Category Archives: CP Election

B.C. Liberal candidate's campaign sign vandalized with blackface
KELOWNA, B.C. - A Liberal candidate in British Columbia says some of his campaign signs have been vandalized with black colouring on his face. Stephen Fuhr, who is running for re-election in...
Sep 19, 2019

Residents in Trudeau's Montreal riding unfazed by blackface scandal
MONTREAL - Residents in Justin Trudeau's home riding expressed support for the Liberal leader on Thursday as he dealt with the fallout of old photos showing him in skin-darkening makeup. In Montr...
Sep 19, 2019

Some facts on West Point Grey academy, where Justin Trudeau once was a teacher
VANCOUVER - Here's a look at West Point Grey Academy, the school in Vancouver where Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau taught and was photographed as a 29-year-old wearing dark paint on his hands...
Sep 19, 2019

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 try...
Sep 19, 2019

NDP leader says damage from Trudeau videos, photos can't be underestimated
HAMILTON - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the damage caused by photos and a video of Justin Trudeau in racist makeup cannot be underestimated, and underscores the importance of electing a New D...
Sep 19, 2019

Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign
OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...
Sep 19, 2019

New poll highlights why affordability is 2019 federal campaign buzzword
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests nearly 40 per cent of Canadians are having trouble getting by or going into debt to do so, and a further 26 per cent say they've got to scrimp and save to make ends meet.&...
Sep 19, 2019

'Oh my God, there's a photo': How 'brownface' bombshell hit Liberal campaign bus
HALIFAX - In the hours and minutes before everything changed, the mood on Justin Trudeau's campaign media bus was jovial. The journalists covering the Liberal leader's re-election bid were heading awa...
Sep 19, 2019

Fallout from Trudeau's brownface photo bombshell sure to dominate campaign
OTTAWA - It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as the Liberal leader grapples with the fallout from a bombshell that landed on the campaign trail. An 18-year-old photo surfaced Wed...
Sep 19, 2019

NewsAlert: 'I shouldn't have done it,' Trudeau says of brownface photo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for wearing brown facial makeup to an "Arabian Nights" party in 2001, saying he should have known better, and he's asking for the forgiveness of C...
Sep 18, 2019