Federal Liberal leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau spent Wednesday in the London area talking about his vision for Canada.
He has raised more money than all other eight leadership candidates combined, but will need help from both supporters and those on the fence to rebuild the party.
The MP for the Montreal riding of Papineau began the day at the grain farm of Paul Toohey & Sons Inc. in Lucan, trying to reach out to rural voters.
Former Liberal MP Ralph Ferguson says “He’s obviously got a grasp of some of the problems that are facing us.”
When asked, Trudeau didn’t offer a specific solution for farmers and rural voters, but said “I’m going to allow for an awful a lot more free votes to allow [MPs] to represent the concerns of their ridings, the concerns of their communities.”
Trudeau is the only leadership candidate running without a platform, because he says he wants to build one together.
That doesn’t sit well with some opposition supporters like Nate Sussman who says “Basically all he said is I don’t have a platform because I’m making one as I go along.”
Trudeau later addressed a big crowd at Western University, where he discussed bringing back the Katimavik program, the leadership race and legalizing marijuana.
“Legalizing and taxing and regulating not only does a better job of keeping it out of the hands of criminal gangs…but it actually does a better job of keeping it out of the hands of our kids.”
The final topic got a warm response from the packed venue.
Liberals will cast their votes for the the next Liberal leader the week of April 6th, with a winner announced April 14th.
