Canada's Trudeau apologizes for dressing up in brownface in 2001
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised on Wednesday for wearing brownface makeup to a costume party in 2001, an image that could undermine his chances for re-election with less than five weeks to go before the national election. 'I should have known better then, but I didn't and I did it and I'm deeply sorry,' Trudeau told reporters on his campaign plane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Time magazine published the image
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised on Wednesday for wearing brownface makeup to a costume party in 2001, an image that could undermine his chances for re-election with less than five weeks to go before the national election.
"I should have known better then, but I didn't and I did it and I'm deeply sorry," Trudeau told reporters on his campaign plane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, after Time magazine published the image.
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