Justin Trudeau won’t wear a Halloween costume for trick-or-treating this year
Trudeau and his family previously dressed up for Halloween photo ops from 2015-2018. Continue reading
Blackface
Bed, Bath & Beyond pulls black pumpkins over blackface complaint
“It wasn’t about the pumpkin itself, but what was done to the pumpkin,” Wilbur Aldridge said. Continue reading
Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte’s Green Party candidate says he’s worn blackface
“It’s a mistake that I deeply regret and I’m furious at myself for being so irresponsible and ignorant with my actions.” Continue reading
Why some say it’s time to challenge ‘toxic,’ partisan conversation on Trudeau’s blackface scandal
The conversation presents an opportunity to shift the cameras away from those wanting to earn political points and on to those trying to raise the profile of advocates, said Aditya Rao. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: Who will educate people about systemic racism?
Any form of systemic racism that prevents some people from fully participating in society undermines our country’s overall progress, Amira Elghawaby says. Continue reading
Scott Thompson: Would the reaction be different if it was Andrew Scheer in blackface?
Scott Thompson says he accepts Justin Trudeau’s apology. ‘However, I am having a hard time understanding how he could not have known this was wrong.’ Continue reading
Singh speaks with Trudeau about brownface, says he won’t be used to ‘exonerate’ Liberal leader
By Simon Little Online Journalist
“I didn’t want to be used as a checklist of steps taken to exonerate himself from the situation,” said Singh. Continue reading
Green Party leader speaks out about one of her own candidates wearing blackface in the past
Despite calling the recent revelations of Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau’s prior instances of wearing brownface and blackface “deeply troubling and really shameful behaviour,” May said that Malone’s case “falls in a different category.” Continue reading
COMMENTARY: The silver lining of the Liberals’ convenient embrace of political forgiveness
The Justin Trudeau blackface and brownface controversy has caused a sudden reversal in the Liberal party’s views on candidate missteps, Rob Breakenridge says. Continue reading
‘Boxing in the wind’: Why white Canadians still struggle to talk racism
“Our leaders, no matter who they are and no matter how progressive they sound, are not immune to practicing racism, to behaving in racist ways,” says one expert. Continue reading