Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop his usual practice of travelling to various regions of the country during the summer -- he's just doing it virtually this year.
He'll spend much of today in meetings with British Columbia political, business, environmental and academic leaders, all from the comfort of his office in Ottawa.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox
Among other things, Trudeau usually convenes a cabinet retreat and attends a Liberal caucus retreat outside the nation's capital each year before Parliament resumes in the fall. He, his ministers and Liberal MPs use those events to fan out into the host communities, listening to local concerns, making some announcements and generally promoting the government's message.
Newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was similarly forced to figure out other ways to woo supporters across the country during his party's months-long leadership contest. Trudeau's virtual tours of B.C. and the Atlantic provinces are at least in part devoted to consultations on that recovery plan.
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