A group of protesters blocked the ramp to the departures area at Trudeau International Airport for several hours on Wednesday, causing a traffic backlog in the area.
Three of the protesters, who were carrying a sign that said “oil kills,” glued themselves to the ground and refused to move.
The group Last Generation Canada said in an Instagram post that the protest was one of several undertaken simultaneously at airports in Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Austria and Finland.
“We are part of an international uprising to end oil by 2030,” the group’s post said. “We are demanding our government endorse the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty proposal and implement a national firefighting agency.”
Montreal police said the airport requested assistance around 10:30 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they found six protesters shouting environmental slogans. Three of them left, but the other three glued themselves to the ground.
Long lines of traffic extended away from the airport for several kilometres.
By 2 p.m., the protesters had been unglued.
A spokesperson for the airport said “a concerted action by a group of individuals is causing delays in accessing the YUL airport site,” but added that the site was still accessible and there was no impact on flight operations.
Images from the scene showed travellers exiting their cars and walking past the traffic to get to the terminal.