Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got his first day out of the spotlight on...
TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got his first day out of the spotlight on Saturday after being hammered for images showing him in blackface, which have threatened to derail his re-election campaign.
The revelations were followed by two days of uproar, international ridicule and attacks by the Canadian opposition who called him a hypocrite and demanded he resign. Trudeau apologized repeatedly and begged Canadians for forgiveness, but said he will not step down. Canadian public reaction to the images has been mixed and it was too early to say whether the scandal will shift votes ahead of an Oct. 21 election. Trudeau’s Liberals were tied in polls with the opposition Conservatives before the scandal erupted.
Pollster David Coletto of Abacus Data said the biggest risk to the Liberals was low voter turnout among their supporters. Several Liberal cabinet members came out in support of Trudeau including Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s first Sikh defense minister, who said the photos “do not represent the person he is now.” Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, one of the most prominent members of the Liberal cabinet, said she was “troubled and disappointed” but that she accepted Trudeau’s apology and had full confidence in him as party leader.
Famously declaring that “Canada is back” when he was elected, Trudeau won international plaudits for his focus on feminism, the environment and the need for multilateral organizations.
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