Trudeau cardboard cut-outs fall flat
Posted Mar 21, 2017 07:55:25 AM.
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Justin Trudeau may still be a big draw on the international circuit, but his cardboard stand-ins have fallen flat.
Global Affairs has instructed diplomatic missions in the United States to stop using life-size cardboard cut-outs of the prime minister to promote Canada.
Click here to see a tweet with a Trudeau cut-out.
The order follows the revelation last week that prime ministerial replicas turned up at an event last June organized by the Canadian consulate in Atlanta and earlier this month at a Canadian music festival in Austin, Tex.
The Canadian embassy in Washington also rush-ordered a cut-out of its own for use at Canada Day celebrations last year, at a cost of $147.79, including $72.80 for next-day delivery.
The embassy has not explained whether the cardboard Trudeau was ever actually used.
Regardless, it will now have to go into storage.
