OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologises to Nation overan embarrassing action committed in 2001.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeaulinkapologisedon Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up in 2001 after an embarrassingpicture emerged less than five weeks before an election in which he faces atough fight.
The image of a 29-year-old Trudeau with his face in dark make-up is a majorchallenge for a leader who often speaks about the need to fight racialdiscrimination and who has three prominent ministers of Indian descent inhis cabinet.
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“I should have known better then, but I didn’t and I did it and I’m deeplysorry,” Mr Trudeau (47) told reporters on his campaign plane in Halifax, NovaScotialink,after Time magazine published the image.
