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Country's Leader Takes Time To Build a Pillow Fort With a Little Girl

<div><p>If you were asked what you would do if you were the leader of your country for a day, what would you say?</p><p>Health care reform, changes to the education system and environmental impact assessment may come to the top of people's mind. </p><p>For a 5-year-old girl, her answer wasn't to fight world hunger or get longer recesses in school, it was to build a pillow fort in her new office- and that's exactly what happened. The photos are absolutely heartwarming. </p><div><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/cbckidsca/posts/1546508658752714" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div><p>5-year-old Bella from Thompson, Manitoba won the CBC Kids contest PM For a Day. </p><p>Her winning idea was: <em>"As prime minster, I would make sure everyone has homes and everyone is safe. I would hug everyone. I would make sure animals and the world around us are kept safe. I would make sure every Canadian is healthy. I would show kindness to everyone."</em></p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>As the winner, Bella and her family got to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, where they built an awesome couch fort in the PM's office. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort2-compressor.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort2-compressor_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort2-compressor_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort2-compressor_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank">CBC Kids</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>They rearranged the furniture in the PM's office to make the perfect structure for them to relax under. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort-compressor.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort-compressor_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort-compressor_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_fort-compressor_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank">CBC Kids</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Covered in a blanket of maple leafs, the Canadian leader was able to relate to the young girl who may be inspired to one day run for office herself. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_header-compressor-3.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_header-compressor-3_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_header-compressor-3_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/pmbela_header-compressor-3_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-prime-minister" target="_blank">CBC Kids</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has 3 children of his own. Xavier James who will be turning 10 this year, Ella-Grace Margaret who is 8 and Hadrien Grégoire who is 3. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>You can see all of Bella's adventures as Prime Minister on a special that will be aired on July 1st. </p><p></p></div>

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