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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 91裸聊视频檚 pictures

91裸聊视频� Tom Fletcher (@tomfletcherbc)

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Horgan said he doesn91裸聊视频檛 believe he has done anything 91裸聊视频渃ulturally insensitive91裸聊视频� in his life, 91裸聊视频渂ut have I done stupid things in my life? Absolutely.91裸聊视频�

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

91裸聊视频淚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,91裸聊视频� Horgan said. 91裸聊视频淏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 I91裸聊视频檓 very grateful for that.91裸聊视频�

tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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