Police issue 99 trespass citations during pipeline protest on Parliament Hill

Image Courtesy of THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Image Courtesy of THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press, October 24, 2016 

OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s conflicting climate and pipeline policies were thrown into sharp relief Monday as more than 200 protesters marched on Parliament Hill demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reject any new oilsands infrastructure.

The protest resulted in the brief detention of 99 individuals, all of them issued citations by the RCMP for trespassing after climbing over police barricades near the foot of the Peace Tower.

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