Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been hit by another sharp jab amid Canada‘s recent inflation struggles and his tanking poll numbers.
Trick-or-treaters in Calgary found a bowl filled with disposable razors instead of sweets outside a house in the Bowness neighborhood, the National Post reported.
Next to the bowl, a note scrawled in black ink on a piece of cardboard blamed Trudeau for the bizarre offering:
‘Sorry we can’t afford apples this year because of Trudeau. So this year just razors.’
Calgary police confirmed a report of the incident to the National Post said that ‘at this time, there is not enough evidence to indicate a criminal offence occurred.’
Trick-or-treaters in Calgary reportedly found a bowl filled with disposable razors instead of candy outside a house in the Bowness neighborhood.
Despite the potentially dangerous scene, no injuries were reported.
One mother told Calgary’s 660 NewsRadio that her children had been moments away from pocketing the razors before she noticed and quickly placed them back in the bowl.
‘You hear of stories…with pins or razors or whatever, but I’ve never come across something like that,’ she said.
Some expressed outrage online about the Halloween trick.
‘Imagine being so brain rotted that you would put out razor blades for kids and blame it on Trudeau,’ one person commented.
‘The razors were probably more expensive than actual candy would have been. And kids don’t get it,’ another added.
A note sat beside the blue razors blaming Trudau for the bizarre ‘treat.’ Scrawled in black ink on a makeshift piece of cardboard, the note read: ‘Sorry we can’t afford apples this year because of Trudeau. So this year just razors’
A third user stated: ‘Politics aside, what a resentful, hatful human being. In no way is this doing any good.’
Last month, Trudeau’s government said the country’s five major supermarket chains, including Walmart and Costco, had made ‘initial commitments’ to help stabilize food prices.
The five chains – including Metro, Loblaws and Sobeys – together represent 80 percent of the Canadian market.
Trudeau said in September that Canada could impose new taxes on the chains if they did not come up with a convincing plan to limit the surge in food prices.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Desi Food Mart in Cambridge, Canada, on October 6, after his government announced new measures to fight food inflation
On October 5, Canada’s Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the five grocery chains were ‘following through on their engagement to support efforts aimed at stabilizing food prices and to propose concrete actions.’
He vowed that Canadians would soon see discounts on a number of food products, as well as price freezes and price-matching campaigns.
‘The cost of groceries has risen drastically over the past years, and Canadians are struggling to put food on their tables,’ Champagne said in a statement.
‘Canadians are rightfully frustrated by this situation, and we are implementing solutions to bring relief to them,’ he added, saying that the crackdown on big chains was ‘just the beginning.’
