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Justin Trudeau plays pub barkeep during Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­campaign stop

"They put me to work," joked the Liberal leader on social media, who is hoping not to have to make a job change after Sept. 20.
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pours beer for customers at Hawthorne Beer Market & Bistro in the Surrey, BC riding of Cloverdale-Langley City on Aug. 18, 2021

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau tried his hand at a new career Wednesday night while making a campaign stop in Surrey.

Trudeau took a turn playing barkeep, pouring pints at Hawthorne Beer Market & Bistro, located in the Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­riding of .

"They put me to work in Cloverdale today — and I hope that on September 20th, Cloverdale–Langley City votes to put to work in Ottawa," reads Trudeau's Instagram post with the photo-op.

Aldag is looking to regain the seat, which flipped over to the Conservatives in 2019, when Tamara Jansen won by a narrow margin over the then-incumbent Aldag, who had held the seat since 2015.

CP129610957Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau drinks a pint of beer as he makes a whistle-stop at the Hawthorne Beer Market in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, Aug 18, 2021. . By THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Earlier in the day, Trudeau was to the west in the more Liberal-friendly Vancouver. During a press conference at the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Convention Centre, Trudeau started his second day on the campaign trail in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­to discuss his party's plan to fund wildfire efforts in the province.

For his brief tenure as a working stiff, Trudeau was compensated with a brew. "Thanks for the pint," he said to the Surrey bar-restaurant on Instagram.