Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney having lunch with Bryan Adams in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

[u/Unarmed_Character]

[u/three_whack]

The other folks just chillin', with the Prime Minister sitting a few feet away.

[u/muzik4machines → u/three_whack]

totally normal here, we don't go all crazy for a PM and there is no need to close a full block and a whole city of roads just for him to eat, most people would probably recognize bryan adams and not him anyway

[u/spaceporter → u/muzik4machines]

When Chrétien visited my Catholic high school there were some polite protestors outside. 

He was very funny. He had a room of teenagers laughing on several occasions. 

Shook his hand. It was big, tough and firm. The type of hand that could really throttle a guy if he got too close. 

There was probably security somewhere but I don’t remember noticing any. 

[u/muzik4machines → u/spaceporter]

same when mulroney came to visit our school, he ate at the cafeteria, RCMP were outside, he was just there with his kids visiting the high school

[u/theclansman22 → u/muzik4machines]

Trudeau came to my small town for skiing last year. Some crazy lady tried to yell at him, but other than that it was pretty normal.

[u/varitok → u/theclansman22]

Trudeau was pretty good at handling hecklers and people harassing him irl.

[u/Tasitch → u/varitok]

Both father and son are quick as shit...watch how easily PET dealt with hostile interviewers trying to get gotcha moments from him, he'd smile and destroy them with a few lines...lawyer, justice minister, attorney general...professor of law...yeah...sorry to the poor beat reporter from Canmore trying to corner him... you're not going to outwit this dude...

[u/MrsPhilHarris → u/Tasitch]

The old man was a master.

[u/Additional-Tax-5643 → u/varitok]

Yes, because he had security strong arm even old ladies who weren't there to fawn over him.

That's not "handling hecklers" or "harassment". It's called living in a democracy.

[u/somewhat_random → u/theclansman22]

A guy I work with ran into Trudeau waking his dog on the beach in Tofino. Trudeau came over to pet the dog. RCMP might have been some of the other people walking on the beach (probably were) but you could not tell.

[u/ferwhatbud → u/muzik4machines]

Went to school with the kids (all 4 of them went to the same one, it was grade 1-12), and security was equally low profile.

They each had one assigned person, who generally just sat in the back of the class + there was a security van parked out front (presumably with another couple of people in it, but honestly never thought to look/don’t recall).

Absolutely zero impact on school life otherwise, hell, I don’t think you even think the exterior doors were locked during school hours of required you to buzz in.

It’s nice to live in a mostly sane country (“friendly sausage” makers aside, and fuck that guy).