The grand opening of the newest Trump Tower, located in downtown Vancouver, drew scores of protesters on Tuesday who denounced the president's policies.
Outside, meanwhile, protesters wrote anti-Trump messages on sticky notes they attached to the side of the new building, as well as in chalk on the sidewalk.
People are leaving messages in chalk and on post-it notes outside #Trump Tower as the ribbon-cutting takes place in… https://t.co/pYRqTYxelz
Here's one of them: #TrumpVancouver
The protest threatened to overshadow the grand opening of the new Trump Tower.
That awkward moment on the tour when they lead us right to a perfect view of the protesters waiting outside the Tru… https://t.co/SMow7XmPCT
The Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver, as it is formally known, has been in the works since 2009. Construction was halted multiple times as tenants and building designs kept changing, but it is now the second-tallest building in the city at 63 storeys.
The Trump Organization, however, claims the building is actually 69 storeys tall, counting underground parking levels to arrive at that number. (Nice.)
The project has been a source of controversy for more than a year.
Protest is brewing in #Vancouver #TRUMP tower as cars drive by honking
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has previously asked the company behind the construction, the Holburn Group, to disassociate itself from the Trump brand after the idea of a "Muslim ban" was first announced in late 2015.
"Trump's name and brand have no more place on Vancouver's skyline than his ignorant ideas have in the modern world," Robertson wrote in a letter to CEO Joo Kim Tiah.
In a recent poll a majority of Canadians also said they want developers in the country to stop using the Trump name.