Justin Trudeau helped kick off the Northumberlnad – Peterborough South nomination for Kim Rudd at the LiUNA hall on Dodge Street in Cobourg on Friday, October 19, 2018.
The hall was packed with supporters for the event and the Cobourg Police Pipes and Drums played a number of songs before the Prime Minister arrived.
Trudeau cheered along with many others as Kim Rudd’s Team Trudeau 2019 nomination event officially kicked off.
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal team are focused on a positive plan to strengthen the middle class, grow the economy, and make life better for Ontario families. More than 58,000 Ontarians have registered as new Liberals in the last two years alone – and that grassroots support is continuing to grow every day.
After speeches by Trudeau and Rudd, they both made their way through the crowd stopping to chat with supporters and pose for selfies.
Rudd said speaking with the media how thrilled she was to have the Prime Minister of Canada announce her nomination for 2019.
“It was a great crowd, really energized and it was great to have the pipe band playing.”
“It shows our community and the uniqueness of Northumberland – Peterborough South.”
In recent years the Prime Minister has been locally six times.
“I believe in this country we have 338 ridings. Each one is important to our Prime Minister, each one is important to the fabric of our country. Having the Prime Minister here tells all of us that this riding is important to him.
Prior to the nomination of Rudd, the Prime Minister and Rudd met four representatives from Northumberland and Peterborough who are on the Ontario Diary Council along with two other local farmers.
It’s been reported that Canadian dairy farmers stand to lose 3.59 per cent of their market to U.S. producers.
Rudd said the dairy farmers were “thrilled” at the chance to sit down and speak with the Prime Minister.
“It was really put together quite quickly,” said Rudd.
“We were also able to make a deal that was good for Canada and Canadians broadly and we were able to get rid of Chapter 19 and a whole number of things. So from the dairy farmers perspective what they want is to relieve some of the uncertainty right now. What’s going to do that is there is going to be a working group established make up of dairy farmers and others to talk about what the best solutions are. So it won’t be the government saying, “this is the way it is.”
“It will be the sector telling us this is the way we need it to be. I think that’s key to getting the right deal for everyone.”
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love
