Protesters, airplane watchers gather in Alberta as leaders head to G7
Aircraft enthusiasts are founded at Calgary International Airport, hoping to see exciting aircraft lands to begin the summit of G7 leaders in the nearby Kanaskis.
Corbin Johnson wants to take a look at the plane carrying US President Donald Trump.
Johnson said on Saturday, while looking at an imaging area of the airport, “The Air Force 1 is absolutely gold standard, but I think myself and everyone are very excited to see that all other planes are coming.”
Spot is also one of the three -specified demonstration zones of the police in Calgary, another in Banff.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is home to the leaders of the USA, France, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Italy, which is expected to arrive on Sunday to start a three -day summit in Kanaskis in the southwest of the Rocky Mountains. Some leaders of non -members, including Ukraine and India, will also participate.
Johnson, a camera around his neck, said he had sent all the aircraft photos to Instagram.
“My love for the planes, I can say that we started here, where we stand. My family would take me to the aircraft point and look at all the planes that would come here,” he said.
“This is definitely my hobby number 1. Something you can do as full -time as you want.”
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20 -year -old Jaidon Phelps is an enthusiastic pilot working at Westjet. It was in the imaging area at 6 am on Sunday.
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“It is great to be a part of what is happening and to see which aircraft come from various nations and most importantly see whether we can get the Air Force 1,” he said.
“This is just the size of what is. Something you always want to see.”
The aircraft observers tend to share Intel, some people state that Japanese delegation in early Sundays depends on Canada. There was also discussion of the best position to see the planes arrived.
Because the leaders are planned to arrive in hundreds of protesters from several different groups in front of the Calgary City Hall, another of the designated protest zones in the city.
The prescribed, “Yankee Go Home”, “Dirsows Up” and “True North Strong and Feved” had a definite Trump prejudice.
Leanne Mackenzie said she lived in California for 20 years before returning to Canada and that she was uncomfortable with the national guards there.
Last week, Trump ordered the National Guard and Marine to Los Angeles after the protesters who fought with federal immigration application raids blocked a highway and set fire to the cars.
The governor of California opposed the deployment and the state filed a lawsuit to stop them.
“Since Trump is here for the so -called G7, I am going to protest fascism in the USA because Trump is here for the so -called G7.”
“As far as I understand, this protest is broadcast live.
Self -defining grandmother Lesley Boyer was sitting in a wheelchair with a sign of a confused humiliating Trump.
“Both grandfather fought the fascists and (Trump’s) 51. I am very worried about the state interpretation and I am very afraid that he can actually try something,” he said.
Although domestic air traffic continues to flow normally, this weekend is far from doing business at Calgary Airport as usual.
Police said that they received indicators that the protesters are expected and that the demonstrations will be broadcast on TVs for the leaders in Kananaskis.
RCMP Chief Supt. David Hall said he wanted the protests to be peaceful.
“We know that it is important that people’s messages are seen and heard by world leaders, and therefore we have established live broadcasts,” he said.
“We are not beliefs, not police behaviors.
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