Actress and activist Jane Fonda blasted Canada's prime minister on Wednesday at a panel discussion in Edmonton on Alberta's oilsands, accusing him of betraying his government's commitments made at the Paris climate talks.
At the time of the international climate talks in Paris, Fonda said she viewed Justin Trudeau as "the shining hope," but said he has since betrayed every commitment made there.
"I guess the lesson is, we shouldn't be fooled by good-looking liberals," Fonda said.
Fonda and three Indigenous chiefs, along with Canadian activist and actress Barbara Williams, attended the panel discussion Wednesday to criticize the federal government's approval of Enbridge's Line 3 and Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipelines.
CBC News is livestreaming the news conference, set to begin at 10:30 a.m. MT.
Fonda was in Fort McMurray on Tuesday to meet with Indigneous leaders and environmentalists. Outside a Moxie's restaurant she was approached by oilsands advocates and residents who criticized the 79-year-old actress's agenda.
"We're not here to trash Alberta, to trash Fort McMurray or the men and women who work in the tar sands, that's not our purpose," Fonda said at the panel discussion. "We are at a moment in human history that is absolutely unique, this has never happened before."
She warned that the world is running out of time to solve the problem of climate change and protect the planet.
The actress cancelled her scheduled interview with CBC Radio's Edmonton AM Wednesday morning and instead sent out a release saying she'll hold a news conference at the University of Alberta.
The pipeline approvals and the possible Keystone XL and Energy East pipelines will, the group said in a statement, "pave the way for continued tar sands expansion" and are "in direct conflict with Canada's commitments to Indigenous Rights."
They also plan to discuss the role of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Paris climate accord in pipeline development.
'We shouldn't be fooled by good-looking liberals': Jane Fonda blasts Canada's prime minister
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