Trudeau stumps for Liberal byelection candidate in Tory stronghold
MEDICINE HAT – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was greeted by a couple of thousand enthusiastic supporters Thursday evening at a byelection campaign event in Medicine Hat, a southeastern Alberta city known for its staunch support of the Conservative party.
“I am so excited to be back,” Trudeau shouted to the 800 people packed inside the venue, noting that he accompanied his father on a visit when he was just seven months old.
“The last time a Liberal prime minister came to Medicine Hat, it was 1972. I was there but what’s important from that visit of my father in 1972, from a historical perspective, that was the moment that we started the decades-long dominance of the Liberal Party of Canada in southern Alberta.”
Trudeau quickly made it clear to the cheering crowd he was joking, since the Liberals have never registered in southern Alberta.