Environmental activists disrupt access to the Montreal airport again [Video]

Environmental activists have caused disruptions outside Montreal Trudeau International Airport for three consecutive days protesting Canadian fossil fuel policy.

On Friday around 12:30 p.m., three people with activist group Last Generation Canada glued their hands to a road that connects the airport’s departure and arrival ramps, temporarily blocking vehicle access to the terminal.

Shortly before 2 p.m., the group issued a news release saying it is demanding that Ottawa “sign a legally binding treaty to stop extracting and burning oil, gas and coal by 2030.”

Pointing to the wildfire that devastated Jasper, Alta., earlier this week, the group called on the government to create what it calls a “permanent national firefighting agency that employs 50,000 full-time firefighters and a citizens’ assembly … to tackle the climate and ecological crisis.” 

Airport authorities said on the X platform that the protest delayed passengers from accessing the terminal. Police spokesperson Véronique Dubuc said …