Trudeau stepped outside Rideau Cottage on Saturday for a press conference, looked directly into the television, and asked the mothers watching the segment to leave the room so he could talk to their kids alone.
And there was no shortage of people who thought Trudeau's words were a bit weird, if not completely creepy and off-putting.
Paul Joseph Watson summed it up:
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The video was part of an effort to get children to do something for their mom on Mother's Day, but it was nevertheless a very odd way to convey an otherwise decent message.