Justin Trudeau rejects calls for change at top [Video]

HALIFAX –

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting the suggestion that the Liberals could benefit from a change at the top, similar to what’s happened with the Democratic party since U.S. President Joe Biden left the presidential race last month.

Trudeau is in Halifax for a three-day cabinet retreat preparing for the upcoming fall sitting of Parliament, and the time for him to woo voters is becoming increasingly narrow.

He has been less visible than usual since the Liberals lost a critical byelection in Toronto in June, but said he spent the summer listening to Canadians who have real concerns that his government is working to address.

“I think the big lesson is in responding to the things that people are actually worried about,” he said on Monday morning, when asked if he’s taking an lessons from seeing the surge of support for vice-president Kamala Harris and the Democrats since Biden left …