With the Liberals and Conservatives in a dead heat just days before election day, every campaign stop has to count.

For the second time in recent weeks, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau proved he has his eye on our region, showing his support for candidates in Simcoe County.

Trudeau was in both Orillia and Barrie on Friday - both are traditionally Tory hotspots that the Liberal party hopes to paint red.

The streets were lined with people as the Liberal leader made the critical stop in the Sunshine City.

"On the 22nd of October, will we wake up with a government that's ready to fight for better affordability for families? Fight for climate change? Get guns off our streets? And keep Canada safe? Or are we going to move forward with cuts that the Conservatives want to bring in?"

The Conservatives have held Simcoe North since the early 2000s. Liberal candidate Gerry Hawes says having Trudeau in town just days before the election says a lot about what's on the line.

"There are a lot of indicators that we're running neck and neck, and the party obviously recognizes that as well, because that's why they sent the leader of the party up here to push us over the top," Hawes says.

From Orillia, Trudeau made his way south to Barrie.

"We need to keep helping people. We need to keep growing our small businesses. We need to keep investing in our communities, and that is the choice that is on the table," the Liberal leader told the crowd at an establishment along the waterfront.

This is another riding the Liberal party desperately wants to take from the Conservatives. The last election separated the two parties by a mere 100 votes.

Brian Kalliecharan is the Liberal candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte and says it's attainable. "He [Trudeau] is here to continue to champion our efforts and to ensure that we cross that finish line red."

While Hawes faces an incumbent Conservative rival in Simcoe North, there is no incumbent running in Kalliecharan's riding.

Both may rely on a little beginner's luck come election day on Monday, Oct. 21.