

Easter egg: Trudeau’s line, “We have to navigate through this together with clear eyes and steady hands,” was a throwback to words used by HILLARY CLINTON. The party, as a tradition and courtesy, said it offered a handful of passes to the Conservative party but their proposition was rejected. POLITICO’s KYLE DUGGAN has takeaways: Trudeau taunts rival: ‘Too woke!? Wake up!’ĭuggan and NICK TAYLOR-VAISEY also dig into what’s at stake at the Liberal convention. The 2023 Liberal convention kicked off in Ottawa on Thursday.

“American-style” politics is the future in Canada. They cheered equally as loud when Trudeau advocated for a women’s right to choose. The crowd, packed wall to wall with delegates, roared. “Hey, Pierre Poilievre, it’s time for you to wake up.” “They either say investing in Canadians is a waste of money, or that our policies are too woke. Clip of the night: Trudeau, looking straight at the camera, pointed and spoke to an imaginary Poilievre. “It will be the honor of my life to lead us through it,” the Liberal leader said of the coming election - another attempt to quash whispers he’s not up for the job.

Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU’s keynote speech at the Liberal national convention on Thursday night was as formulaic as they come - and a friendly crowd, relishing its first in-person convention since 2018, ate it all up. Plus, we have party circuit spotteds.įIRST THOUGH - Ottawa Playbook has been nominated in the National Media Awards Foundation’s 8th annual Digital Publishing Awards. Elsewhere, the first cracks in FRANÇOIS LEGAULT’s CAQ government are showing.

Today, JUSTIN TRUDEAU gets the re-election party started before jettisoning off to London for another king-making soirée. I’m your host Zi-Ann Lum with the rest of the POLITICO Canada team. Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Zi-Ann | Follow Politico Canada
