As the prime minister was speaking, a woman stepped forward, unfurled a banner and began to shout about Grassy Narrows and mercury poisoning. She was quickly hustled away by security, while the prime minister, his voice amplified by the public address system, drowned her out. Thank you very much for your donation tonight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to Indigenous protester“Thank you,” he said. When another protester took up the now-evicted woman’s refrain, the prime minister essentially repeated himself: thanks for coming out! This is, one would think, not an issue that the prime minister would want to be glib about.

Source: National Post March 28, 2019 19:40 UTC