounded him and his motorcade.
Trudeau was within the metropolis to mark the seventh anniversary of the Liberal authorities’s Child Care Benefit, to fulfill with the mayor and to go to a farmers’ market.
Protesters confirmed up on the market outdoors metropolis corridor as Trudeau met with a crowd of neighborhood members and took selfies.
Trudeau was set to fulfill with about 10 distributors, however he couldn’t make his method to the opposite facet of the general public sq. after being swarmed by the handfuls of protesters.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Belleville, Ontario, on Thursday July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves earlier than leaving Belleville, Ontario, on Thursday July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg.
Protesters shout at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when leaving Belleville, Ontario, on Thursday July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg.
Some of them had been holding Trump flags, whereas others had been screaming expletives in regards to the authorities and the media.
At one level, the prime minister’s safety element pushed away two girls who approached his motorcade as he stood on an SUV’s facet step waving and smiling on the crowd.
Reacting to the protesters, one metropolis corridor employee mentioned the chaos was a disgrace.
