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Carney brushes off protesters in Nova Scotia

I’m Ashley Burke, a senior reporter covering the Liberal campaign this week.

Carney is back in Atlantic Canada, where he’s dominating in the polls. It’s where his campaign started and he’s kicking off his final week by visiting all of the Maritime provinces in one day.

After a morning announcement in Charlottetown, P.E.I., we’re now at a corn maze in Upper Onslow, N.S., where Carney has joined a group of kids playing road hockey. The event is in the riding of Cumberland-Colchester, which was held by the Conservatives in the last Parliament. The Liberals think they have an opportunity to flip it red this time around.

Security is standing in front of a small group of protesters on the road nearby. They’ve been trying to disrupt Carney’s event, including attempting to drown out his remarks to the crowd by yelling “Carney is a liar.”

Carney addressed the protesters, jokingly saying, “We’ll get to the World Economic Forum in a moment,” before putting his finger to his ear.

“Just waiting, listening for the orders coming home now,” he said. “Some things never change. You’ve got to move on.”