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Trudeau has been called on to explain a series of pictures and a video that surfaced this week, depicting him in blackface makeup. The incidents date from 2001 when he was a teacher at a Vancouver private school, and earlier.

Premier comments on B次元官网网址檚 pictures

B次元官网网址� Tom Fletcher (@tomfletcherbc)

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He said people should be accountable for all of their conduct, even if it occurred many years ago.

B次元官网网址淚f I could offer any advice to the prime minister, it is to acknowledge that it was absolutely foolish, and to put it in the context of school setting, even harder to get your head around,B次元官网网址� Horgan said. B次元官网网址淏ut I am not without fault when it comes to stupidity, I assure you of that. I grew up in an era before Facebook, and IB次元官网网址檓 very grateful for that.B次元官网网址�

tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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