EDMONTON—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair visited Edmonton Monday for an update on Canadian Armed Forces soldiers providing firefighting assistance to Alberta.
Trudeau and Blair posted photos on social media of their May 15 visit, which was shortly before Trudeau departed on a trip to Japan for the Group of Seven leaders’ summit with a stop in Seoul, Korea, en route.
Trudeau said the visit was to “receive an update from those on the ground—and to thank them for the work they’re doing.”
Trudeau and Blair visited the Canadian Armed Forces base on the north edge of Edmonton for a brief on the continued threats from active wildfires burning out of control during a provincial heat wave. The federal politicians also stopped at the Edmonton Expo Centre and spoke with Albertans displaced from their homes by the fires, which have been burning since the end of April….