Justin Trudeau's campaign announcement got a little chaotic on Tuesday, when a skittish squirrel with a snack totally photobombed his speech.
Speaking from Ottawa, the Liberal leader attempted to lay out his party's promise to invest in funding for mental health support across Canada. However, just minutes into Trudeau's statement, a red squirrel appears with a snack, running across the fence in the background.
Trudeau mental health announcement in Kanata just got repeatedly photobombed by a chipmunk. https://t.co/dOHUwxZBo5
— Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) 1630421065.0
The critter then runs back and forth across the fence multiple times, even doing some fancy footwork (like he's showing off!) on multiple occasions. For a little while, the animal perches and almost appears to listen to the PM talking, before continuing his post-to-post sprint.
When the crowd applauds one of the party leader's comments, the squirrel quickly disappears into the nearby trees.
The whole charade didn't go unnoticed, either. CTV National News journalist Glen McGregor captured the entire squirrel show on camera, and shared the chaotic scenes via Twitter.
It's not the first time there's been a mishap while Trudeau has been speaking. During his COVID-19 press conferences, the PM was also photobombed by a wasp and his own kid — he even got hiccups once!
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