Justin Trudeau had dime-sized rocks thrown at him as he was confronted by an angry crowd outside a campaign event in London, Ont., on Monday.
The Liberal leader said some of the projectiles may have hit his shoulder, but that he wouldn’t bow to the demands of what he called “anti-vaxxer mobs.”
Here is a partial list of other Canadian politicians who have had to face objects being thrown at them:
Monday, Sept. 6, 2021: Trudeau pelted with gravel at a campaign stop in London, Ont.
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021: A man cracked an egg on Maxime Bernier’s head after asking for a photo with the leader of the People’s Party of Canada.
June 15, 2013: A cup of juice is thrown in then-Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s face at the city’s Taste of Little Italy festival.
Jan. 25, 2010: Gail Shea, then federal fisheries and oceans minister, was hit in the face with a pie by a protester angry about the seal hunt.
July 7, 2007: Alberta premier Ed Stelmach was the target of a thrown pie, but a member of his security detail “took a pie for the premier,” said witness Greg Melchin, Alberta’s housing minister. The pie thrower was convicted of assault and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
0:30 Trudeau responds to questions on rocks being thrown at him during campaign event in London, Ont.
Trudeau responds to questions on rocks being thrown at him during campaign event in London, Ont.
July 5, 2003: Alberta premier Ralph Klein is hit in the face with a banana cream pie at the Calgary Stampede.
April 12, 2003: Former Quebec premier Jean Charest had two pies thrown at him as he campaigned in the provincial election. The pie throwers were reported to be members of Les Entarteurs (“the pie throwers”), whose stated aim was to deflate the egos of people they consider self-important.
Oct. 5, 2000: Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day was splashed with chocolate milk in Kitchener, Ont.
Aug. 16, 2000: Prime minister Jean Chretien was hit by a pie to the face at a pre-election campaign event in Charlottetown. The pie thrower was reported to have said he was a member of the PEI Pie Brigade, apparently an offshoot of Les Entarteurs.
May 7, 1999: Members of the group also hit former Liberal leader Stephane Dion with a pie.
Aug. 20, 1982: A crowd of hundreds threw rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the vacation train that prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his family were riding in, resulting in one window being smashed. The train had already been pelted by food in Alberta and Manitoba after the prime minister had given the middle finger to protesters in Salmon Arm, B.C.
June 3, 1976: Former agriculture minister Eugene Whelan was hit on the head with a milk jug during an Ottawa demonstration by dairy farmers.
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price.
Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do about climate change.
On Thursday, Singh said the NDP is working on a plan that wouldn’t put the burden of fighting climate change on the backs of workers, but wouldn’t say if that plan would include a consumer carbon price.
Singh’s noncommittal position comes as the NDP tries to frame itself as a credible alternative to the Conservatives in the next federal election.
Poilievre responded to that by releasing a video, pointing out that the NDP has voted time and again in favour of the Liberals’ carbon price.
British Columbia Premier David Eby also changed his tune on Thursday, promising that a re-elected NDP government would scrap the long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters,” if the federal government dropped its requirements.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax.
That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated based on $100, not on $114.98 after provincial and federal sales taxes are added.
The bill would also increase the rebate offered to consumers when the price of an item at the cash register is higher than the shelf price, to $15 from $10.
And it would force grocery stores offering a discounted price for several items to clearly list the unit price as well.
Businesses would also have to indicate whether taxes will be added to the price of food products.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin has announced he’s leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec government to sit as an Independent.
He announced the decision shortly after writing an open letter criticizing Premier François Legault’s government for abandoning its principles of smaller government.
In the letter published in Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec, Chassin accused the party of falling back on what he called the old formula of throwing money at problems instead of looking to do things differently.
Chassin says public services are more fragile than ever, despite rising spending that pushed the province to a record $11-billion deficit projected in the last budget.
He is the second CAQ member to leave the party in a little more than one week, after economy and energy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon announced Sept. 4 he would leave because he lost motivation to do his job.
Chassin says he has no intention of joining another party and will instead sit as an Independent until the end of his term.
He has represented the Saint-Jérôme riding since the CAQ rose to power in 2018, but has not served in cabinet.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
