January 9, 2018 by admin

Trudeau begins series of national town halls in Halifax area tonight

HALIFAX – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begins a new series of town hall meetings in Nova Scotia tonight.

He will hold a public town hall at Sackville High School in the Halifax suburb of Lower Sackville starting at 7 p.m.

It’s expected to be the first in a series of such gatherings across the country — he is scheduled to be at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday afternoon.

The local MP for tonight’s town hall, Darrell Samson, said in a statement that the prime minister wants to hear “about issues that matter.”

Samson says topics include how to create growth that works for everyone, prepare for the jobs of the future and build a stronger, more resilient middle class.

As well, a Nova Scotia mother who says she isn’t getting enough help to care for her severely autistic son hopes to make her case to the prime minister at tonight’s town hall.

Carly Sutherland is prodding governments to do more for families like hers and says she’ll lobby Trudeau to establish a national autism plan.

Also tonight, supporters of Abdoul Abdi, a 23-year-old former child refugee who is facing deportation to Somalia, plan a rally outside the town hall.