WINNIPEG – Federal Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau says his party will pay more attention to what the provinces need than the Conservatives if they’re elected in October.
“For far too long we’ve had a government in Ottawa that hasn’t listened to concerns of the provinces or even local MPs,” he told Global Winnipeg’s Morning News Thursday. “MPs have become their prime minister’s voice in their ridings rather than really be the riding’s voice in Ottawa.”
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Trudeau is on a tour of Canada ahead of the Oct. 19 federal election.
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Trudeau pointed to climate change infrastructure that could better handle Manitoba’s flooding and the closure of the Experimental Lakes Area as local issues of importance.
He also said the Liberals would fund an all-weather road to Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, which was made into an island when Winnipeg’s drinking-water aqueduct was built a century ago. He pointed to that as an example of a different approach to First Nations in Canada that would focus on creating a respectful partnership.
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Trudeau also took the opportunity to talk up his party’s plan for the child benefit, which he said would provide more money to families.
Watch the full interview above.
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