Trudeau's cross-country town halls are back with a new format and new skeptics
OTTAWA - Every town hall begins the same way: Prime Minister Justinarrives in a blue or white shirt with rolled-up sleeves, takes the microphone, waxes poetic about the state of the world and acknowledges the challenging years Canadians have recently faced.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the prime minister had limited his interactions with the public because of public-health measures that kept people distanced from one another. Some attendees said it forces people to be respectful because they're in a professional setting that often links to their workplace.
Many Canadians who attended the town halls know it's a rare opportunity to air their grievances face-to-face with the prime minister, and say they are grateful for the chance. However, Scott Reid, a former senior advisor to Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, cautioned that town halls can become a bubble that are not necessarily reflective of a nation's mood - even if there are some political benefits to holding them.Tyler Fulton, a cattle rancher in Manitoba, attended a town hall hosted by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Ottawa, where he asked a question about preserving prairie grasslands.
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