Trudeau and his ministers are in Halifax for a three-day cabinet retreat to prepare for the upcoming fall sitting of Parliament.
Members of the Liberal government cabinet say they have 'tremendous confidence' in Prime Minister Trudeau despite polling numbers and questions surrounding his leadership.
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"All of us here have tremendous confidence in the prime minister. We have confidence in him as the leader of our government, as the prime minister of Canada, and we have confidence in him as our party's leader," Trudeau’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters on Monday in Halifax…etc…
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"Anyone that wants to be the prime minister of this country has to have a vision for Canada and I think the prime minister is doing a great job in making sure that he's reflecting (on) what Canadians are saying and hearing," Trudeau’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Monday.
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Leading up to the retreat in Halifax, there had been speculation that Trudeau might shuffle his cabinet as a reset for his minority Liberal government, but so far, that has yet to happen.
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Two other federal byelections are coming up on Sept. 16 in the ridings of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que., and Elmwood-Transcona, Man. The Liberal party has won all three elections in the Quebec riding since it was created, but recent polling shows it could be a three-way race between the major federal parties.
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"I'm confident that we can win the byelection in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun," Trudeau’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters.
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But Joly also admitted the Liberals have more work to do.
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"Are people ‘preoccupied’ about affordability, housing? Of course they are, and we're not (
completely?) disconnected from that.
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So we need to work on it, and we need to be able to provide the hope that is necessary in these times where a lot of people are feeling lots of anxiety," Joly said.
Anxiety?