“He said, ‘You shouldn’t have to applaud me for keeping my commitment, ‘” Yussuff recalled.
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The project has saddled the company with debt, forcing it into a struggle to raise cash in order to keep it afloat.
This was the fourth WE Day event that Trudeau attended as a speaker.
Three trivia bits that will have us waiting for Trudeau’s arrival: He used to be a school teacher, he sports a tattoo on his left arm, and he’s the second youngest Prime Minister in Canada’s history.
Trudeau was asked in the room about whether his government will follow Quebec’s lead and provide aid to Montreal-based Bombardier – an issue on which he and his ministers have remained noncommittal since taking power November 4.
The last time a prime minister appeared in front of the Canadian Labour Congress was when John Diefenbaker spoke at the organization’s 1958 convention.
The prime minister also welcomed a pledge from the CLC to help in dealing with climate change and the Syrian refugee crisis.
The new cabinet is expected to have 28 members and will be evenly split, with 14 women and 14 men, including Trudeau. And for the most part, it’s a student-only event.
Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, were last-minute additions to the WE Day lineup, which also listed appearances by former Paralympian Rick Hansen and Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall.
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The Prime Minister and his newly appointed President of the Treasury Board Scott Brison posed with Brison’s partner and their twin girls, in a photo posted to Facebook by LGBTQ activist Laurent McCutcheon Monday.
