Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent Easter weekend with his family in Tofino.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a really cool spot that he loves coming back to,91裸聊视频� Tourism Tofino chair JJ Belanger told the Westerly News. 91裸聊视频淗e loves to surf and he loves the quiet and the solitude that he gets here. Sure, there91裸聊视频檚 always going to be a few people that are rumbling about it, that91裸聊视频檚 their choice. But, I think, when he comes here, he enjoys it and that91裸聊视频檚 what not only keeps him coming back, it91裸聊视频檚 what keeps all of our guests coming back.91裸聊视频�
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Belanger said the Prime Minister is 91裸聊视频渙ne of the 599,000 guests that enjoys coming to Tofino annually91裸聊视频� and that Tofino is well-accustomed to hosting public figures, like politicians and celebrities, graciously.
91裸聊视频淚 think our community does a really good job of letting them enjoy their vacation and that91裸聊视频檚 something that makes Tofino a very special place for people,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淭hey have a job to do, as do you and as do I. When I go away on vacation, I don91裸聊视频檛 want to think about my job. So, if these people come to our community and we91裸聊视频檙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 he91裸聊视频檚 staying and he uses the products and services that we have while he91裸聊视频檚 here. He91裸聊视频檚 just like any other guest and I don91裸聊视频檛 think we should treat him any differently91裸聊视频hen he91裸聊视频檚 on vacation, nobody should be talking about his job. Let him enjoy his vacation.91裸聊视频�
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 government91裸聊视频檚 Trans Mountain Pipeline purchase.
91裸聊视频淏e bold and creative, it is not often we have the potential to reach a politician whose decisions impact our lives,91裸聊视频� the statement read.
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Friends of Clayoquot Sound campaigner Jeh Custerra told the Westerly News that he had heard Trudeau was returning to Tofino over the weekend and hoped for an opportunity 91裸聊视频渢o hold him accountable.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淗ow can we hold him accountable? Because this is someone who has the opportunity to influence not only Canada, but the world,91裸聊视频� 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.
91裸聊视频淚 stuck around and ended up talking to him before and after his dinner91裸聊视频n our first interaction, I told him we have one earth and that the water, climate and land need to be protected. 91裸聊视频楻emember why you91裸聊视频檙e here Justin,91裸聊视频� is what I said,91裸聊视频� he said.
Custera again voiced frustration over the Trans Mountain pipeline decision and also expressed concerns over the Trudeau government91裸聊视频檚 absence of charges against mining company Imperial Metals regarding the 2014 Mount Polley disaster.
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91裸聊视频淗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,91裸聊视频� Custerra said. 91裸聊视频淭he [United Nations] is saying we have 12 years to change humanity91裸聊视频檚 relationship with energy production91裸聊视频his is his opportunity and this can91裸聊视频檛 be an opportunity lost. This has to be an opportunity found.91裸聊视频�
He added that he hopes Trudeau got the message during his latest West Coast vacation.
91裸聊视频淥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 humanity91裸聊视频檚 future, including climate change and including environmental sustainability,91裸聊视频� Custerra said noting Trudeau was visiting while the West Coast was celebrating the anniversary of the Meares Island Tribal Park declaration.
91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 here on this very significant weekend that protected the territory that he91裸聊视频檚 here enjoying and being inspired by,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲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.91裸聊视频�
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