Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Victoria today

Prime Minster Justin Trudeau is in Victoria today (Thursday, March 2nd).

From the City of Victoria this afternoon:

Victoria to Welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

For Immediate Release

VICTORIA, BC – The City of Victoria is excited to welcome the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, to City Hall tomorrow, Thursday, March 2, 2017.

The visit will provide an opportunity for Mayor Lisa Helps to meet with Mr. Trudeau and advance the City’s position on a number of key initiatives.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Prime Minister tomorrow, it’s the first time in more than 50 years that a Prime Minister has visited Victoria City Hall,” noted Mayor Lisa Helps. “I am looking forward to a positive discussion about opportunities for the City and federal government to work together collaboratively on a number of innovative initiatives.”

The last Prime Minister to visit Victoria City Hall was Lester B. Pearson, meeting with Mayor Richard B. Wilson on August 22, 1965.

Mayor Helps and the Prime Minister will meet tomorrow afternoon at City Hall.

Impacts to the public:

• Pandora Avenue from Douglas Street to Government Street will be blocked off to all traffic throughout the afternoon.
• City Hall will be closed to the public during the visit.

The Canadian PM will also visit CFB Esquimalt in the morning. He’ll run a 5K with Defence Minister Harjit Saajan and members of the Canadian Forces in the morning and tour the CFB Esquimalt base before heading to meet with Mayor Lisa Helps.

Mel Z – Middays on Ocean 98.5 

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