Citizens and tourists welcomed the Canadian prime minister as “persona non grata”. Justin Trudeau in ski resort at British Columbiawhere he enjoys his Christmas holidays every year.

Many tourists who saw him in his ski equipment were quick to express their strong displeasure to him, while they did not hesitate to even show him the… exit from their area.

Two videos that have been uploaded to social media are making the rounds on the internet, capturing the discomfort of the citizens.

The Canadian newspaper National Post has posted the relevant videos on its website with the prime minister of the country listening to the caustic comments of his fellow citizens who ask him to “unfasten” from British Columbia.

In one of the millions-viewed videos, a woman seeing Trudeau in the parking lot of RED Mountain Resort in Rossland, British Columbia rushes to shake his hand, saying, “Please, get out of British Columbia.”

In another video, the Canadian prime minister is pictured enjoying his dinner at a RED-like restaurant, “the aprés bar” of the ski resort.

There is also a man in the restaurant holding a smartphone with a photo of Trudeau in blackface, which he hurries to show to the prime minister sitting at the next table. This was a photo from a school party in 2001 where Trudeau had dressed up as Aladdin and had his face painted with black makeup. After the photo was revealed with this controversial practice of “blackface” or “brownface”, Trudeau apologized to his fellow citizens.

This particular man, as the National Post writes, visited the restaurant to sing folk songs, mocking Canada’s strongman. In a video on Facebook, the song is also heard: “Hey, hey Trudeau, you know it’s time to get out, get out of our government and go for walks in the snow.”

It is noted that Trudeau worked as a ski instructor in the mid-1990s, and the trips he took to the ski resorts with his family during the early years of his premiership were well-publicized and well received. After a ski trip to Whistler in 2016, Trudeau drew media attention by commenting on the safety of the ski slopes, where he does his favorite sport. “I was very happy to be able to see the safety systems which are as good on the tracks as anywhere else in the world,” he had said at the time.

On the contrary, Trudeau’s visit to RED Mountain this year was organized in such a way as to remain as far from the public eye as possible. For its part, the Canadian prime minister’s office provided few details about Trudeau’s travels, revealing only that he would visit “British Columbia” with “no scheduled public events.” It was only by following the movements of the prime minister’s jet that it became clear that Trudeau was in Kelowna for Boxing Day (December 26).

Castanet, a Kelowna-based media outlet, confirmed that an RCAF Challenger jet was parked at Kelowna International Airport that afternoon.

Trudeau visited British Columbia at a time when his popularity has plummeted and opposition parties say they are determined to topple his government at the first opportunity. The House of Commons is scheduled to reconvene on January 27, meaning Trudeau’s minority Liberal government could fall on a no-confidence motion, sending the country into early elections. All the while, dozens of Liberal MPs are openly calling for the resignation of the Canadian prime minister.

In going to the Kootenays, Trudeau traveled to an area of ​​the country where dissatisfaction with his government’s work is particularly strong. The woman who expressed her discomfort without hesitation upon seeing Trudeau is Emily Duggan, a Kootenays-based activist who has fought against gender identity curricula in public schools, the Toronto Sun reports.

Summoning his cool, the Canadian prime minister responded to the Canadian’s offensive comments: “Haha, have a great day ma’am.” He then walked away and headed towards a child believed to be Trudeau’s 10-year-old son, Hadrien. It is not known, however, if Trudeau’s entire family followed him on his ski trip.