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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending this afternoon in Winnipeg, rallying support and donations a year before the next federal vote.
The Free Press has learned Trudeau will take part in an announcement from clothing manufacturer Canada Goose bringing 700 jobs in the city, take questions from seniors, and meet with Premier Brian Pallister, ahead of a Liberal party fundraiser in the evening.
Trudeau arrives midday in Winnipeg. At around 1 p.m., he’ll tour a massive Canada Goose plant on Mountain Avenue. The company believes the 128,000-square-feet facility will add hundreds of new jobs over the next three years.
Around 2:30 p.m., Trudeau will take questions from seniors at the Carriage House North on Leila Avenue.
The seniors’ centre is located in Kildonan–St. Paul, a riding where Liberal insiders say they’re trying to shore up support ahead of next year’s vote. The seat is held by MaryAnn Mihychuk, who has made outreach to seniors a key part of her constituency work.
In the afternoon, Trudeau will meet with Pallister at the Manitoba Legislative Building. The premier will also meet with the Liberals’ new intergovernmental affairs minister, Dominic LeBlanc. The two will likely see eye-to-eye on the need to cut down on interprovincial barriers to trade.
LeBlanc is in charge of trying to restore provincial support for the federal carbon tax. Manitoba’s flat tax will fall short of the rising federal benchmark in 2020, but other provinces have outright cancelled their plans for the levy, leaving the Liberals praising the Manitoba plan while criticizing it for missing the target.
In the evening, Trudeau will attend a Liberal party fundraiser at the Fort Garry Hotel, which most guests have paid $400 to attend.
Trudeau last visited Winnipeg on a “town hall” tour Jan. 31, taking questions on everything from immigration to treaty rights and the Churchill railway at the University of Manitoba athletic centre.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer visited Winnipeg for two days in late August, holding a roundtable on public safety issues and a barbecue with the Tory candidate in St. Boniface-St. Vital — a riding the party is keen to take back from Liberal MP Dan Vandal.
dylan.robertson@freepress.mb.ca