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[Twin_Moose]

CBC is working hard to change the narrative, bringing in spin doctors on how stories turn fake.

 

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CBC is working hard to change the narrative, bringing in spin doctors on how stories turn fake.

They never allow comments when the article is about Trudeau or Liberals .

 

[Twin_Moose]

Exclusive: Video shows Trudeau in blackface in 3rd instance of racist makeup

Global News has obtained video showing Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface, the third instance of racist dress to come to light in 12 hours.

It’s not clear when or where the video was taken, but the video, obtained exclusively by Global News, shows Trudeau covered in what appears to be dark makeup and raising his hands in the air while laughing, sticking his tongue out and making faces. He's wearing a white T-shirt, and his jeans are ripped at the knees. It appears as though his arms and legs are covered in makeup as well. It does not appear the video was shot at the same time and place of the other photos of Trudeau in racist make-up that have emerged in the past 24 hours...………..More

 

[Twin_Moose]

What they’re saying about Justin Trudeau: ‘Golden boy’ no more

Prime Minister Trudeau has walked straight into scandal — and the world has taken notice.
After Time magazine broke the story of Trudeau wearing brownface on Wednesday night, it made headlines everywhere. The New York Post, Le Monde in France, The Daily Mail in the U.K. — nearly every international outlet splashed the scandal across its pages.
Most international media opted to publish mere summaries of the scandal, though, rather than analytical reactions to it.
Here are the first impressions of the scandal from across the world:
Nothing to see here (for now)
The New York Times mentioned Trudeau halfway down their Thursday morning ‘Briefing,’ where he landed between a feature on a Syrian refugee in Amsterdam and a story on the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts.
“The Canadian prime minister apologized after Time magazine published a 2001 photograph of the him in brownface makeup at a party for a private school where he was a teacher,” wrote the Times.
The Daily Mail published a similar account, speculating that “the emergence of the photo... could undermine his chances for re-election with less than five weeks to go before Canada’s election.”
The Washington Post echoed this idea, and tied in SNC-Lavalin in their report. “Trudeau has been admired by liberals around the world for his progressive policies in the Trump era... but the 47-year-old son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was already vulnerable following one of the biggest scandals in Canadian political history,” the Post wrote.
The scandal travelled as far as Canberra, Australia as well, with the Times saying “Trudeau has seen his once sky-high popularity hurt by a series of missteps.”
No opinion pieces have filtered out as of yet, but considering how far the scandal has travelled that will likely change.
The ‘golden boy’ falls from grace
Others jumped right in.
The story made its way into the Middle East news cycle, appearing prominently in Qatar-based Al Jazeera.
In their article, Al Jazeera referred to Trudeau as the formerly “youthful golden boy of Canadian politics,” and nodded to the SNC-Lavalin affair as well.
The latter scandal, writes Al Jazeera, “could cost Trudeau support among women, indigenous communities and young people — constituents who helped propel him to victory in 2015.”
Al Jazeera also mentioned the prime minister’s “colourful past” as a snowboard instructor, bouncer, and bartender.
Russia Today goes right for Trudeau
Russia Today (RT) swerved away from the pack and got straight to the point, mocking the prime minister repeatedly.
They labelled Trudeau a hypocrite, and one of “the world’s premier virtue-signallers.”
RT also highlighted what they viewed as Trudeau’s “grovelling” before the world, and described the prime minister’s late-night media scrum — where he apologized 19 times — as “self-flagellating.”
The scandal broke as Europe was going to bed, and only percolated into the U.S. this morning, so there’ll definitely be more incoming takes from abroad.
Whether they’ll spare the prime minister — once crowned ‘The North Star’ by Rolling Stone magazine and fawned over across the globe — remains to be seen.
Ted Fraser is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter at @ted_fraser.

 

[Twin_Moose]

$650+ Million buys spin doctors

Why Trudeau’s ‘brownface’ photo is not shocking

By now, everyone has seen the image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in “brownface” at a 2001 “Arabian Nights” party while he was a teacher at West Point Grey Academy, a private day school in Vancouver. Trudeau, who was 29-years-old at the time, is not only in brownface but he’s also wearing a turban and robe — to match the party’s theme.
Brownface, a variation on blackface, is the racial caricaturing of “Brown” groups, such as Latin Americans, Indigenous people, and South Asians.
Trudeau has a long history of dressing up in the traditional clothing of South Asians. We’ve all seen the pictures of him with wife and children in tow donning traditional Indian and/or Sikh attire. Now we know where it comes from, and I’m not at all shocked by it.....More in the link

The 2001 party where Justin Trudeau wore brownface was a lavish event with corporate sponsors and belly dancers

The 2001 party where Justin Trudeau dressed as Aladdin and wore brownface was a lavish event with corporate sponsors and belly dancers.
A newsletter from West Point Grey Academy, where Trudeau taught, recounted the party, which raised $160,000 from private and corporate donors.
The party boasted an auction with "fabulous vacations," tables adorned with "glittering trinkets." It was opened by "belly dancers" and hosted an "exotic meal," the newsletter said.
Sponsors included the Vancouver Airport Authority and Electronic Arts (EA) Canada, the newsletter shows.
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The 2001 party where Justin Trudeau dressed as Aladdin and painted his face brown was a lavish event with corporate sponsors and belly dancers.
Canada's prime minister admitted his costume was racist and apologized on Wednesday amid widespread condemnation, after TIME magazine published a photo of him at the party.
The fundraiser was hosted by the prestigious Vancouver private school West Point Grey Academy, where Trudeau was then a 29-year-old teacher.
The event itself was held at the four-star Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver.
An archived school newsletter from April 2001 which documented the party, and which Business Insider has reviewed, reveals that it was a lavish affair.
The newsletter boasts an auction with "fabulous vacations," tables decorated with "rich fabrics" and adorned with "glittering trinkets," as well as "belly dancers," and "an exotic meal." .............More in the link

Scheer Dragged Trudeau Over His Brownface Photo But Canadians Are Calling It Hypocrisy

 

[DaSleeper]

Political hypocrisy on both side....
Sheer should have been above it all and not make any comment.


Folks are gonna have to watch how their kids dress up at Halloween just in case they become politicians later in life...


But this makes for good forum ammo!

 

[Twin_Moose]

It all goes back to 'lil potato's elite status and hypocrisy, Scheer was right to hit back

 

[Twin_Moose]

From CNN

The timing couldn't be worse for Trudeau's brownface photo

For someone who was already fighting for his political future, the timing couldn't have been worse.
On Wednesday, Time magazine published a photo from 2001, showing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing brownface at an "Arabian Nights" theme party.
In the yearbook photo, Trudeau, then a 29-year-old teacher, poses with four women. He is the only person in brown-face and appears to have both arms around the woman closest to him.
At a press conference on his campaign plane shortly after the news broke, an ashen-faced Trudeau said he was "sorry" and "pissed off at myself" and identified the woman as "a close friend."
The damage may not end there. Pressed by reporters, Trudeau suggested there were other times where he might have dressed up in an inappropriate way. He said there was a time in high school when he dressed up with makeup and sang "Day O" -- an admission that will almost certainly send the war rooms of opposition parties into a frenzy and journalists digging further into Trudeau's past.
The brownface photo is devastating for the Trudeau campaign as October's national elections approach, especially since one of its tactics has been to dig up social media dirt on opponents -- many of whom are young and have had a digital footprint from almost the time they were born.
The strategy has already derailed rival parties, forced some opponents to resign over race issues. Now, using that opposition research could expose the prime minister's Liberal Party to accusations of a double standard. But if the entire approach is suspended, it could also place Liberals at a potential disadvantage.
The incident will surely play into the rival Conservative Party's narrative that Trudeau is not the paragon of progressive virtue he seems to be. The son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, he modeled himself as a chief promoter of minority rights and multiculturalism. But opponents say the man who pledged "sunny ways" in his 2015 campaign and promised to do politics differently, cannot be trusted, especially after he violated conflict of interest guidelines.
Late on Wednesday night after the photo came out, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, in a brief statement, said Trudeau lacked judgment and integrity and was not fit to govern Canada.
Scheer, who has been playing defense since hitting the hustings, will certainly welcome the winds of scandal blowing the other way. Throughout the campaign, he has been responding to allegations of impropriety found in dated social media posts of some of his candidates.
Canada's elections take place on October 21, and it's looking like a tough race. Any perception of being insensitive or hypocritical-- as an "imposter," in the words of one major Canadian newsmagazine earlier this year -- is certainly not the way Trudeau wants to be seen.
In the run-up to the federal election campaign, Trudeau has been criticized by opponents as coming across as insincere, especially after his handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Jagmeet Singh, standard bearer for the New Democratic Party, has called Trudeau's behavior "troubling" and "insulting."
And Rachel Curran, director of policy to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told me, "The statement did not sound sincere in the least. He choked out the absolute briefest of apologies that sounded entirely scripted, and made no mention of the impact of his actions on minority communities."
That aspect is probably what Trudeau will be addressing tomorrow and the days to follow: the potential hurt for minorities, who make up a large percentage of voters in key constituencies in vote-rich Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.
There are still more than 30 days to go until Canadians head to the polls. Until now, the Liberals have been focusing on bettering the livelihoods of the Canadian middle class, with Trudeau traveling in a media bubble with picture-perfect moments.
Before today, his party was probably within reach of a minority government -- knocked off their current majority by scandals ranging from the finding that Trudeau violated conflict of interest rules in the corporate criminal case of SNC-Lavalin to his controversy-mired state visit to India in 2018. He is also being attacked for bloating the federal deficit and for not delivering on campaign promises like reforming electoral laws.
What baffles many analysts is why the Liberals waited until it came out this way. Trudeau could have tried to limit the damage by coming out with the news himself -- he must have known about the damage it did to the US' Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, after revelations of a blackface image on his yearbook school page. (Northam initially apologized for being in the image, then he insisted it wasn't him.)
Of course, what seems an unimaginable scandal today could also appear to be a tempest-in-a-teapot some days later. But for now, the Liberal campaign will be forced to shift into a strategy which no campaign team relishes: crisis mode. And Trudeau has plenty of explaining and apologizing to do to save his embattled government from being banished to the opposition benches of Parliament.

Butts, paging Butts, where is Gerald Butts

Trudeau delays schedule to apologize to community leaders across Canada

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is delaying his campaign plans today to make phone calls to candidates and to leaders in different ethnic communities across the country.
He's trying to deal with the fallout from the release last night of a controversial image of a 29-year-old Trudeau wearing dark paint on his hands and face while dressed as Aladdin.
Trudeau apologized profusely for wearing the costume and makeup to a theme gala at the school where he taught at the time, acknowledging the "brownface" was racist.
He also admitted to wearing blackface for a performance when he was in high school, singing Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song (Day O)."
That was followed by another image and a video, first reported by Global News, of another instance of Trudeau in skin-darkening face paint, which the Liberals said was from the early 1990s.
After his short news conference aboard his campaign plane last night, Trudeau is due to take questions from reporters again this afternoon in Winnipeg, and then he's to resume his election tour in Saskatoon with a rally this evening.

 

[Hoid]

Latest Truďeau blunder could not have been better timed: just as he was pulling away and looking like a shoe in for a majority.

Things just could not be any better for the Green

 

[Danbones]

lol yup he sure hoided that up in full racist nazi mode

 

[Twin_Moose]

Andrew Scheer Just Revealed That The Conservatives Leaked Trudeau's Brownface Video

Narcity trying to spin it as Scheer's fault, headline is wrong in the article it says released the 3rd video

 

[Twin_Moose]

Quebec media greet Trudeau's brownface photos with outrage, indifference

Article pretty much reads as who cares?

 

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Regina Green candidate says past comments on Israel 'totally taken out of context'

Ellie May has dircrimination problems too

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Just watched his comments (Trudeau) ....after a video was released by the cons ...........and IMHO......he did very well . He had some very tough questions.........and he handled them directly and openly. Don't think demanding more and condemning him further would be productive. How many leaders actually render an apology like that?? Many don't bother to apologize or see apologizing as a weakness..

We shall see what the election yields.

 

[EagleSmack]

The racists seem to be standing behind their racist Prime Minister.

 

[Twin_Moose]

Just watched his comments (Trudeau) ....after a video was released by the cons ...........and IMHO......he did very well . He had some very tough questions.........and he handled them directly and openly. Don't think demanding more and condemning him further would be productive. How many leaders actually render an apology like that?? Many don't bother to apologize or see apologizing as a weakness..
We shall see what the election yields.

Yep he plays a mean game of dodge ball, how come he doesn't hold himself to the same standards as he holds his, and other members of parliament too?

 

[EagleSmack]

Yep he plays a mean game of dodge ball, how come he doesn't hold himself to the same standards as he holds his, and other members of parliament too?

His racist supporters do not think anything more should be demanded of him or that he should be condemned further.

 

[Twin_Moose]

Trudeau addresses blackface scandal again, says he 'hurt people who thought I was an ally'

 

[EagleSmack]

Trudeau addresses blackface scandal again, says he 'hurt people who thought I was an ally'

"hurt people who thought I was an ally".... a clear admission that he never was an ally of POC.


He must resign.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

Yep he plays a mean game of dodge ball, how come he doesn't hold himself to the same standards as he holds his, and other members of parliament too?

Personally , I think he did just fine with his statement and how he answered the questions. If one does not like him ,one is gong to see this as added fodder for their dislike. Others will see this as a turning point in his career. His actions have been about inclusiveness, .......and he has never issued a biased remark..........(to my recollection) He HAD a blind spot when he was younger..........and seems to have gained some insight about his poor judgement at the time. It seems important to do some self evaluation too........when looking at this ...........and not fall into the fog of the current hysteria. (media is having a hay day.....) Personally , don't see any of this as "shocking"...........people have done far worse at social events etc

BUT the impact of this has some unpredictable factors. Some punitive over reaction is happening too.