Climate activists blocked the Concorde bridge leading to the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit, where the Grand Prix takes place on Sunday Canadian Formula 1 Prize.
A handful of demonstrators briefly interrupted traffic on the bridge linking the island of Montreal to the island of Sainte-Hélène, around 10:30 a.m.
Wearing pink bibs, the group sat in the middle of the road, blocking the way to cars.
Demanded by Last Generation Canada, the demonstration aimed to denounce the government’s inaction in the face of the climate emergency.
“We cannot continue life as usual when our country is burning,” said a spokesperson for the organization, Laura Sullivan.
According to her, five demonstrators were arrested during the event, which ended after around thirty minutes.
“The public reaction was violent. Someone pushed a demonstrator, a taxi crossed the blockade, she lamented. We are a non-violent civil resistance organization. »
The Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) confirmed that traffic had resumed on the bridge.
The results of the event will be communicated later in the day, indicated the spokesperson for the police force, Caroline Chèvrefils.
In February, demonstrators from the same organization sprayed paint on the office of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Among its demands, the group calls for the creation of a federal wildfire agency.
He also urges the government to set up a citizens’ assembly “which would have the power to make legally binding decisions to manage the climate and ecological crisis”.
“We can no longer trust our criminal government to take the necessary steps to save us, given that they have let decades pass without action on this crisis. We must put power back in the hands of ordinary people to achieve the change needed to ensure a livable future,” its website reads.