The co-owner of a bar in central Alberta doesn91裸聊视频檛 regret hanging up a large pinata of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Canada Day weekend.

Rob Newell admits, however, that in retrospect securing it with a rope around Trudeau91裸聊视频檚 neck at Burgundy91裸聊视频檚 Bar and Stage in Red Deer could have been done differently.

91裸聊视频淭he only downfall was for structural reasons we had to Zip-Tie the rope around his neck because someone would hit it once, it would have fallen,91裸聊视频� Newell said Tuesday.

The pinata idea was sound, he said, and customers in the bar got a kick out of it.

91裸聊视频淲e were putting together the Canada Day party and I said it91裸聊视频檇 be funny to make a Justin Trudeau pinata. We filled it with money, candy and little notes of things he promised. It was all just in fun,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 no surprise that people in Alberta don91裸聊视频檛 like the guy, so I knew it would get some traction.91裸聊视频�

Newell said if Trudeau came into his bar, he91裸聊视频檇 be served just like any other customer.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 hate the guy.91裸聊视频�

Finding a pinata of the prime minister wasn91裸聊视频檛 easy, so Newell made it himself, he said.

91裸聊视频淚t turned out perfectly.91裸聊视频�

Newell said he isn91裸聊视频檛 surprised by the online backlash, but noted there have been more bitter protests against the Trudeau government.

He pointed to a convoy of big rigs from Western Canada that drove to Ottawa in protest of a perceived lack of federal support for the oil and gas industry.

91裸聊视频淚 saw kids carrying signs with Trudeau on fire and I thought that91裸聊视频檚 a little intense,91裸聊视频� Newell said. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a lot more going on than a pinata at a party.91裸聊视频�

Three years ago, when she was Alberta premier, a picture of Rachel Notley91裸聊视频檚 face was put up on a target at an oilmen91裸聊视频檚 golf tournament in Brooks, Alta. The event organizer said it was done because of frustration with the NDP government91裸聊视频檚 policies.

The target was taken down and he apologized a few days later.

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91裸聊视频� By Bill Graveland in Calgary.

The Canadian Press

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