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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau made a campaign stop in Regina Wednesday, where he promised that a Liberal government wouldn’t expand the economy from the “top down” but “from the heart outwards.”

The comments quickly spread through social media and had Canadian citizens, pundits, and critics asking what exactly Trudeau meant.

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Trudeau’s “heart outwards” is already being spoken of as an election gaffe that could fuel the firepower of Conservative leader Stephen Harper or NDP leader Thomas Mulcair in future jabs at the Liberals.

Here are five past occasions where misplaced words played in a part in the downfall of a Canadian politician during an election.

“An election is no time to discuss serious issues”

Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell was quoted as having said “an election is no time to discuss serious issues” in response to a reporter’s question during the 1993 federal election. The NDP had accused Campbell of wanting to reform social programs without consulting the provinces. Campbell asserts she was misquoted by the reporter and said she only meant that 47 days were not enough tackle such serious issues. The Conservatives lost 154 seats and Jean Chretien’s Liberals formed a majority government.