Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Peterborough on Thursday (July 20), where he met with Mayor Jeff Leal and spoke with customers at Farmboy Markets.
Trudeau was in the city as part of a tour of southeastern Ontario to mark the seventh anniversary of the Liberal government’s Child Care Benefit and to note a 6.3 per cent cost-of-living adjustment in the July payment of the benefit.
Earlier in the day, Trudeau had already visited Kingston and Belleville, where he cut short his visit after nearly 100 protesters surrounded him and his motorcade as he was planning to meet with vendors at a farmers’ market outside city hall after meeting with Belleville’s mayor.
Mayor Jeff Leal @MayorPtbo met with Prime Minister Trudeau this afternoon.
“It’s always a special honour when a Prime Minister visits our community. It was an opportunity to speak with the Prime Minister on a wide range of topics of importance to Peterborough,” the Mayor said. pic.twitter.com/ndrteC4mo4
— City of Peterborough (@CityPtbo) July 20, 2023
In Peterborough, Trudeau met with Mayor Leal and Jasbir Raina, the city’s chief administrative officer in Millennium Park, according to photos posted on the city’s Twitter account Thursday evening.
“It’s always a special honour when a Prime Minister visits our community,” Leal said according to the tweet. “It was an opportunity to speak with the Prime Minister on a wide range of topics of importance to Peterborough.”
Trudeau also visited Farmboy Markets on Lansdowne Street on Thursday where he spoke to customers.
After spending the night in Peterborough, the Prime Minister’s motorcade took him to the Peterborough airport at 7:30 a.m. on Friday for a flight to New York City.
While in New York City on Friday, Trudeau will meet with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and United Nations secretary-general António Guterres.
He will also deliver remarks at the closing ceremony of the World Law Congress New York 2023 and attend a luncheon given by JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO and board chairman Jamie Dimon.
