"You're a climate criminal!": Canadian minister interrupted during press conference in Montreal

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Canada's Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault was interrupted during a press conference in Montreal on Thursday and called a "climate criminal" by a man who held up a sign and criticized the government for its inaction on tackling the climate crisis.

This comes as Enbridge plans to extend an oil pipeline through a tunnel beneath a waterway linking two of the Great Lakes, through Michigan in the U.S.

It also comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government faces criticism over Ottawa's decision to return gas turbines to Russia.

The damaging toll of record-breaking heat waves and wildfires are spurring calls for leaders to take action against climate change.