Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent Easter weekend with his family in Tofino.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 a really cool spot that he loves coming back to,B次元官网网址� Tourism Tofino chair JJ Belanger told the Westerly B次元官网网址. B次元官网网址淗e loves to surf and he loves the quiet and the solitude that he gets here. Sure, thereB次元官网网址檚 always going to be a few people that are rumbling about it, thatB次元官网网址檚 their choice. But, I think, when he comes here, he enjoys it and thatB次元官网网址檚 what not only keeps him coming back, itB次元官网网址檚 what keeps all of our guests coming back.B次元官网网址�
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Belanger said the Prime Minister is B次元官网网址渙ne of the 599,000 guests that enjoys coming to Tofino annuallyB次元官网网址� and that Tofino is well-accustomed to hosting public figures, like politicians and celebrities, graciously.
B次元官网网址淚 think our community does a really good job of letting them enjoy their vacation and thatB次元官网网址檚 something that makes Tofino a very special place for people,B次元官网网址� he said.
B次元官网网址淭hey have a job to do, as do you and as do I. When I go away on vacation, I donB次元官网网址檛 want to think about my job. So, if these people come to our community and weB次元官网网址檙e constantly hounding them, this is not going to be a place that they want to come back to. Obviously we do a good job at that, because [Trudeau] does keep coming back and he invests, as every other tourist does, in our community. He stays where heB次元官网网址檚 staying and he uses the products and services that we have while heB次元官网网址檚 here. HeB次元官网网址檚 just like any other guest and I donB次元官网网址檛 think we should treat him any differentlyB次元官网网址hen heB次元官网网址檚 on vacation, nobody should be talking about his job. Let him enjoy his vacation.B次元官网网址�
Prior to a publicized visit to the West Coast last July, Tofino-based environmental group Friends of Clayoquot Sound released a statement encouraging businesses to deny service to the Prime Minister due, in part, to the governmentB次元官网网址檚 Trans Mountain Pipeline purchase.
B次元官网网址淏e bold and creative, it is not often we have the potential to reach a politician whose decisions impact our lives,B次元官网网址� the statement read.
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Friends of Clayoquot Sound campaigner Jeh Custerra told the Westerly B次元官网网址 that he had heard Trudeau was returning to Tofino over the weekend and hoped for an opportunity B次元官网网址渢o hold him accountable.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淗ow can we hold him accountable? Because this is someone who has the opportunity to influence not only Canada, but the world,B次元官网网址� he said.
Custerra had attended the 35th anniversary celebration of the Meares Island Tribal Park declaration on April 21 and said he ran into the Prime Minister outside a local restaurant after the ceremony.
B次元官网网址淚 stuck around and ended up talking to him before and after his dinnerB次元官网网址n our first interaction, I told him we have one earth and that the water, climate and land need to be protected. B次元官网网址楻emember why youB次元官网网址檙e here Justin,B次元官网网址� is what I said,B次元官网网址� he said.
Custera again voiced frustration over the Trans Mountain pipeline decision and also expressed concerns over the Trudeau governmentB次元官网网址檚 absence of charges against mining company Imperial Metals regarding the 2014 Mount Polley disaster.
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B次元官网网址淗e needs to refocus his priorities on phasing out tar sands and investing in green jobs, renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transit, not buying pipelines and letting corporate polluters off the hook,B次元官网网址� Custerra said. B次元官网网址淭he [United Nations] is saying we have 12 years to change humanityB次元官网网址檚 relationship with energy productionB次元官网网址his is his opportunity and this canB次元官网网址檛 be an opportunity lost. This has to be an opportunity found.B次元官网网址�
He added that he hopes Trudeau got the message during his latest West Coast vacation.
B次元官网网址淥ur hope is that our words remind him of his opportunity to lead and have a positive impact through his leadership in relation to some of the most fundamental issues to humanityB次元官网网址檚 future, including climate change and including environmental sustainability,B次元官网网址� Custerra said noting Trudeau was visiting while the West Coast was celebrating the anniversary of the Meares Island Tribal Park declaration.
B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 here on this very significant weekend that protected the territory that heB次元官网网址檚 here enjoying and being inspired by,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淲hen the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation prevented clear-cut logging on Meares Island, they safeguarded clean water and healthy habitat for everyone who lives in and visits Tofino.B次元官网网址�
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