Federal Conservative leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre took to Twitter Friday to mock Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the PM was recently spotted greeting passengers on a BC train maskless. .Speaking in a mask on a plane, "Just like Justin Trudeau has insisted upon," Poilievre pointed out what he called Trudeau's "unmasked hypocrisy." ."...although he was at an event on a train the other day with his mask off surrounded by people in close quarters," said Poilievre in the video posted with his tweet. ."You see, it makes perfect sense, because the COVID virus always respects jurisdiction and that is a provincially regulated train."."Therefore, the virus will not spread, unlike this federally regulate airplane. That is the political science folks. Rules for thee, but not for he." .Earlier this week while on a trip to BC, Trudeau shook hands with riders on the provincially regulated Kettle Valley Steam Train outside Summerland, BC..Trudeau, himself, tweeted his meet and greet on the train on Monday as he made several stops in BC. ."It was all smiles on board the steam train in Summerland today!" said Trudeau. ."People came from across the country – and some even came from out of the country – to see all that the Okanagan Valley has to offer, and I can't say I blame them. Hope the rest of your trip went smoothly." .The PM was maskless for the photo op where he greeted and shook hands with several riders including a woman holding a sleeping child. .Meanwhile, the wearing of masks is still mandatory, as ordered by the Trudeau government, on all federally-regulated travel vessles. .Transport Canada was out with a tweet last month advising travellers they will face fines of up to $5,000 or possible removal from a train should they fail to wear a mask. .Because the train was provincially regulated and not federally, Trudeau was not breaking any laws by going maskless. However, the incident led to outcries of hypocrisy.
