Time reporter Kambhampaty says she learned of Trudeau’s brownface use from ‘gossip’ among Vancouver school’s community

The Daily Telegraph story 'shows how much of an international figure Trudeau has become,' says the senior reporter and editor who wrote a second story exploring the controversy on Sept. 21.

According to polls released last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at Rideau Hall on Sept. 11, and the Liberal Party have lost support following the brownface/blackface controversy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 25, 2019

The U.S.-based Time Magazine reporter who broke the story about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing brownface at an Arabian Nights-themed party in Vancouver says she learned about the existence of the picture from ongoing gossip among the Westpoint Grey Academy community. “I had heard ...

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