Trudeau Interrupts Media Interview to Speak With Man Who Attended Freedom Convoy Protest

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an address at the Laurier Club Holiday Event, an appreciation event for supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada, in Gatineau, Que., on Dec. 15, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped away from a year-end media interview in Toronto to speak with a man who had been standing across the street, filming with his phone.

“Why don’t you come over here?” said Trudeau to the observer during his year-end interview with CTV News senior editor Omar Sachedina at Kensington Market in December.