While people travelled from across Canada and indeed the globe to attend the legendary Calgary Stampede, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opted for a BBQ in Toronto instead. “Don’t feel offended, Calgary, that Justin Trudeau is hiding from you,” Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre joked while speaking at Conservative Party of Canada Barbeque the first Saturday of the Stampede. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), just prior to the 112th Stampede kicked off the first Friday, In July confirmed Trudeau would be skipping one of Canada’s most famous cultural events due to what his office called scheduling conflicts. E-mails obtained by The Globe and Mail show staff discussing whether Trudeau would attend the Stampede, and ultimately establish that he would not. Indeed, it was decided Trudeau would not be going to Calgary at all during the 10-day event. While no reason was given as per Trudeau’s failure to appear at the 2024 Stampede, it was noted the prime minister would be attending events in “other regions.”"This could be the beginning of a bunker mentality," said pollster Nik Nanos, per CTV, indicating the prime minister’s plummeting popularity could be the reason he does not wish to attend the Calgary event. Trudeau last week made a four-day trip to Washington for the NATO summit, where he delivered a keynote speech on climate change. However, on the weekend, the prime minister returned to Ontario and attended a string of political and cultural events, including a (non-Stampede-related) barbeque hosted by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid. .Trudeau alongside Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland also attended the Fiesta Extravaganza Filipino Festival in Toronto. .Trudeau then joined Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh onstage at the Roger Centre, where he called diversity "our super power.".In the week before the Stampede, Trudeau appeared at Pride events in Ottawa and Toronto, and danced wildly at the Taste of Asia event in Markham, ON, where pictures circulated of the prime minister with a Chinese agent. The agent was cropped from photos Trudeau posted himself. He spent Canada Day in St. John’s, NL, where the Memorial Day repatriation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s unknown soldier was celebrated and answered questions from the CBC on the Liberals’ epic byelection loss in Toronto days earlier. .Aside from the pandemic years, Trudeau has attended the Stampede since 2012, three years before he was elected prime minister. Normally he attends his only Calgary MP George Chahal’s breakfast — however, Chahal, among a litany of other former and current Liberal parliamentarians, have called for the party to regroup from the Toronto byelection loss to regroup with a national, in-person caucus meeting. In early June, he made an unannounced visit to Calgary for a Federation of Canadian Municipalities meeting where he defended his administration’s carbon tax. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
While people travelled from across Canada and indeed the globe to attend the legendary Calgary Stampede, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opted for a BBQ in Toronto instead. “Don’t feel offended, Calgary, that Justin Trudeau is hiding from you,” Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre joked while speaking at Conservative Party of Canada Barbeque the first Saturday of the Stampede. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), just prior to the 112th Stampede kicked off the first Friday, In July confirmed Trudeau would be skipping one of Canada’s most famous cultural events due to what his office called scheduling conflicts. E-mails obtained by The Globe and Mail show staff discussing whether Trudeau would attend the Stampede, and ultimately establish that he would not. Indeed, it was decided Trudeau would not be going to Calgary at all during the 10-day event. While no reason was given as per Trudeau’s failure to appear at the 2024 Stampede, it was noted the prime minister would be attending events in “other regions.”"This could be the beginning of a bunker mentality," said pollster Nik Nanos, per CTV, indicating the prime minister’s plummeting popularity could be the reason he does not wish to attend the Calgary event. Trudeau last week made a four-day trip to Washington for the NATO summit, where he delivered a keynote speech on climate change. However, on the weekend, the prime minister returned to Ontario and attended a string of political and cultural events, including a (non-Stampede-related) barbeque hosted by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid. .Trudeau alongside Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland also attended the Fiesta Extravaganza Filipino Festival in Toronto. .Trudeau then joined Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh onstage at the Roger Centre, where he called diversity "our super power.".In the week before the Stampede, Trudeau appeared at Pride events in Ottawa and Toronto, and danced wildly at the Taste of Asia event in Markham, ON, where pictures circulated of the prime minister with a Chinese agent. The agent was cropped from photos Trudeau posted himself. He spent Canada Day in St. John’s, NL, where the Memorial Day repatriation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s unknown soldier was celebrated and answered questions from the CBC on the Liberals’ epic byelection loss in Toronto days earlier. .Aside from the pandemic years, Trudeau has attended the Stampede since 2012, three years before he was elected prime minister. Normally he attends his only Calgary MP George Chahal’s breakfast — however, Chahal, among a litany of other former and current Liberal parliamentarians, have called for the party to regroup from the Toronto byelection loss to regroup with a national, in-person caucus meeting. In early June, he made an unannounced visit to Calgary for a Federation of Canadian Municipalities meeting where he defended his administration’s carbon tax. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
