McGill students travel to Ottawa for Justin Trudeau's swearing-in ceremony

Three years ago, McGill student Jesse Bartsoff was a 16-year-old from Trail, B.C. without a clear political inclination -- until he met Justin Trudeau.

"His charisma really persuaded me," Bartsofftold CBC's Daybreak. "Since then, I started volunteering."

Bartsoff's loyalty to the party leader had him waking up at 4 a.m. today so that he and four fellow McGill students coulddrive to Ottawa in a rented car in time to see the swearing-in of the new government.

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Now a second-year McGill student in History and Political Science, Bartsoff is the Director of Liberal McGill where he is "helping to raise the Liberal presence on campus."

This included canvassing for Liberal candidate in Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-le-des-Soeurs, Marc Miller, who will be sworn into government for the first time.

At 19, Bartsoff voted for the first time and reckons that after being involved in the election campaign from start to finish, "the ideal goal is just being able to see him sworn in."

Bartsoff will be one of many Canadians watching the ceremony from outdoor screens at Rideau Hall in what is being touted as the most accessible swearing-in ceremony in recent memory.

Bartsoff, who's seen Trudeau "three or four times," praises the prime minister-designate's accessibilty. As recently as five days before the election, Trudeau made a surprise visit to a Liberal event at Peel Pub in downtown Montreal. Bartsoff said that Trudeau thanked volunteers, snapped some pictures and even recognized a Liberal McGill member or two.

For Bartsoff, Trudeau "actually makes it feels like young voters are important, not only in the sense of talking to them, but actually putting things in the platform that actually follow through with helping young students and helping young Canadians."

Though admittedly a Trudeau "fanboy", Bartsoff said he's hoping to see more than red at Rideau Hall. "I'm really hoping it's just Canadians as a whole and not necessarily a super partisan thing. As much as I obviously love having Liberal events, it's really cool to see all different political stripes of Canadians coming together and appreciate something at the same time."

As Trudeau prepares for his term as the 23rd Canadian prime minister, Bartsoff and company will be heading back to Montreal to prepare for midterms. He believes the trip will be worth it.

"I do midterms every couple of monthsI don't get to see the Prime Minister sworn in very often."