A year after the notorious politician’s curse, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is keeping his word to Blue Jays’ manager John Gibbons by staying away from the Rogers Centre as the hometown heroes kick off its playoff matchup against the Texas Rangers.

After a superstition grew last year when the Jays went 0-3 in games that a federal party leader attended, former prime minister Stephen Harper, Trudeau, and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made a Twitter oath not to attend the games after fans told the politicians on social media to stay away.

“I’m excited to cheer the @BlueJays in the #ALDS, but I’ll still stay away from Rogers Centre,” Trudeau tweeted Thursday morning.

Trudeau also reached out to interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose and Mulcair to see if they were still on board with the plan. Ambrose did not immediately answer to Trudeau’s tweet, but Mulcair united with the Liberal leader and gave a few suggestions of his own.

“Yes. Deal still on,” Mulcair responded on Twitter. “Maybe we should ask @StephenHarper to go to an #ALDS game in Texas in hopes of a reverse jinx?”

Former prime minister Stephen Harper, who recently resigned from government in August, did not respond to Mulcair, but expressed his own support for Canada’s home team.

“Way to go @BlueJays!” he tweeted. “All of Canada is behind you for #OurMoment #post-season.”

The curse began after Parliament was dissolved on Aug. 2, last year, as the federal leaders went on the campaign trail.

“Stay away. Stay away,” Gibbons said to the politicians after a devastating 10-2 loss against the Baltimore Orioles on Sept. 4, 2015 when Trudeau was in the stands.

Toronto goes head-first into a heated game against the Rangers, Thursday night at 4:30 p.m. at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Here’s what to expect.

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