With questions swirling about his future, Trudeau largely stays on message in speech to donors [Video]

In his first address to party faithful since Monday’s byelection loss, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the defeat but didn’t seem to waver from his usual message.

“We have a time where people are facing huge challenges and huge uncertainty around the world. We saw that on Monday night in Toronto-St. Paul’s,” Trudeau told Liberal supporters at a fundraiser with Liberal donors in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday evening.

It’s the first time he has been in the vote-rich Greater Toronto Area since his party lost Monday’s byelection in what was previously considered a safe Liberal riding.

Liberal candidate Leslie Church lost in Toronto-St. Paul’s to the Conservative’s Don Stewart after the Liberals held the riding for more than three decades.

Still, on Thursday, the prime minister repeated a similar refrain from the past months: that the Liberals are focused on finding solutions while accusing the Conservatives of stirring up anger. …