Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped to debate abortion rights with a PPC supporter on the campus of University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
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An interplay between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a People’s Party of Canada (PPC) supporter throughout a go to to the University of Manitoba over abortion rights is drawing consideration on-line.
Trudeau was visiting the varsity’s Fort Garry campus in Winnipeg, assembly with college students to spotlight finances measures and touring an engineering lab and studying concerning the college’s work in energy electronics when the interplay was recorded amid a crowd.
The video, filmed by Reddit person @NoahFromCanada and uploaded Wednesday, exhibits Trudeau stopping to talk with a younger man in a throng of scholars.
The video — recorded from behind — begins as the 2 are in mid-conversation, the unidentified younger man holding a telephone near the prime minister’s face, because the telephone’s digicam information the dialog.
“You don’t think low-income families should have access to dental care?” Trudeau asks him.
“Uh, yeah, I think they should,” the person replies.
“Personally, no,” the person responds, earlier than Trudeau cuts him off with one other query: “Do you think you should be able to choose what happens to a woman’s body?”
“I think if they’re sleeping around they shouldn’t be allowed to abort the baby, personally,” he responds, eliciting a response of “Wow. Wow,” from Trudeau.
The two proceed to debate the subject, and Trudeau asks the PPC supporter: “So, a woman who is raped should be able to get an abortion?”
“No, it doesn’t get complicated. It’s a yes or no,” Trudeau explains. “It’s an all-too-common example. Women get raped all the time and it’s something we have to take seriously … Should a woman who was raped be able to get an abortion?” he asks as soon as once more.
“Uh, I’m split on it, 50-50,” the person responds, admitting he can’t definitively reply the query.
“Well, it sounds like you need to do a little more thinking … and a little more praying,” Trudeau says, patting the person on the shoulder earlier than turning away.
The funding got here because the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of the landmark Roe v. Wade case introduced renewed consideration to abortion entry on each side of the border
In an look on the U of M’s Faculty of Engineering, Trudeau talked concerning the 2023 finances’s clear power investments.
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“The clean technology manufacturing tax credit will provide up to 30 per cent support for investments in new machinery and equipment for clean tech, and for the resources like critical minerals that go into them,” he stated.
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“And while you’re still in school, we’re also helping to make things more affordable. We’re increasing Canada Student Grants by 40 per cent.”
The prime minister additionally talked about different helps for college students, together with elevating Canada’s scholar mortgage restrict and eliminating curiosity.
Trudeau’s different stops in Winnipeg included a gathering with commerce staff and apprentices and a Passover celebration with members of town’s Jewish group.
