A craft brewery in Gateway Village, P.E.I., says their delivery van was vandalized on Saturday — the latest act of “hate,” they claim, after the business posted a photo of their staff with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last Friday.
Trudeau had lunch at their brewpub on July 29, Lone Oak said in a Facebook post on Saturday. Read more: Trudeau: Russia is trying to ‘divide’ western allies over turbine issue “We want to be clear that any elected official from a democratic country, representing any political stripe, is welcome at Lone Oak and we would be more than happy to take a photo with them,” said the brewery.
After posting the photo with Trudeau on Facebook, Lone Oak said it received a chain of negative and vulgar comments, private messages, and phone calls directed at the business and its staff.
The company posted a photo on Facebook of their van with a smashed windshield on Saturday. “The hate is still there and this time it has gone way too far,” the company said in its Facebook post. “Our delivery driver found our Lone Oak van vandalized this morning as shown in the photo attached to this post.” They said law enforcement had been contacted and they are taking the necessary steps to protect their staff.