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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his usual appearance at this year’s Calgary Stampede, an event that draws over one million visitors to the rodeo and midway every year.
Although he often gets a chilly reception at the 10-day festival which draws politicians of all stripes out of  the woodwork, Trudeau usually makes an appearance at the Stampede.
On the controversial side, the Stampede was dominated by pictures of Premier Danielle Smith and federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre posing with a man wearing a “straight pride” shirt. On a lighter side, a video of Trudeau messing up the flipping of a pancake at a Stampede breakfast went viral. Amidst the internet outrage and laughs over the follies of politicians was an important meeting between Trudeau and Smith, their first since her United Conservative Party was re-elected in May in a tight race….