Trudeau says he deeply regrets wearing black or brown-face makeup on more than one occasion about 20 years ago with two photos and 1 video emerging from three incidents.
Here in Perth-Wellington, NDP candidate Geoff Krauter says in a statement provided to MyStratfordNow.com that he is “extremely proud of party leader, Jagmeet Singh’s response” and that, “As Jagmeet said, this is about the people who have experienced the pain of racism” adding “It’s a time to stand up for Canadian values of diversity and inclusion.”
Perth-Wellington Green Party candidate Dr Collan Simmons says Trudeau should have been aware of what he was doing.
“I don’t think he is a racist person but it undermines his previous good work supporting refugees.”
Requests for comment on the situation from Perth-Wellington Liberal Party candidate Pirie Mitchell and People’s Party of Canada local candidate Rory Tekanoff by MyStratfordNow.com were not responded to.
Perth-Wellington Conservative Party candidate John Nater says Trudeau’s leadership is under scrutiny.
“Wearing black-face or brown-face is an act of open mockery and racism and it doesn’t matter whether it’s in 2001 or 2019, it was just as racist then as it is now.”
Overall, Trudeau says he deeply regrets what he did, calling it “terrible.’
