When Trump Visits Ottawa… Shut It Down!

From Trump Unwelcoming Committee

At some point after his inauguration on January 20th, 2017, US President Donald Trump will visit Canada, and very likely Ottawa.

Every newly inaugurated US President since 1981, except for George W. Bush, has made Canada their first international visit. It’s become something of a tradition.

Justin Trudeau has are already extended congratulations to Trump on his victory, and invited him to visit Canada “at his earliest opportunity”.

We don’t know when exactly Trump will come to Ottawa, but a visit in 2017 seems a safe bet.

The Donald Trump UnWelcoming Committee invites you to join the organizing to resist Trump’s inevitable visit to Canada sometime in 2017!

While the exact details of Trump’s visit are still unknown, Canada is typically the first international trip of a newly inaugurated U.S. President. But we’re not waiting for specifics. We’re organizing now to resist and oppose Trump’s hate-filled agenda, and to confront those here in Canada that share his politics.

In solidarity with the massive and continuing anti-Trump protests across the United States, we aim to resist his racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, xenophobic, and far-right politics. We resist deportations and Muslim bans, call for open borders and cross-border alliances, and support peoples’ struggles, from the water defenders at Standing Rock to the Black Lives Matter movement.

We don’t put much stock in politicians or political parties – the only way we can build a truly better world is through creating and supporting the collective power grassroots networks and movements.

To that end, we are calling for large-scale, decentralized actions to take place when Trump visits Canada. We aim to create spaces for people to act and demonstrate with fewer relative risks, but we also support spaces where people can actively confront and disrupt any Trump-Trudeau meetings.