Prime minister to meet seniors, visit fair during visit to Prince Edward Island

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Prince Edward Island today — and he has his youngest son Hadrien in tow.

Trudeau is getting his day underway by meeting with seniors at a community hall in North Milton, where he's been joined by newly appointed Seniors Minister Filomena Tassi.

"I do this job because I have kids," Trudeau said on his way into the venue. "One of the things that I learned from my Dad was that if I just do this job and don't bring my kids along with me every now and then, I won't see them enough."

Later in the day, he'll move on to Charlottetown to visit the Old Home Week fair at the city's harness racing track, before delivering remarks at a strawberry social.

On Sunday, Trudeau was in Fredericton where he paid respects and offered condolences to the families of the victims of Friday's shooting, which claimed the lives of police officers Robb Costello and Sara Burns, as well as Bobbie Lee Wright and her boyfriend, Donnie Robichaud.

He also laid flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Fredericton police headquarters before showing up at a Fredericton Pride event at a local pub.

"I was honoured to be able to spend some time with our police services here and with their families, who we obviously stand together with," he said.

"But I'm also very pleased to know the Pride continued, people were celebrating, people were strong, people recognized the tragedy but were also looking for a opportunity to pull together and come together, and that's exactly what you did."

Matthew Vincent Raymond has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder.

Asked earlier in the day about potential new gun laws, Trudeau refused to speculate, although he did make reference to a number of recent gun tragedies in Canada, including a shooting in Toronto's Greektown that left two people dead and 13 others injured.

"Obviously I think there is a reflection going on around the country, around how we can ensure our communities are safer, individuals are safer, our police officers are safer," he said.

"I think there are natural conversations to be had around now: Do we need to take further steps, do we need to go further? And these are things we are talking with Canadians about, we are talking with experts about and we are reflecting on it."