Obama, Hillary Clinton endorse Trudeau ahead of federal election

Former U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau ahead of the September 20 election.

Wishing my friend Justin Trudeau the best in Canada’s upcoming election,” Obama wrote on Twitter Thursday. “Justin has been an effective leader and strong voice for democratic values, and I’m proud of the work we did together.”

Trudeau assumed office when there was just over a year left in Obama’s term.

The Liberal Leader responded to Obama’s tweet, saying: “Thanks for your support, Barack Obama. Progress is on the ballot – and we’re going to keep fighting for it.”

This isn’t the first time Trudeau has received a ringing endorsement from the former U.S. President.

In 2019, Obama said he was “proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President.”

“He’s a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbours to the north support him for another term.”

Trudeau later responded with his own tweet, writing, “Thanks, my friend, we’re working hard to keep our progress going.”

On Friday, former First Lady and 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to offer up an endorsement of her own.

I have seen my friend Justin Trudeau show leadership in the fight for accessible child care, protected reproductive rights, and ambitious climate action,” Clinton wrote.

“I’m wishing him and our progressive Canadian neighbors the best in Monday’s election.”

With recent polls indicating Canada could be headed for another minority government, Trudeau says he is prepared to work with other parties on measures they can agree on.

But Trudeau told reporters at a campaign stop in Windsor, Ont. this morning that Canadians can also expect to see delays in rolling out programs that help people if Monday’s election results in a minority.

“We’ve seen that even though there was alignment with other parties in this past parliament, things got delayed and things got slowed down. A fall economic plan that was supposed to deliver supports for people in January didn’t get passed until April because other parties were delaying it in the house,” he said.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is urging frustrated voters to steer clear of smaller parties, such as the right-leaning People’s Party of Canada, as they head to the polls Monday.

O’Toole says there are only two choices for which party will form a government after election day.


With files from The Canadian Press

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