Two people have been arrested after a Tesla car dealership in Montreal was vandalized on Wednesday, adding to the growing global number of incidents targeting the electric vehicle manufacturer.
According to Montreal police, they received a 911 call about the incident at the dealership in the Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough at 10 a.m. Two 21-year-old men were allegedly detained by police when they arrived at the pink spray-painted building. Later that day, both suspects were given their freedom with the promise to appear in court in May. Activist group Last Generation Canada said it was behind the defacing of the building in a statement sent to Global News. This is the same group that blocked the Jacques-Cartier Bridge last fall in a climate action protesting the fossil fuel industry.The group said it is demanding that Canada “stand up to Tesla’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, who is destroying democracies and spreading climate denial.” The statement says the group is also calling on the Canadian government to create a Climate Disaster Protection Agency to help Canadians whose homes, communities, lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by extreme weather — such as wildfires and floods — caused by fossil fuels.
“[We] want the government to pay for the agency by taxing the extremely wealthy, who are largely to blame for the climate crisis,” “Canadians remain unprotected in the face of climate disaster and threats posed by Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The social contract is broken – it’s time for Canadians to disrupt business as usual to ensure our protection and make the rich pay for what they’ve done,” the statement reads.
Tesla dealership in Quebec vandalized, 2 people arrested
