‘Hands off’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump
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People in several cities across Canada rallied again Sunday to tell Donald Trump to keep his "hands off" after he has repeatedly suggested Canada should become the 51st state.
Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty.
Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House of late, the echo from Trump’s repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians’ ears.
In Montreal, hundreds gathered in Mount Royal Park in a show of solidarity against the belittling comments, with some sporting signs dotted with maple leaves and fleur-de-lis reading, “Hands off” and “Canada is already great.”
At the foot of a monument topped by a winged goddess of liberty, artists, politicians and the former head of Doctors Without Borders warned about the dangers to free speech, democratic integrity and Canadian independence posed by the Trump administration.
“The threat to our sovereignty is absolutely insane,” said Jonathan Trivisonno, 36, who said he felt “shock” on first hearing Trump’s suggestions of annexation, which included references to the former prime minister as “governor Justin Trudeau.”
“It’s very discouraging. We’ve been friends for so long. My partner’s American, my best friend is American. We’re intertwined” — but distinct, he stressed, sporting an “elbows up” sign drawn by his partner and featuring a Canada goose fending off a peckish American eagle.
Canadian and Quebec flags threaded the crowd, which let out cheers and boos as a nearby snare drummer tapped out a soundtrack, giving the event a faintly martial air.
“You’re at home and then you hear that Donald Trump maybe wants to invade Canada, and that all the Trumpist values can come and contaminate us,” said event organizer and renowned Quebec journalist Alain Saulnier.
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