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Protests occurred across the country Saturday against the Trudeau government’s decision to not go ahead with the electoral reform promised on the campaign trail.

In Montreal, the protest by several dozen people began at 2 p.m. near the Jarry Métro station, continuing to Trudeau’s Papineau riding office. Organizers invited federal party members to address the crowd, including New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Alexandre Boulerice and Green Party member Daniel Green.

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“We have a lying prime minister. How can we trust him in the future?” Green asked. “We cannot,” responded the demonstrators.

During the 2015 campaign, Trudeau promised that, if the Liberals were voted in, this would be the last election under the first-past-the-post system. At the beginning of February, he announced electoral reform would no longer be on the table, saying “sometimes it is necessary to have the courage to retreat.”