Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he “should have known better” than to wear brownface to a 2001 costume party.
Time magazine posted the yearbook photo, which it said was published in the yearbook from the West Point Grey Academy, a private school in British Columbia where Mr Trudeau worked as a teacher before entering politics.
The photo depicted Mr Trudeau wearing a turban and robe, with dark makeup on his hands, face and neck.
Mr Trudeau told reporters today he regretted doing “something that I shouldn’t have done”.
“I think I deeply regret that I did that. I should have known better. But I didn’t,” he said.
Liberal Party spokesman Cameron Ahmad confirmed the photo was of Mr Trudeau.
He said it was taken at the school’s annual dinner which had an Arabian Nights theme that year.
Mr Trudeau was dressed as a character from Aladdin.
Last month, Mr Trudeau became the first Canadian prime minister found to have broken federal ethics rules, after a watchdog delivered a scathing inquiry into his attempts to prevent a corruption trial from going ahead.
Mr Trudeau, who swept to office in November 2015 promising “sunny ways” and stressing the importance of gender equality and the environment, faces an electorate more focused on the economy and affordability when it votes on October 21.
-ABC
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