Prime Minister Mark Carney faced a heckler who shouted out about the Liberal leader's alleged connections to Jeffrey Epstein at his rally in Kitchener, ON.
Federal leaders Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh each held rallies Wednesday night as they campaign ahead of the April 28 election.
The heckler called out his question about Epstein as Carney spoke in French, and Carney in response remarked, "there's diversity, then there's diversity," as the crowd cheered.
Carney has been under scrutiny since photos of him with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, the partner of Jeffrey Epstein, have surfaced.
Video footage from Carney's event shows the heckler being removed from Carney's event, which was confirmed by the CBC's Ashley Burke, who was in attendance.
The Liberal leader told supporters he will "have [their] backs" in response to President Donald Trump for the auto tariffs announced earlier in the day.
About 1,000 Quebecois supporters showed up for a rally held by Poilievre Wednesday night, Carney had a turnout of about 1,000 people as well and Singh only had about 60 people attend his rally in London, ON.
Anaida Poilievre, the Tory leader's wife, again opened the event, speaking confidently in French. Poilievre spoke for about 50 minutes, where he reiterated his platform of safe homes and a prosperous economy, said he would stand up to Trump and slammed the auto tariffs imposed Wednesday and joked with a child standing nearby calling out to him.
Poilievre focused on liberty, prosperity and the "promise of Canada" for the people of Quebec, with a campaign rally geared at "responsible federalism."
Singh down in London, ON, did not have a comparable turnout as his opponents, with only a few dozen people. He only spoke for about three and a half minutes.
Recent polls show the Tories and Liberals in a tight race, with some pollsters finding the Liberals ahead while others show the Conservatives have an advantage.
Singh's NDP is down to single digits, as is the Bloc Quebecois.
