Trudeau’s pledge to ban tanker traffic from parts of the B.C. coastline was overshadowed by the announcement late Thursday that his candidate in the Vancouver-area riding of South Surrey-White Rock had quit over Facebook posts about marijuana and cancer.
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“It is not federal government’s role to pick which rapid transit project is most suitable for Vancouver or other cities across the country”.
He said much of his plan revolves around summer work, which has demonstrated “tremendous effectiveness” in past.
The move puts the Liberals at odds with the Conservatives who favour a pipeline to the West Coast to move Alberta oil overseas to Asia-Pacific markets.
Trudeau said Liberal policy would be to control and regulate marijuana, because right now it is in the hands of organized criminals, street gangs and gun-runners.
Trudeau said his party would follow through on that promise if elected October. 19, but confused business owners with comments in an interview with the CBC, which aired Tuesday night, that seemed to suggest many were using the reduced tax rate to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. After taking questions from reporters, Trudeau mingled with staff inside the office, posed for photographs and had a brief meeting in a room with city manager Penny Ballem and chief engineer Jerry Dobrovolny.
Yamaoka’s friend Ekateryna Nova, 23, said the trek up the Grouse Grind with Trudeau was probably “the most fun political event ever”. She said the Liberals were not charged for use of what is called the Crossroads building, which is located on the northwest corner of Cambie and Broadway.
Meanwhile Conservative candidate Dianne Watts reportedly told news website The Huffington Post that Davies’ statements indicated bad judgment and being out of touch with riding priorities.
“Under Harper, a shortage of good youth jobs has become the new normal”.
At the top of the Grind, a sweaty Trudeau joked that it was a “nice walk”, but not one he would want to do too often.
Added Ballem: “If we think it’s an appropriate setting and it’s not going to disrupt the public, we’re absolutely open to that”.
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Hours earlier, Trudeau had said her comments did not reflect the party’s views on marijuana use or his.
