Don’t be fooled by ‘good-looking Liberals:’ Fonda on Trudeau’s climate action
EDMONTON — As far as Jane Fonda is concerned, there’s only one lesson to be drawn from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent approval of two oilsands pipeline projects.
“The lesson is we shouldn’t be fooled by good-looking Liberals,” the Hollywood icon said Wednesday in Edmonton, where she appeared to support indigenous leaders in their concerns over fossil fuel development.
Fonda — as well as chiefs from Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia — said environmentalists everywhere were impressed by Trudeau’s appearance at international climate talks held in Paris in late 2015.
“We all thought, well, cool guy,” she said. “What a disappointment.