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The explosive debate around the Trans Mountain pipeline followed Justin Trudeau to Britain's capital on Wednesday, as environmental activists confronted the prime minister with calls to cancel the contentious project.
The activists from Greenpeace UK sought to make their point with an elaborate protest that included erecting a fake pipeline around the Canadian High Commission next to iconic Trafalgar Square that was labelled "Crudeau Oil."
Rappellers also scaled two of the diplomatic mission's Greek-style pillars and unfurled large banners with the same words as British police and high commission staff stood passively on the sidewalk below and watched.
The 30 activists had simply hoped to make their message with Trudeau in town, but they actually saw him — albeit for only a few quick seconds — when he departed the high commission for an women's rights event at city hall.
Trudeau didn't stop to make small talk while walking briskly to a waiting car as the activists yelled "Climate leaders don't build pipelines" and "Leave the tarsands in the ground," but he did thank them for coming out.
Pat Venditti, campaigns director at Greenpeace UK, and who originally hails from Niagara, said the activists wanted to show their objections to the Trudeau government's plan to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline.
"Many, many people oppose this, including First Nations, the province of British Columbia, the residents of Vancouver and Burnaby," said Venditti, whose organization did not ask permission for the banners or fake pipeline.
"And we're here to support them and to say if Mr. Trudeau wants to be a climate leader, he has to leave pipelines out of it."
Climate change will figure prominently in Trudeau's visit to London, where he will meet the Queen and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday before attending a Commonwealth leaders' meeting on Thursday.
The Commonwealth is expected to specifically focus on ocean protection while Trudeau has made defending the environment a key priority for Canada's G7 presidency this year.
