During a visit to the constructionsite for the new arena, Labeaume, the Quebec mayor, waded through cold, gray mud, stopping at a spot where one of the rink's faceoff circles will likely be, and pointed to a Nordiques flag flying from an industrial crane.
With much of the site under construction or stripped down, the visit involves a bird's-eye view from the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower which stands next to the Olympic Stadium.
Later he told the BBC a journalist had asked him whether Labour would win the next election by relying on its core vote alone, while he was on a visit to the London Gateway port constructionsite.