Former Prime Minister’s Office principal secretary Gerald Butts said the protestors who gathered outside the venue for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s retreat in Hamilton will not be the last generation to misuse their civil liberties. .“These folks are not the first people in history to take selfish advantage of the freedoms granted them by their democratic country to put on a show for the cameras,” said Butts in a Wednesday tweet. .Butts was commenting on a video of the protest, which showed demonstrators shouting and swearing at police officers. .The video starts off with one police officer moving away a protestor. Members of Trudeau’s team walk through the crowd while protestors attempted to confront them..Protestors waved flags and held signs with anti-Trudeau messages. One protestor walked up to an official to scream in his face before a police officer pushes him away. .Ontario Association of Radiologists President Dr. David Jacobs asked Butts what's the alternative to democracy in Canada. .“You don't like the behaviour, but don't blame it on democracy,” said Jacobs. .“Freedoms under the Charter are sacrosanct.”.Rebel News editor-in-chief Sheila Gunn Reid said this “isn't the hot take you think it is.” .“It's not selfish to express a democratic right to tell the leader of this country exactly what they think of him,” said Gunn Reid. .“What's telling is you think it's some kind of show.” .Protestors gathered to hurl insults at Trudeau and his cabinet members during his cabinet retreat in Hamilton on Tuesday. .READ MORE: WATCH: Dozens of angry protestors swarm Trudeau in Hamilton.Trudeau said he would not let a handful of angry people interfere with Canada's democratic processes..A group of people displeased with the Canadian government was protesting outside the retreat since it began. Dozens of people have gathered outside the hotel where Trudeau was staying to wave Canadian flags and honk their horns.
