Earlier in the year, Trudeau made a stop in Wilmot, eating lunch at The Imperial in New Hamburg.

Justin Trudeau’s campaign comes through Mannheim for keg tapping at Hubertushaus pic.twitter.com/g1BYItx8J5 — Namish Modi (@NamishModi) October 15, 2019

Protest on Bleams

However, not everyone was in a festive mood as outside of Hubertushaus on Bleams Road, eight protesters voiced their displeasure with the prime minister, specifically on the topic of electoral reform.

Trudeau, during his campaign in 2015, promised he would change the electoral reform system ahead of the 2019 election. Part of the Liberal platform was to change the current way of counting votes, which is commonly known as the first-past-the-post model.

“We’re here protesting that the fact Justin Trudeau broke his promise on electoral reform. We’re asking for proportional representation. That’s what we’re here to support,” said Jonathan Cassels, a protester and a member of the local chapter of Fair Vote Canada, a nonprofit organization comprised of citizens lobbying for electoral reform.

“We just want to remind everyone that this was a key promise. (Trudeau) made this promise more than 1,800 times,” said Cassels, a Waterloo native. “Both during 2015 and in the year or so afterward in government. And it was one of the clearest promises in the last election, and it wasn’t kept. We think this is very important, there are parties that are pledged to keep (this) promise. Both the Greens and NDP, it’s right there in their platform, they’re both talking about it. We want to remind (Trudeau) this still matters to Canadians, and remind Canadians they don’t have to vote for someone who is breaking their promises.”

Cassels said his vote next Monday will either be for the NDP or Green party.