OTTAWA—Justin Trudeau spent Thursday talking to Liberal candidates and community leaders to offer apologies for appearing in brownface during his time as a teacher, even as a video emerged showing him in yet another incident.The video posted by Global News shows a brief clip of Trudeau in blackface, wearing a white T-shirt, sticking his tongue out. Liberal party spokesperson Zita Astravas confirmed to the Star that it was Trudeau in the video, which she said dates from the early 1990s.Trudeau was already facing wide condemnation after Time magazine published a photo showing the prime minister, then a teacher, wearing brownface makeup and a turban at a 2001 private school party.On Thursday, Trudeau held a mid-morning conference call with Liberal candidates left shaken by the images that, for the moment, have rocked their election hopes.In a Facebook post, Adam Vaughan, the Liberal candidate in Spadina-Fort York condemned racism and hate. “It hurts people and it damages every environment it invades . . . regardless of its form, its impact or its horror, racism must end,” Vaughan said.Trudeau’s campaign schedule was sideswiped Thursday as he dealt with the fall-out of the images. He was scheduled to speak with reporters mid-afternoon in Winnipeg before flying to Saskatoon for a campaign event.At a hastily called news conference onboard his campaign plane Wednesday night, Trudeau said he didn’t think it was racist at the time, but now acknowledges that it was.“I regret it deeply,” Trudeau said. “It’s something I shouldn’t have done, many years ago, and I recognize that I shouldn’t have done it.”He admitted that it wasn’t his first time he had dressed in brownface. “When I was in high school I dressed up at a talent show and sang ‘Day-O,’” Trudeau said, adding quickly, “and put makeup on.” The incident has garnered international attention, with news cover ...
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