Blackface damages Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at polls as he vows lower taxes, cellphone costs
Blackface photos that damaged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s image, might cost him his re-election bid. His shift from apology to policy could be too little too late as his lead narrows at the polls.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday worked to start putting last week’s blackface scandal behind him and focused on policies he said he would pursue if reelected, including lower cellphone costs and a middle-class tax cut, according to reports.
“Canadians work hard and they deserve to sleep easy at night. By lowering taxes and cutting cellphone bills, our Liberal team will put more than $1,500 per year back in the pockets of hardworking Canadian families,” he said, according to Reuters.
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The CBC reported that Canadians’ cellphone bills are among the highest in the world, at around $40 to $100. He also said his government would increase the personal income tax deduction to $15,000 for those earning under $147,000. The report said the tax cut would cost $2.9 billion the first year and increase to $5.6 billion by 2023-2024.
Just a week after he launched his reelection campaign, Trudeau was rocked after a 2001 photo emerged in a Time magazine report showing him wearing brownface makeup to an “Arabian Nights” party at the private school where he was teaching.
Trudeau admitted to reporters that this was not the only time he had darkened his skin to appear a different race — he said he also did it once during a high school talent show.
He apologized for the images, but pollster Frank Graves, of EKOS Research, told Reuters that polls have shifted and the gap between his campaign and the opposition Conservatives has narrowed.
Graves said he would release the poll numbers later this week, but told the news outlet that Trudeau’s lead has “evaporated almost overnight.” Another poll has Conservatives in the lead.
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