AGENCIES: Canadians are voting in the general election on Monday. Trudeau, the Liberal leader, and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer are the two top contenders in a competitive race. More than 300 parliamentary seats are up for grabs. Health care, the immigration issue, the climate crisis and the cost of living reportedly are voters’ top issues.
Trudeau, 47, picked up a key endorsement last week from former President Barack Obama but the Prime Minister has faced a difficult campaign after revelations that he wore blackface in the past. He said he didn’t know how many times he put the racist makeup on.
Last month, Time magazine posted a photo of Trudeau wearing brownface when he was a school teacher in 2001. Trudeau said he had attended an end-of-the-year gala with an “Arabian Nights” theme when the photo was taken.
He said it was a racist photo, but he didn’t consider it racist then.
1. Millions of Canadians have been going to the polls to choose their new governing party
2. First results are in with Justin Trudeau’s Liberals ahead
3. Final polls to close are in British Columbia at 22:00 ET / 03:00 BST
4. Trudeau faces a major threat from Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives
5. Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Party and Elizabeth May’s Green Party and Quebec’s Bloc Quebecois are 6. also vying for seats
7. This election will see the largest-ever number of female candidates running
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