Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got his first day out of the spotlight on Saturday after being hammered for images showing him in blackface.
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In Toronto, he was greeted by one resident on the sidewalk who said"Hi Mr. Blackface! Nice to meet you!"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.
Arriving in Toronto on Friday, home to key ethnic ridings that he needs to win, Trudeau attempted to pivot back to policy issues with an assault rifle ban. "He wasn't a KKK sympathizer. It's not like we discovered youthful anti-Semitic writings," said Yves Boisvert, a columnist with French-language newspaper La Presse. The story was generally given less prominence by the Quebec media judging by front pages and home pages."It is demeaning.
"They were already, in our data, showing that they were less motivated than Conservatives ... there is certainly the chance that this further de-motivates those Liberals and makes them less likely to want to actually cast a ballot," he said.Trudeau returned to Ottawa on Friday and goes back on the campaign trail on Sunday afternoon.
Trudeau introduced a gender-balanced cabinet when he took office in 2015 and appointed several minorities to top cabinet positions, including the defense, immigration and natural resources portfolios.
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