REGINA – As part of his campaign to the province, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said federal politicians need to focus more on Aboriginal issues.
Trudeau is the first party leader to bring his campaign to Saskatchewan.
Beginning the morning in Regina, he told residents at the Downtown Farmer’s Market about his party’s plan to bolster the middle class.
“As middle class jobs in Saskatchewan and across Canada disappear, folks struggle to make ends meet. And Mr. Harper still has no plan to help,” he said.
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Trudeau traveled to communities in northern Saskatchewan later in the afternoon to survey just how close wildfires came to destroying the town of La Ronge.
But it’s in the northern part of the province, in a large riding roughly 70 per cent aboriginal, where Trudeau said politicians from Ottawa need to step up their game.
“It’s about time representatives in Ottawa understand challenges and opportunities in this part of the country,” said Trudeau.
He added he also supports a national wildfire strategy.
Trudeau’s campaign will make a stop in Saskatoon Thursday.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper is expected to visit the province on Thursday.
With files from Global’s Mike McKinnon
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