In short, the optics weren’t great for a prime minister cruising Western Canada in a luxury railcar telling locals to screw off. on Aug. 8, 1982, Trudeau is usually depicted mischievously wagging his middle finger while protesters pelt the car with eggs and tomatoes. But the prime minister stepped forward and pulled back the shutters to take a last peek at the three protesters. There, poultry farmers banded together to present the prime minister with a gift basket of fresh eggs. We’re not throwing them at you,” Chapleau man Ernest Lepine told the Prime Minister.

Source: National Post August 22, 2016 18:11 UTC