A volunteer confronted Justin Trudeau during a visit to a flood zone near Ottawa on Saturday, accusing the prime minister of holding up the line while people were filling sandbags. Trudeau was in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to be briefed by emergency management officials and help with sandbagging efforts after heavy rain caused water to rise to dangerous levels. He had worked with his son to fill the bags and then took photos with some troops in Constance Bay on the Ottawa River. Then a man who was a volunteer pointed out that it was not possible to pick up sandbags while the PM and his entourage were there. Among other things, the angry man said he would not vote for Mr. Trudeau.
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The many comments written in response reveal a lot of interest in the incident. They are a bit conventional however. They range from “Notice how there are less and less Liberal MPs showing up for Justin’s photo ops?” to “Oh look there’s the PM. I will go over a slow things down by complaining to him that he’s slowing things down. And rather than spend time filling more sandbags I’ll stop and complain to the PM. What a silly old man.” Old white men who don’t vote Liberal emerged few times. CBC