I want to lead Canada. All of Canada, not just parts of Canada. ... I am not going to write off certain parts of the country just because we had a tough past 10 years. Or, tough past 100 years.

Statement in Calgary, Alberta, a region where the Liberals have long struggled to gain electoral foothold, on the province's Heritage Day holiday, August 3, 2015. As quoted in Macleans discussing the subject of the lingering influence of the Trudeau name in Western Canada.