Justin Trudeau campaign hit by row over ‘brownface’ photo

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Canadian leader Justin Trudeau’s campaign for national elections was hit on Wednesday by the publication of a yearbook photo showing him in &OpenCurlyQuote;brownface’ makeup at a costume party in 2001&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Time magazine posted the photo&comma; which it says was published in the yearbook from the West Point Grey Academy&comma; a private school in British Columbia where Mr Trudeau worked as a teacher before entering politics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The photo depicts him wearing a turban and robe&comma; with dark makeup on his hands&comma; face and neck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Liberal Party spokesman Cameron Ahmad confirmed the photo is of Mr Trudeau&period; He says it was taken at the school’s annual dinner which had an Arabian Nights theme that year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Exclusive&colon; Justin Trudeau wore brownface at 2001 &OpenCurlyQuote;Arabian Nights’ party while he taught at a private school&comma; Canada&&num;39&semi;s Liberal Party admits <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;j3UobfYNIF">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;j3UobfYNIF<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; TIME &lpar;&commat;TIME&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TIME&sol;status&sol;1174452001448636423&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 18&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trudeau was dressed as a character from Aladdin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trudeau&comma; who launched his reelection campaign a week ago&comma; said he should have known better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m pissed off at myself&comma; I’m disappointed in myself&comma;” he told reporters travelling with him on his campaign plane&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I should have known better then but I didn’t&comma; and I am deeply sorry for it&comma;” Mr Trudeau said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m going to ask Canadians to forgive me for what I did&period; I shouldn’t have done that&period; I take responsibility for it&period; It was a dumb thing to do&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These are the situations I regret deeply&comma;” he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The photo’s publication could spell more trouble for Mr Trudeau&comma; who polls say is facing a serious challenge from Conservative leader Andrew Scheer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trudeau has been admired by liberals around the world for his progressive policies in the Trump era&comma; 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