iN VIDEO: Trudeau to be portrayed on Canuck-themed episode of ‘The Simpsons’

TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be portrayed in Sunday's Canadian-themed episode of "The Simpsons," which is titled "D'Oh Canada."

Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer tweeted on Monday that he got to guest-voice Trudeau for the segment after putting together an impressions video on YouTube.

The episode, which will air on City in Canada, sees Lisa mistakenly given political asylum in Canada during a family trip to Niagara Falls.

Tim Long, a Canadian-born consulting producer on "The Simpsons," tells The Canadian Press the Trudeau character briefly talks to Lisa in the episode.

Long adds "there may be mention of a current scandal" that Prime Minister Trudeau is involved with, suggesting the episode might touch on the SNC-Lavalin controversy.

"That may be one of those things that nobody in America is going to get," Long, who was born in Brandon, Man., and grew up in Exeter, Ont., said in a recent phone interview.

"It's funny, though, because of course America got used to the idea that, 'Well, Trudeau is great' — at least the liberal part of America has sort of got it in their head that, 'Oh, he's amazing and Canadians must love him' — and I think they're shocked to learn that he's in a little bit of trouble right now."

See the Trudeau impression at 0:39. 

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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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