Few experiences are more remarkable than travelling across Canada.
I first made the trip during the 1968 election, when I worked for Pierre Trudeau. The vast sweep of the prairie, beach bonfires on Vancouver’s North Shore—it was awesome, in the old-fashioned sense of the word. It still is.
I made the trip again with Zsuzsanna in the summer of 2000. This time, we went by car, along the route my great-grandfather took, with Sanford Fleming, in 1872.
Experiencing the huge and varied expanse of our country, and the bright diversity of our people, is the birthright of every Canadian. It’s also the best part of my job.
This week, I’m on the road, and I couldn’t be happier.
We had a town hall meeting with new Canadians in Scarborough, and with a group of courageous women, at the YWCA in Montréal. Yesterday we were in Mount Pearl, for a forum with young people. Then it’s on to Regina, Winnipeg and Burnaby.
We’re less than two weeks away from Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge, our public policy conference in Montréal, March 26-28.
This is my second cross-country tour on the road to Montréal—I visited 11 university and college campuses back in January. Since then, we’ve held more than 30 policy roundtables, on issues that matter to Canadian families. And we’re just getting started.
This is all part of a national conversation about the Canada we want in 2017, our 150th birthday.
You can follow my progress on Twitter and Facebook, and don’t forget, you can take part in Canada at 150 through the live conference webcast. Click here to RSVP.
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